"My Favourite Story"

Nearly all the stories have characters that define them, and the same happens with the environment where the story takes place.

What do you like for reading? There are comic, puzzle, adventure and mystery stories.

1. New Cat Adventure
2. The Brown Italian Bag
3. The Boy in the woods
4. The New guitar
5. Lost at sea

There are different types with different levels of English.

What´s your favourite story?

Topic: Short Stories.

Level: advanced beginners.

Objectives: at the end of the web quest, the students are expected

• to create a new ending for a story.
• to draw a digital poster,
• to make an oral presentation.

Task- Choose one short story- see Introduction tab- in pairs. After the reading,

1-Think and write a new ending ( no more than 15 lines). Remember to employ: and , but and so to connect the sentences.

2-Draw your ideas into a digital poster/ model to share in class.

Let´s start !

1. What´s the name of your story? Make a list of new vocabulary ( 5 words).

This link can help you to find the meaning of the new words.

     2. What are the main characters of the story? Describe them (2-3 lines for each one) . 

     3. What´s the problem in the story?

      4. What ´s the solution/ end for this short story?

      5. Has the story got a message? What is it?

      6. Can you imagine a new ending for the story? Write a paragraph (8-10 lines). 

Now, let´s draw/ model the new ending!

You can find ideas here, or in this link.

►THE WALT DISNEY FAMILY MUSEUM

​ Who was Walt Disney? How many movies can you tell from him? 

• ​Visit The W. Disney Museum and find creative ideas for your character´s design.
• ​Go to the tab EDUCATION: WORKSHOPS. Next, choose the pictures from all workshops:
• ⇒ Designing a Lead Male Character - AGES 7-17
• ⇒ Designing a Lead Female Character - AGES 7-17 
• What are the memorable characters?
• What are the keys to bear in mind when drawing a character?​

These key concepts will help to create your designs.

Keep in mind!

Evaluation: 

• Written activity- Webquest.

Employ all you learned in class- colours, numbers, physical description, adjectives- to answer the questions.  The webquest will be handed in to the teacher for control.

• Oral Presentation- Product: Digital poster/ model. 

Short oral presentations in pairs. The groups will illustrate the new ending with their product. Students will show their digital poster / model to the class. The teacher will provide and explain the assessment grids to coevaluate and for self-assessment of the groups.

The assessment grids contain:

-Aspects to be evaluated : use of TICs, group presentation (the main message), product (poster/model), suggestions.

-Scale: Excellent-Very Good- Good- Not yet.

At the end, the teacher will collect the grids to provide an overall feedback (suggestions) for the improvement, and to estimate the final mark.