Wednesday- Talking about Anecdotes.pptx

English A1

Talking about Anecdotes

Anecdote

Class goals

• Identify and use past simple verbs and time expressions.

• Use time connectors correctly.

• Structuring simple anecdotes.

• Write and share personal anecdotes.

Class schedule

01

Warm-up

Anecdote

02

Grammar

03

Contextualization

04

Development

05

Practice

06

Wrap up

Warm up

Click on the circle and participate in the wordwall game. Discover each verb in present form and match it with its past form.

Grammar

Anecdotes are events we tell about that have happened in the past. For this reason, to tell anecdotes it is necessary to use the simple past.

Grammar

Past tense expressions help us to indicate in a sentence the time in the past in which events occurred.

EXAMPLES:

Past expression

• Yesterday I studied with my best friend
• she lived in Spain in 1985
• Last week I went to the park

Verb in past

Grammar

Time connectors indicate the sequence and temporal relationship between events or actions.

Verb in past

Time connector

EXAMPLES:

• Yesterday I studied with my best friend meanwhile my brother played videogames.
• In 1990 she lived in Spain and suddenly she went to Japan.
• Last week I went to the park, thereafter I ate an ice cream.

Contextualization

How to tell anecdotes effectively?

An anecdote is made up of three key elements: beginning, development and ending.

Beginning

Ending

Development

Anecdote

Development

Click on the circle and watch the video by answering the questions and choosing the past tense verbs that correspond to each sentence.

Development

Let's remember a little about past tense expressions and connectors:

Now click here and complete the crossword puzzle

Practice

Click on the image. Then, play the game and answer the questions correctly to gain energy!Reach the summit 2 or answer 20 questions to win!

Wrap up

Example of an anecdote

Now, click on the image and do the following:

• Choose a story.
• Create a commentary in which you organize the sentence of each image.
• Move the images and your comments to form an anecdote.

Beginning

• Describe how the situation ended or how it was resolved.
• It may include a reflection or a short lesson.

It is made up of:

A time connector Subject Verb in past tense Complement

Finally, we ate ice cream and had a great time.

Development

• Tells the main event or what happened.
• Here the simple past is used to narrate the main action.

It is made up of:

A time connector Subject Verb in past tense Complement

Then, we played volleyball and took many pictures.

Anecdote

Then, we played volleyball and took many pictures.

Last summer, my family and I went to the beach.

Finally, we ate ice cream and had a great time.

Beginning

• Introduce the situation or context.
• Describe who was involved, when and where the anecdote occurred.

It is made up of:

A time expression Subject Verb in past tense Complement

Last summer, my family and I went to the beach.

Simple past

USE: Finished action in the past

Reg: + ed Irreg: 2nd column

+ C

Subject + V

• Last week he visited his grandmother
• Yesterday I went to the cinema

Subject + didn't + INFINITIVE + C

• Yesterday I didn't go to the cinema

Did + subject + INFINITIVE + C + ?

• Did you go to the cinema?

Anecdote

Then, we played volleyball and took many pictures.

Last summer, my family and I went to the beach.

Finally, we ate ice cream and had a great time.