Answer the following two questions.
· How important are first impressions?
· Do we judge people too much on their appearance?
Immature thoughtless ambitious bad-tempered honest
loyal impolite selfish foolish caring
a. Janet always tells the truth. Sometimes, though, she forgets how it can hurt other people´s feelings
honest thoughtless
b. Gregory never betrays his friends and he always tries to help them with their problems.
Loyal caring
c. Nadine wants to be famous, and she thinks that the whole World should be interested in her and her problems!
Ambitious selfish
d. Robert needs to grow up and stop behaving in such a stupid way.
Immature foolish
e. Ian is always angry about something. He never says please or thank you
Impolite bad-tempered (compound adjective)
Adverbs often describe how something is done. Complete the sentences using adverbs from the box. Which sentences might have more than one answer?
Cleverly nervously proudly bravely angrily gently excitedly
Jill proudly showed her parents the prize she had won. ( nervously, excitedly, angrily )
Alice lifted the baby up gently and held him in her arms. (nervously, excitedly)
George shouted angrily at his brother and ran out of the house. (nervously)
Emma opened the letter nervously and began to read. (angrily, excitedly, cleverly)
Rita waited excitedly outsider the headmaster´s office.(proudly, bravely)
Paul cleverly fixed the problem with my computer and we surfed the Internet.
Mr. Simpson bravely decided to go back into the burning house.
OPEN YOUR STUDENT´S BOOK ON PAGE 42
You have decided to enter a short story competition. The competition rules say that the story must begin with the following words.
As John got off the train, he couldn´t believe how cold it was.
As John got off the train, he couldn´t believe how cold it was. He quickly put on his warm hat and gloves and walked carefully in the snow. He looked around excitedly and saw his Uncle Bill at the end of the platform. With him were John´s cousins, Alex and Tony.
The train left the station and John came up to his relatives. He hadn´t seen his uncle for a long time, but he hadn´t changed. He was still short and fat, with a round, bald head. They all said hello nervously and then they laughed and kissed each other. The boys started talking loudly and began to walk towards the car.
“Where are your bags?”asked Uncle Bill, suddenly. John stopped.
“Oh no,” he cried, sadly. “They are on the train!”They all looked. In the distance, the train slowly disappearing. John felt so foolish.
Uncle Bill quickly found a guard and spoke to him. He came back a second later. “It´s okay” he explained. They are going to send them back from the next station
They all smiled and John knew it was going to be a great holiday, after all.
I was alone on a dark road. Suddenly, I saw bright lights in the distance…
I was alone on a dark road. Suddenly, I saw bright lights in the distance. It was a car. ¨Thank goodness¨ I thought ¨Maybe they´ll give me a lift¨
I´d been walking for hours. That evening, I´d been to a concert. My favourite singer, Angus McDuffy, had sung all his hits to a crowd of over 2,000 people. It was fantastic, but on the way home my motorbike had broken down. I left it by the side of the road and decided to walk home. Unfortunately, it was over thirty kilometres, and not one car passed me on the road. Until this one.
It sped past me. I waved and shouted. It slowed down, and then reversed, back to where I was standing. It was a black limousine.
A black electric Windows slowly came down. ¨Can I help you?¨ said a voice from the inside. I explained the situation. ¨Get in. We´ll give you a lift¨
I couldn´t believe it when I got in the car. It was Angus McDuffy! I told him how much I´d enjoyed the concert , and his chauffeur dropped right outside my front door. I had been saved by a star.
Choose interesting vocabulary that helps you describe more interestingly your narrative. Find synonyms to the following words.
Good : SUPERIOR/POOR
Bad: AWFUL/ WICKED
Say: UTTER/ VERBALIZE
Look: SEEM/ GLARE
Beautiful: GORGEOUS/STUNNING
Big: HUGE/LARGE
Walk : SAUNTER/STAGGER
Clever: KNOWLEDGEABLE/SMART
Happy: CONTENT/FORTUNATE
Write the middle paragraph to the following story,
Everybody knew that a new girl was starting at our school. We had heard that her name was Karen. The desk next to me was empty and I knew she would probably sit there. When I got to school on Monday morning, I quickly hung my coat up and went to my desk. There was the new girl. The look in her eyes was a light-blue twinkling sight that reminded me of the kindest. Her hair seemed to be so soft and well-brushed with a carefully-set silk ribbon. Her dress smelled like prairie lavender and she did not have any intention of talking. “And she needn´t so” I thought to myself. Lessons started and I found out that she was excellent at maths. She even helped me with one or two of the problems, I knew we were going to be great friends from that day on.
What adjectives has my partner used?
What adverbs has my partner used?
What interesting vocabulary has my partner used?
Your teacher has asked you to write a story for the school´s English language magazine. It must begin with the following words:
When I first saw Louise, I got completely the wrong impression of her.
Write your story.
Who is Louise?
Louise is a friend
What does she look like?
She is unattractive. She is a green-eyed person. She is rather tall. Her looks are plump and heavy. She is a fair-skinned person (white skin)
What is her character like?
She is bad-tempered, narrow-minded, and sometimes aloof in her personality
Where did you meet her?
I MET HER ON MY WAY BACK HOME ON THE BUS
What day was it?
IT WAS A TUESDAY EVENING
What was the weather like?
IT WAS OVERCAST AND CHILL.
What was your first impression of her?
SHE SEEMED TO BE A PROFESSIONAL WOMAN COMING BACK FROM WORK
Why was it wrong?
SHE IS ACTUALLY HYSTERICAL AND RECKLESS
Do you still see her now?
NO, I DON´T WANT TO.
Where?
NOWHERE
Are you good friends?
NO, WE AREN´T
How do you feel about it?
GREAT
WRITING A STORY
THE CHECKLIST
HAVE I DONE THE FOLLOWING?
o I have used at least 5 adverbs.
o I have used at least 5 adjectives (personality adjectives)
o I have used interesting vocabulary (LINKING DEVICES wink wink ;) )
o I have checked for spelling mistakes
o I have checked for grammar mistakes.
PROMPT 1 BEGIN THE STORY WITH THIS SENTENCE
As the door slowly opened, I was surprised to see Tom standing there.
PROMPT 2 END THE STORY WITH THIS SENTENCE
Martina knew she would never be the same after everything that had happened.