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THEME 7 NEWS STORIES

FUNCTIONS
F1 Narrating a past event/experience
F2 Talking about sequential actions
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12 GRADE

3 Believe It or Not!

This activity enables students to narrate a past event or experience. It is designed to help students to practice and understand
narrative tenses. It is a good activity to keep your students motivated. It also helps your students build confidence in speaking
and increase their creativity.

Materials and Preparation

Prepare a short story about yourself. The story can be true or made-up. Cut up the story cards on pages 161-162 neatly.
Make copies of the cards and give one to each student.

Procedure

1 Ask your students to listen carefully to the story you are about to tell them. You can either tell a true story that seems
unbelievable or make one up that seems believable.
2 When you’ve finished, ask your students, ‘‘Was that story true or was it made-up?’’ They discuss it in pairs. Tell them
they can ask you questions about the story before they decide. As they guess, ask for their reasoning. Once they’ve
all guessed, reveal if it was true or not.
3 Tell your students that they are going to play the same game with each other. Give each student a card with 3
different story titles. (They will choose the one they like.) They have to generate a story, whether it’s true or made-up,
using the cards given.
4 Give students some time to think up their stories. Tell them that they should take notes and write down the key details
of their story. Some students can try to skip this part. Remind them that this should be an interesting story that isn’t
too short.
5 When students are ready, they stand up and find a partner. They exchange stories and guess if their partner’s story
is true or made-up. They can ask two or three follow-up questions before they guess.
6 After every student has spoken to at least four people, they return to their seats. Give students points every time they
guess correctly.
7 Write the questions below on the board for students to discuss.

• Whose story was the funniest/most interesting?
• Who fooled you with their made-up story?
• Who told a true story that you thought was made-up?
• Who do you think is the best fiction writer in the class?
• Whose true story was beyond imagination?
• Who is very good at storytelling?

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