In your opinion, what made the Mother phoned her son the writer? 2. Look at the picture below. Would the thief do something bad to the Mother?

309 Task 10 Look at the following slides that your teacher are going to show you and listen to the instruction that your teacher gives. Then, fill the Prediction Verification Checklist in Task 11. Use predictions to answer the questions. Work in a group of four or five. Slide 1: Part 1: Predicting “My Mother Vs A Thief” 1. According to the title of the text above, what do you think the story will be about? Part 2: Reading Read the first part of the text below. After my father died, my mother lived alone in their small house. She was very old. I lived with my wife and child in another street. I often said to my mother, “You must come and live with us,” but she always answered, “No, I’m very happy in my little house, and I don’t want to leave it.” At eight o’clock one morning my mother telephoned me and said, “Please come to my house.” Then she put the phone down. Part 3: Confirming Predictions 1. Do you find your prediction accurate, less accurate or inaccurate? 2. If your prediction is accurate, what do you find in the text to prove your prediction? 3. If your prediction is less accurate or inaccurate, what do you find in the text that cause you to modify your prediction? Slide 2 Part 1: Predicting 1. In your opinion, what made the Mother phoned her son the writer? 2. Look at the picture below. 310 Who is possibly the man in the picture? What was he doing? Part 2: Reading Read the second part of the text below. My wife said, “Who was that?” “It was Mother,” I answered “What did she want?” “She wants me. Perhaps she’s ill. I’ll take the car and go to work from her house.” I took the car out and drove to my mother’s house quickly. When my mother opened the door, I said, “What’s the matter, Mother?” “Come in,” she answered. “There’s a thief in one of my cupboards.” Part 3: Confirming Predictions 1. Do you find your prediction accurate, less accurate or inaccurate? 2. If your prediction is accurate, what do you find in the text to prove your prediction? 3. If your prediction is less accurate or inaccurate, what do you find in the text that cause you to modify your prediction? Slide 3 Part 1: Predicting 1. Look at the picture on Slide 2 again. What do you think would happen between the Mother and the thief? 2. Would the thief do something bad to the Mother? Part 2: Reading Read the third part of the text below. “A thief in one of your cupboards?” I said. “When did you find him?” “I heard noises in a cupboard yesterday evening,” she answered. “Which one?” I asked quietly. We were in the dining room that time. “That one,” my mother answered. “Why didn’t you telephone me then?” I asked. “Because it was late, and I didn’t want to trouble you,” she answered. “But the thief hasn’t stayed in the cupboard all night, has he?” I asked. “Oh, yes, he has,” my mother told me. “I nailed the door up, and then I went to bed.” Part 3: Confirming Predictions 1. Do you find your prediction accurate, less accurate or inaccurate? 2. If your prediction is accurate, what do you find in the text to prove your prediction? 3. If your prediction is less accurate or inaccurate, what do you find in the text that cause you to modify your prediction? 311 Slide 4 Part 1: Predicting 1. What would the writer possibly do? 2. What possibly happened to the thief? Part 2: Reading Read the fourth part of the text below. I immediately called the police and told them the story. I hoped the police come soon because I was a bit worried with the thief. When the police come, my mother showed them the cupboard where she locked the thief. When the police opened the cupboard, a weak man appeared. He almost lost his consciousness. The police then brought the poor thief to the office for investigation. Part 3: Confirming Predictions 1. Do you find your prediction accurate, less accurate or inaccurate? 2. If your prediction is accurate, what do you find in the text to prove your prediction? 3. If your prediction is less accurate or inaccurate, what do you find in the text that cause you to modify your prediction? The text was adapted from: Hill. L.A. 1994. Stories for Reading Comprehension 2._____: Longman Task 11 Before reading the text in Task 10, record your predictions about the content of the text in this Prediction Verification Checklist. After you read, put a thick √ in the appropriate column to indicate if the prediction was Accurate, Less Accurate or Inaccurate. Work in a group of four or five. Group Members : Text Title : “My Mother Vs A Thief” Prediction Verification Checklist No. Prediction Ac cu rat e L ess Ac cu rat e In ac cu rate 1. 1. According to the title of the text above, what do you