Storytelling & Language Skills
Storytelling & Language Skills
INTERESTING STORY
(Spoken Cycle)
Activity 2
Practice your speaking
1. Now, who wants to tell your own story to your friends?
2. The other students can ask some questions
Activity 3
Pay attention to the pictures below!
GAMBAR KUCING, AYAM DAN
TIKUS
Activity 4.
Please study the following words and try to pronounce them. Dont forget to find the meanings.
1. Terrible / / : ...................
2. Anxiously / / : ...................
3. Gentle / / : ...................
4. Velvet / / : ...................
5. Towards / / : ...................
6. Suddenly / / : ...................
7. Fierce / / : ...................
8. Lucky / / : ...................
9. Cruel / / : ...................
10. Folk / / : ...................
Speech Function
Expressing Gratitude / Thankfulness
Read the following dialogs with your partner.
Pay attention to the bold typed expression
1. Example :
GAMBAR RAJA DAN
King : I have seen that you did well in every Activity
PANGERAN I gave to you. Now, you can ask for three
wishes.
Suppose a powerful and Knight : Thank you very much, Sir But, actually Im
mighty king said to you that nor worthly to receive your award.
you could ask for three King : You are, Nimesis. Im very pleased fr what
wishes. He would make you have done for me. You really make me
them come true. proud.
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Knight : Thank you. Your Majesty, Your wish is my
command
Activity 5
Answer these dialog based on the above dialogue.
1. What did the beggar ask the women?
2. And what did the women give to the man?
3. What expression did the woman use to give the money to the man?
4. What did the beggar repply after he received the money?
5. Mention other expressions of giving things.
6. Mention other expression of thanking.
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Activity 6
Make a dialog using the expression of gratitude based on the situation given.
GAMBAR SEORANG MURID LAKI-LAKI
MEMBERI TIKET PADA MURID
PEREMPUAN
Suppose you are the girl in the picture. Your brother gives you a ticket to see the show
of favorite band.
What would both of you say?
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Activity 7
Fill in the empty spaces with the words provided
Activity 8
Put the verb in the correct form. Use the simple past tense. Num,ber I has been done for you.
1. Somebody broke into our house last night
2. My mother... (not lock) the front door last night
3. My cousin ... (graduate) from high school a year ago.
4. Where... (you buy) your guitar.
5. I ... (not go) to school yesterday.
6. Sarah ... (not win) the writing contest last week.
7. We... (see) an accident on our way to school this morning
8. ... (she invite) you on our way to school this morning.
9. ... (you call) me last night?
10. The Storm ... (nor damage) our house.
Activity 9
In this exercise you have to read a situation then combine two sentences with conjuction
because.
1. The boys walked for a long time. Then they decided to take a rest.
2. Lintang waited for the bus for a long time. She decided to take a taxi.
3. John needed a new coat for a long time. He bought one yesterday.
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4. Ali saved enough money for a plane ticket. She went to Europe.
5. John worked hard all year. He took a long vacation
Activity 10
Put the verbs the correct form of past tense (simple or continuous)
1. I ... (buy) one lie it a month ago.
2. They... (visit) their home town a few days ago.
3. I ... (read) a book when he came.
4. The fire still... (burn) at seven oclock this morning.
5. The light ... (go) out while we... (have) our dinner.
6. In the party, when I... (come) into the room, my friends ... (sing) Dangdut song.
7. When the phone... (ring), my father still... (have) a bath.
8. While the students... (talk) about their coming holiday, the teacher... (come) in.
9. When I ..., (think) of going with her to Bali, she... (come) and ... (offer) me to accompany
her to.
10. As she... (explain) the lesson the students, one of them... (raise) his hand and... (ask) him a
question.
Activity 11
Complete the sentences by using
Before - then - before
After - until
1. ... going to school, I prepared my books
2. I sent the letters... typing them
3. She went to Jakarta... she continued to Bali
4. The girl lived here... she lost everything
5. I accompanied my sister, .... I went to school
Activity 12
Complete the senteces bu correcting the verbs in the past form
1. Father (be) at the Matahari Dept. Store last week?
2. The girls (not have) a new English teacher
3. Many students (do) the mathematics test in the classroom
4. My brother (post) the letter to grandpa yesterday?
5. Tia and Nana (win) a song competion in this city.
6. The teacher (not be) present at the last meeting
7. Mother (want) my brother to go home early
8. We (not need) the whole answer
9. They (promise) not to be late again
10. The young girl (lose) her parents at the storm?
B. MODELING OF TEXT
Activity 13
Read the following text loudly
The Cat, the Mouse, and the Cock
One day, a little mouse came running home crying. Oh mother I saw something terrible
in garden just now. It has made me so afraid.
Tell me dear, what is was you saw in the garde, mother mouse said anxiously.
The little mouse told his mother, I saw two things in the garden. One looked so kind
and gentle. It was a very pretty thing with a long tale. It had velvet clothes nice light green
eyes. It was coming towards me in such a kind way. Suddenly, a big yellow legged monster
came up between me and the nice thing. It looked very terrible. It had a red hat on its head.
It had a pointed yellow mouth. Then, it beat its sides again and again and opened its mouth
crying in a fierce voice, clok a doodle do cock a doodle do.
Mother mouse smiled and said, Oh dear, its lucky. Youve got home safely. The big
yellow legged thing was only a cock. It woldnt have done you any harm. But the thing with
the velvet clothes that you thought so kind was a cat, the cruel murderer of our folk.
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Activity 14
Re-read the next (Activity 1) a bove. Take the note of the participants character from the story as
the example below.
1. One looked so kind and gentle.
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________
8. ______________________________________________________
Activity 15
Read the following once more and answer question
A. The dead donkey has been my teacher, replied the fox. From his foolish conduct I have
learned to be wise
B. On seeing this, the lion looked very pleased, Master Fox, he said, This is indeed a most
satifactory divisor. Who taught you to be so clever?
C. One lion, a fox, and a donkey set off for a days hunting, after agreeting that each was to
have an equal share of what was caught. After a time, they were able to pull down and kill
a fat buck; and the lion asked the donkey to bes so good as to divide the prize. As farily as
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he could, the obliging donkey cut up the buck into threee equal parts, and then he invited
the lion to take his choice.
D. Then the lion told the fox to divide the meat. This the fox did; but he was cunning. He put
aside a big heap for the lions share, and kept only a small piece for himself.
E. At this, the lion flew into a violent rage, sprang on the poor donkey, and killed him with a
powerful blow.
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Activity 17
Analyze the narrative text structure of the story
Tittle :.........................................................................
Orientation :.........................................................................
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Complication :.........................................................................
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Resolution :.........................................................................
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LONG LONG AGO ..
(Written Cycle)
A. BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF FIELD
Activity 19
When you hear the word folklore, fables, legends, or tale, what comes across your mind? Write as
many words used in such fictions as possible.
A giant
A dwarf magic
Folklores
fables
fairy tales
A glass slipper
A witch
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Reported Speech
Statement Statement
Command/Prohibition Command/Prohibition
I1 She said, I am not dreaming." She said that she was not dreaming.
2 She said, "I was not dreaming." She said that she had not been dreaming.
3 She stated, "I quite agree." She stated that she quite agreed.
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4 "Put it in a safe place", He told the Pooh. He told the Pooh to put it in a safe place.
5 "Don't eat it all!, I asked him. I asked him not to eat it all.
6 I asked him, "Do you like honey?" I asked him if/whether he liked honey.
7 1 asked him, "Did you like honey?" I asked him if/whether he had liked honey.
9 She asked me, "When will you buy a She asked me when 1 would by a new
new hat?" hat.
There are some changes in tense, pronoun, adverbs of time and place for Indirect Question and
Indirect Statement. And there is no change of tense for indirect imperative. (See Table 1 and 2).
Activity 20
Read the story carefully. Then answer the question!
The Young Frog and the Old Frog
GAMBAR KODOK BESAR One day a young frog came home and told his father, "Oh,
DAN KODOK KECIL Father, I saw a very big animal this morning."
"Did he do you any harm, my dear?" his father asked
anxiously.
"No, not at all. He looked so terribly big, so 1 dared not get close
to him", answered the young frog.
"What did it look like?" asked the old frog.
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"It is a bit difficult to describe but he had hair..."
"Oh, it would be Mr. Bob's horse", interrupted the old frog.
The young frog proudly looked up to his father,
The old frog, guessing his son's
thought, make up his mind to show that he was not any clever, but also superior. So he added, "He
is not so e.g. I can easily make myself as a big as he is. Just watch me!" and started to blow
himself out.
"Was he as a big as this?" he asked his son a minute later.
"No, he was much bigger."
The old frog blew and blew again. For several times he asked his son and the answer were
that animals that the animals was much bigger than he was.
"Are you sure?" the old frog puffed.
"Yes, father, I'm quite sure! He was much bigger", answered the son seriously.
Then the old frog started to blow again. At this moment mother Frog came forward and said,
"Please stop blowing out yourself!"
"Don't worry, dear," answered Father Frog, "I've only just begun."
Mother Frog kept on trying to prevent father frog. At last father. Frog got angry and said,
"Leave me alone and mind your own business." Then, turning to his son, Father Frog said as he
continued to blow, "I'm sure he was not so big as this ..."
Suddenly, Father Frog burst!
Taken from: Selected fables
Question:
1. In your opinion what is the purposes of this reading text?
2. Who are involved in the story?
3. Does the story have happy ending or sad ending?
4. What is the moral value of the story?
5. Do you find any verbal process in text? If any, mention them!
Activity 21
Do you still remember the story about "The Young Frog and the Old Frog?" Identify Some Direct
Speeches uses in the story, when write them in the following box (at least 10)
Direct Speech:
1. A young frog told his father, "I saw a very big animal this morning."
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________
8. ____________________________________________________
9. ____________________________________________________
10. ____________________________________________________
Activity 22
Change the Direct Speeches in the Activity 6 into Indirect Speeches. Write them in the box below.
Indirect Speech:
1. A young frog told his father, "I saw a very big animal this morning."
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
4. ___________________________________
5. ___________________________________
6. ___________________________________
7. ___________________________________
8. ___________________________________
9. ___________________________________
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10. ___________________________________
B. MODELLING OF THE TEXT
Activity 23
Read the story of the text below and answer the question.
The Night Before My Birthday
Orientation (tells
One Saturday night, I went to really early because the
What happened
next day was my birthday. But that night I couldn't get to
To Whom
sleep so I decided to go downstairs and have a hot 'Milo'.
* Where and when
Resolution:
Just when I was about to get out of bed I heard
(how the problem is solved)
something banging on the window. I slowly walked to the
Complication: window and opened the curtains. I looked outside and
there staring at me was a hairy monster with wings. He
Problem face by character
was huge.
Resolution:
I opened the window. The monster put his nose down. I
(how the problem is solved)
think he wanted me to climb on him. So carefully I
Complication:
climbed up. He made this grunting noise and flew away.
Problem face by character My heart was pounding really fast. I closed my eyes.
Resolution:
Finally we stopped. I opened my eyes and looked
(how the problem is solved)
around. There were all these monsters the same as the
Complication:
monster I was on. I jumped off the monster I was on and
Problem face by character walked around. Suddenly all the monsters started
together around me. Then they started singing. They
voices were horrible. I blocked my ears and closed my
eyes.
Resolution:
I decided to open my eyes. I was lying in bed with Mom
(how the problem is solved)
and Dad singing Happy Birthday
Re-orientation:
Ends the story with a personal
comment
Adapted from: http://english.unitechnology.ac.nz
Answer the questions based on the text above.
1. Who are the characters of the story?
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2. When did the story happen?
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3. What is the story about?
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4. Where did this story take place?
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5. How many complications did you find in the story?
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Activity 24
Narrative Checklist
After you have finished, read the checklist below. Put a tick (V) at the end of each line if you can
answer yes to that question. This will edit your work.
No Statement
1. To write an orientation, complication, and resolution in the right order?
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2. To write in the past tense?
3. To use verbs showing how the characters moved, spoke, thought, and felt?
4. To use adjectives and adverbs in your descriptions?
5. To use quotation marks if someone is speaking?
6. To think of other words for "said?"
7. To write in sentences and paragraphs using correct punctuation?
8. To check your spelling?
Questions:
Activity 26
Read the following text.
The Lost Caterpillar
Seven worms were walking happily. Their mother was leading them. They have just
had their breakfast on a big tree near a river.
"Come on,Children. Let's go home," Mama Wormsaid.
Suddenly, a cricket said, "You last child is ugly." "Ugly?" Asked Mama Worm. Then
she looked at the child. She was not the same as her other children. "Hey, ugly!" She
said, "You were not my child. "Go away!"
The little brown worm walked away. She was very sad. When she was near a lake,
she looked into the water.
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"Oh, How ugly 1 am," She cried.
"You are not ugly," said a voice. "Oh, I find you my child." Then worm looked
around. There was a beautiful big a caterpillar an her children. They are looked the
same as she.
"They may call you ugly?" Said Mother Caterpillar. "Said Mother Caterpillar. "But
you are the most beautiful child in the world. One day, you will turn into a beautiful
butterfly."
Taken from: fun Plus Ol
Questions:
1. Who involved in the story?
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2. What problem faced by the little brow worm?
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3. Why did Mama Worm ask her to go away?
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4. Who was really the little brown worm?
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5. How did the story end?
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Activity 27
Reread the text (Activity 1 and 2) and complete the following table.
Complication
Resolution
You could imagine you were having a frightening experience staying overnight in a haunted
house with some friends, or you lost your way and had to spend a night in a graveyard.
Or you may choose a narrative of your own. Use the Narrative Planner above and the Checklist
so that your narrative text will be a good and interesting one. You may peer-edit with your class-
mates if you like.
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EXERCISE 1
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Oh, very badly! said she. I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows
what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over
my body. Its horrible!
Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through
the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.
Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.
So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the
pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.
There, that is a true story.
7. What way did the old king use to know C. Because the pea is very beautiful.
that someone is the real princess? D. Because the pea is fragrant.
A. By laying the prince on the twenty E. Because the pea is only one in the
mattresses. world.
B. By laying the pea on the mattresses. 10. I have scarcely closed my eyes all
C. By asking the prince to meet the night.
princess. Which one has the same meaning with
D. By running down the water from the the underlined word?
hair to her toes. A. Easily
E. By laying the pea under the B. Interestingly
mattresses. C. Hardly
8. What happened when the princess got D. Bravely
up in the morning? E. Fearfully
A. She felt pain on her body. 11. The organizations of the text above are
B. She felt fresh and enthusiastic.
C. She felt peace because she had slept A. Orientation, Events, Reorientation
all night. B. Goal, Materials, Steps
D. She felt ashamed to the old king. C. General statement, Explanations,
E. She felt happy meeting the prince. Closing
9. Why was the pea put in the museum? D. Orientation, Complication, Resolution
A. Because the pea is very valuable. E. Abstract, orientation, crisis, reaction,
B. Because the pea is unique. coda
12. What do you think of the topic of the 14. Nodded in line one refers to
text? A. the mouth activity.
A. The suffer life of Alfred. B. the eyes activity.
B. Alfreds house. C. the hands activity.
C. Alfreds true love. D. the head activity.
D. Alfred is a strange boy. E. The brain activity.
E. Alfred is an orphan. 15. How is the ending of the story?
13. By writing this text, the writer wants to A. Confusing
B. Touching
A. explain Alfreds problem. C. Sorrowful
B. tell the story of Albert. D. Anxious
C. discuss Alberts problem. E. Brave
D. inform the love between Albert and his 16. Which one is not true based on the text?
girlfriend. A. They took the bus together.
E. give information of a newsworthy B. The writer is a strange student.
event. C. No one knew about Alfreds house.
D. The alien student is an orphan.
E. Alfred lived with nun.
Essay
Complete the sentences with the appropriate form.
21. Your friends you to borrow their bike. (forbid)
22. What did Mr. Jayus to you? (say)
Change the sentences using Direct-Indirect form.
23. The officer said, Dont bring the animal in!
24. My uncle told whether his son presents or absents.
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25. Explain the organization of Narrative text!
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