Monday - Talking about Anecdotes.pptx
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Anecdote
Monday (week 9) - English A1
Talking about Anecdotes
Class goals
- Identify and use past simple verbs and time expressions.
- Use time connectors correctly.
- Structuring simple anecdotes.
- Write and share personal anecdotes.
Anecdote
Wrap up
05
Class schedule
06
Practice
Development
Contextualization
Grammar
04
03
02
01
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.
Warm up
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
Verb in past
Past expression
- Yesterday I studied with my best friend
- she lived in Spain in 1985
- Last week I went to the park
EXAMPLES:
Past tense expressions help us to indicate in a sentence the time in the past in which events occurred.
Grammar
Time connector
Verb in past
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.
Time connectors indicate the sequence and temporal relationship between events or actions.
Grammar
Anecdote
Ending
Development
Beginning
An anecdote is made up of three key elements: beginning, development and ending.
How to tell anecdotes effectively?
Contextualization
Development
Click on the circle and watch the video by answering the questions and choosing the past tense verbs that correspond to each sentence.
Now click here and complete the crossword puzzle
Development
Let's remember a little about past tense expressions and connectors:
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!
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.
Example of an anecdote
Wrap up
Finally, we ate ice cream and had a great time.
A time connectorSubjectVerb in past tenseComplement
It is made up of:
Beginning
- Describe how the situation ended or how it was resolved.
- It may include a reflection or a short lesson.
Then, we played volleyball and took many pictures.
A time connectorSubjectVerb in past tenseComplement
It is made up of:
Development
- Tells the main event or what happened.
- Here the simple past is used to narrate the main action.
Last summer, my family and I went to the beach.
Then, we played volleyball and took many pictures.
Finally, we ate ice cream and had a great time.
Anecdote
Last summer, my family and I went to the beach.
A time expressionSubjectVerb in past tenseComplement
It is made up of:
Beginning
- Introduce the situation or context.
- Describe who was involved, when and where the anecdote occurred.
- Did you go to the cinema?
Did + subject + INFINITIVE + C + ?
+ C
- Yesterday I didn't go to the cinema
Subject + didn't + INFINITIVE + C
- Last week he visited his grandmother
- Yesterday I went to the cinema
Reg: + edIrreg: 2nd column
Subject + V
Simple past
USE: Finished action in the past
Last summer, my family and I went to the beach.
Then, we played volleyball and took many pictures.
Finally, we ate ice cream and had a great time.