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Hand in hand Project 1. Arrange the paragraph below into a story by writing 1, 2, 3 or 4 next to the part. Orientation Events Twist the funny part “It must be my first customer” Dave thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country. Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his office. Soon after he left college, Dave found one of his uncles who was very rich and had no children of his own died and left him a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency. The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the telephone company and I was sent here to connect your telephone” Unit 2: Funny Story 8 Pr oject 2. Based on your answer on project one analyze the elements of the story. Use the table below. Project 3. Provide a twist for the story below. Orientation Event 1 Event 2 Twist A private conversation Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking very loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned around. I looked at the man and the young woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned around again. “I could not hear a word” I said angrily. From: English New Concept Unit 2: Funny Story 9 Find the goals 1. Create your own funny story 2. Provide a title for your story, an orientation, some events and twist 3. Write a rough draft of your story 4. Share with your friends 5. Write a second draft, and then hand it to your teacher. 6. After the teacher returns your second draft, write a neat one. To tell an event with a humorous twist. Orientation who was involved in the story, when and where Events tell what happened in chronological order Twist provide the funniest part of the story The use of action words e.g.: knocked, picked up, went etc. The use of connectives e.g.: first, then, finally The use of adverbial phrases of time and place in the zoo, two days ago The use of simple past tense He acted and mimed perfectly some animal acts. Summary Purpose Text Organization Language Features Unit 2: Funny Story 10 Get started

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