Cats Tasks

7/17/2019 Cats Tasks http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/cats-tasks 1/1 © Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004 Downloaded from the TEFL skills section in www.onestopenglish.com Cats: reading tasks 1 This is your heading: What's the story? Now read the story your teacher gives you. 2 Draw a picture from the story. Show it to the others in your group. Have you drawn the same scene? 3 Read the story again. Underline 3 or 4 words or phrases you don't understand. a Try and work out what the word means by reading the sentence again. b Then ask another student if they know the word. If not c look the word up in a dictionary and tell the others what it means. 4 Put the story away so that you can't see it. These phrases were in the story. Can you remember the sentences? Then check and see if you were right. one morning............. it gave me a ............. ............. surprised to ............. I realised ............. unable to ............. shocked to ............. now ............. 5 Without looking at the text tell each other in your group the story. Try and include the sentences above. 6 Now find a student from another group and tell each other your stories. Which one is the most interesting / the funniest? 7 In your new group write another story with the headingCat survives ..... Try and make the story unusual. Need some help with ideas? Here are some suggestions: .......30 minutes in a washing machine. .......house collapse. .......falling into dangerous river. .......without food for a month. A Cat survives journey across China B Cat survives trip on roof of owner's car C Cat survives night frozen to the ground

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7/17/2019 Cats Tasks

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Cats: reading tasks

1 This is your heading:

What's thestory?

Now read the story your teacher gives you.

2 Draw a picture from the story. Show it to the others in your group. Have you drawnthe same scene?

3 Read the story again. Underline 3 or 4 words or phrases you don't understand.a Try and work out what the word means by reading the sentence again.b Then ask another student if they know the word. If notc look the word up in a dictionary and tell the others what it means.

4 Put the story away so that you can't see it. These phrases were in the story. Canyou remember the sentences? Then check and see if you were right.

one morning............. it gave me a ............. .............

surprised to ............. I realised ............. unable to .............

shocked to ............. now .............

5 Without looking at the text tell each other in your group the story. Try and includethe sentences above.

6 Now find a student from another group and tell each other your stories. Which oneis the most interesting / the funniest?

7 In your new group write another story with the headingCat survives .....Try and make the story unusual. Need some help with ideas? Here are somesuggestions:.......30 minutes in a washing machine. .......house collapse........falling into dangerous river. .......without food for a month.

ACat survives journey acrossChina

BCat survives trip on roof ofowner's car

CCat survives night frozen to theground