5. Reading
Turn on the tape recorder. Say the name of the student. Before the reading of each sentence say, “I want you to read this story. Wait while I
read the title.” Read the title. Then point to the sentence to be read and say, “Read this sentence.”
1. The Drum
Story a.
Sentences 2 and 3. Start sentence 2 at “… em i kam …” b.
Sentences 4 and 5 familiar language—predictable legend 2. The
Pig Story
a. Sentence Na em i pulim …
and next sentence b. Sentence
Na em i pulim … and sentence Em i lukim olsem … familiar
language—unpredictable 3. The
Moon Story
a. Sentences 2 and 3
b. Sentences 3 and 4 unfamiliar language—predictable legend
4. The Fight
Story Sentence
Taim ol i laik pait … unfamiliar language—unpredictable
Text 1
a. Em i kisim dispela kundu na ranawe i go haitim. Na em i kam tokim lapun meri em i holim ston tamiok bilong em.
He took that drum and ran away and hid it. Then he came and talked to the old woman who had his stone axe.
b. Em i kisim ston tamiok wantaim dispela kundu na ranawe i kam antap long
ples. Na em i karim i go long haus bilong em.
He took the stone axe and that drum and ran away and came up to the village. Then he took them and went to his house.
Text 2
a. Na em i pulim han bilong em long maus bilong dispela pik. Na em i lukim
tupela han bilong em i bagarap nogut tru.
Then he pulled his hand inside the mouth of that pig. Then he looked at his two hands and they were hurt real bad.
b. Na em i pulim han bilong em long maus bilong dispela pik. Em i lukim olsem
na em i no wari long pen na bagarap long bodi bilong em.
Then he pulled his hand inside the mouth of that pig…. He looked that way and he didn’t worry about the pain and how bad his body was hurt.
Text 3
a. Em dispela mun em i stap hait tasol long haus bilong tupela manmeri. Tupela i
save yusim olsem lam bilong tupela long haus tasol.
This moon only hides in the house of a couple. They just use it like their lamp inside their house.
b. Tupela i save yusim olsem lam bilong tupela long haus tasol. Olgeta manmeri
bilong dispela graun i no save long mun.
They just use it like their lamp inside their house. All the people on the ground don’t know about the moon.
Text 4
Taim ol i laik pait wantaim wanpela ples ol i kisim dispela kil bilong diwai ol i sapim long en wantaim skin bilong pik. Ol i kisim skin bilong pik na haitim
bodi bilong ol.
At the time when they want to fight with another place they get this base of a tree which they have sharpened and the pig’s skin. They get the pig’s skin and
hide their bodies.
6. Comprehension
Say, “Tell me that story text 4 in your own words. What do you think might have happened before that?
What do you think might have happened after that?”
7. Writing
When the student has finished, turn off the tape recorder and say, “Look at these three pictures and write a long story about what is happening.”
When the student has finished writing, turn on the tape recorder and ask the student to read the story.