In this unit you will learn how to: retell stories express promise, wonders, possibilities

1. 1 TELLING STORIES • In this unit you will learn how to: • retell stories • express promise, wonders, possibilities • rewrite a different version of story look ahead-erlangga

2. A. LET’S TALK • Look at the pictures. Then answer the questions Stage 1 Getting in touch with stories Getting Started look ahead-erlangga

3. What do you think? • Tell what you see in the picture. 2. Do you believe that a goose can produce golden eggs? Why/why not? 3. If you say to a six-year old child that a goose can produce golden eggs, would the child believe with what you said? Why/why not? look ahead-erlangga

4. ACTIVE LISTENING • Listen the following fable. While listening, complete the missing words with the words you hear. Then answer the questions. B Gold / / Goose / / Glitter / / Greedy / / nest / / thought / / Trick / / Say it right look ahead-erlangga

5. The Goose With the Golden eggs Well, here is the story. One day (1)_________ was going to (2) _____ and found there was (3) _________ and glittering. When he took it up, it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on a (4) ________, and soon found to his delight that it was (5) _________. Every morning (6) _______ occurred and he soon became rich by selling its eggs. As he grew rich he grew greedy and thought to get at once (7) ________ the goose could give. He killed the goose and opened it: only to find nothing. (Adapted from: Look a head 3) look ahead-erlangga

6. Find out: • Whose goose was it? • Where did he find a gold egg? • How were the eggs? • Why did he want to throw the egg away? • What made him happy? • What made him greedy? • Did he find any golden eggs inside the goose? • What lesson can you learn from the story? • Write down the action verbs used in the story. look ahead-erlangga

7. Your turn • Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions. Use your imagination. C • Do you like the story of The Golden Eggs? Why/why not? • What do you think of the goose, the countryman, and the eggs?.Talk about what do you thing clearly. See the following examples: look ahead-erlangga

8. I think the goose is a very fertile animal. • I think the countryman is very cruel man. • I think the eggs are the most expensive eggs in the world. look ahead-erlangga

9. D. ENJOY THIS •Read the following comic. Then, answer the questions. look ahead-erlangga

10. Find out • What does the girl want George to do? • Do you think George is used to tell stories to his little sister? • Why does George want her to make a promise? • What does the girl say to express her promise? • What’s George’s response to the girl’s promise? look ahead-erlangga

11. Get It Right THINK ABOUT IT • Look at the following picture. Then answer the questions. A • Who are the speakers in the dialogue? • What does the woman want the man to do? look ahead-erlangga

12. Ways to say it Expressing a promise Offering a promise: • Asking for a promise: • Promise me that you will get me all the water that I can drink. • Do you promise to take care of the bird if we get one? • I promise I’ll do whatever you want • I promise you that I’ll try to be on time next time. • I promise to love you endlessly. look ahead-erlangga

13. I promise I’ll do whatever you want • I promise you that I’ll try to be on time next time. • I promise to love you endlessly. • It’s a promise • I give you my word on that. • You have my word on it. • I swear that my love is only for you. • Make me a promise, won’t you? • I want you to promise that you’ll love me forever • Is that a promise? • Do you give me your word on that? • Do you swear that you won’t forget me? look ahead-erlangga

14. TRY THIS • Listen to following story. Then, answer the questions. B HINT Consider the following pictures to help you get the idea of the story. look ahead-erlangga

15. Find Out: • How many people are there in the dialogue? • What is the relationship of the speakers in the dialogue? • Where did the story happen? • Who made a promise? • Why did he make a promise? • What happened when the promise was broken? • Who broke the promise? look ahead-erlangga

16. C YOUR TURN • Work in pairs. Choose one of this situations. Create a dialogue based on the situation you choose. Use suitable gambits expressing a promise. • A friend is visiting your home. She wants to borrow some money and promises you that she will return the money as soon as possible. • 2. A daughter is asking her very busy mother to take her swimming on the weekend. She asks her mother to promise. look ahead-erlangga

17. Ways to say it Expressing wonder (curiosity) Asking about thoughts/feelings: Expressing wonder: • I wonder at her rudeness • I wonder how he can come here after what happened. • I really wonder if he loves somebody younger. • How do you feel about it? • What are you thinking about? • You have some think on your mind? • What are you looking so serious about? look ahead-erlangga

18. Asking about thoughts/feelings: Expressing wonder: • Is something bothering you? • Is there anything you want to talk about? • Want to talk about it? • Are you O.K.? • Are you worried about something? • I’m just wondering if she knows how much I love her. • I wonder who she is. • I was just wondering how to do it. • I don’t wonder after the treatment she had. look ahead-erlangga

19. D ENJOY THIS• Listen the following dialogue. While listening, fill in the blanks. Then answer the questions. Heri : I (1) _______ if I could fly into the clouds. Jeni : Why not? Heri : Do you think I could? Jeni : Heri, Are you O.K.?You look a little depressed about something… Heri : I’m sorry. It’s nothing. I’m just (2) _____ Jeni : Oh, really? C’mon. You can tell me. A penny for your thoughts. Heri : I am just (3) ______ about our plan to see my parents. Jeni : Are you worried about it? look ahead-erlangga

20. Heri : No. Not really worried. Jeni : (4) ______ ? Then how do you feel about it? Heri : I’m just wondering what my parents’ reaction will be… Jeni : You are worried about it, aren’t you? Heri : Uhmm… I’ve told you before. They’re a little. (5) ______ look ahead-erlangga

21. Find out: • Who are the speakers in the dialogue? • What are they talking about • Why does the man look worried? • What is the man wondering? • What is the woman’s reaction? look ahead-erlangga

22. E YOUR TURN• Work in pairs. Choose one of the following situations and make conversation similar to the above dialog. Act it out in front of the class. • One of your classmates in your school seems really depressed about something. Ask him/her what happened. • You are talking with your teacher. She seems a little angry about something. Find out what is making her annoyed. • Your mother is arguing with your father. She seems very angry with him. Ask her politely what happened. look ahead-erlangga

23. WAYS TO SAY IT Expressing possibility Asking about possibilities/probability: Stating possibility: • Maybe • Perhaps • Could be • It’s possible • They may be • I might meet him • There’s a good possibility • It’s a very likely • Is it possible to see Mount Merbabu from here? • Is there any possibility of selling everything today? • What possibility is there that they are still alive? look ahead-erlangga

24. Can you come to my house tomorrow afternoon? • Will you be able to stop by the post office on the way home? • Is there any chance they will meet and merry? • What will probably happen to the main character? • There’s a big chance • There’s a chance look ahead-erlangga

25. F TRY THIS • Work in pairs. Create possible questions and responses to the following situations. Then, act it out in front of the class. look ahead-erlangga

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27. A THINK ABOUT IT. Answer the following questions. Moving Forward • Do you like keeping an animal in your house? Why/ Why not? • An animal keep by person in the home is called _____ • Some animals you can keep in your home are _____ • An animal you can keep as guard of your home is _____ look ahead-erlangga

28. B FIRST CHALLENGE. Listen carefully to the following story. While listening, arrange the jumbled words between brackets and rewrite them in the table provided, then answer the questions. The Dog and the Shadow Do you like keeping an animal in your house? Okay. Do you know the reason why people keep a dog in their house? Don’t you know that sometimes a dog can be so greedy that he steals all we have? This is a story about a greedy dog. look ahead-erlangga

29. It happened that a dog had got (of– meat–a–piece) and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in piece. Now on his way home, he had to cross a plank lying across. (running-a-brook). As he crossed, he looked down and saw (own-shadow-his) reflected in the water beneath. look ahead-erlangga

30. Thinking it was (another- piece-dog-another-with-of-meat), he made up his mind to have that also. So he made (a-at-the-snap-shadow) in the water, but as he opened his mouth (piece-the-of-meat) fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen anymore. So, what lesson can you learn from this story? (Adopted from : ‘Learning from life’, Aesop’s Fable) look ahead-erlangga

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32. C SECOND CHALLENGE. Retell the story of ‘The Dog and the Shadow’. Use the description of noun phrases you have made. Do you find any differences? Find out: • What did the dog have? • What happened with the dog on his way home? • What was in the water beneath? • Did the dog get another piece of meat? • Write down the action verbs used in the story. look ahead-erlangga

33. D THIRD CHALLENGE. Listen to the story of “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’. While listening, fill in the blanks with the words you hear. Then, answer the questions. The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. A wolf (1)_____ great difficulty in (2) _____ at the sheep owing, to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. look ahead-erlangga

34. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that have been (3) _____and (4) _____ aside, so it (5) _____ it on over its own pelt and (6) _____ down among the sheep. The lamb belonged to the sheep, whose skin the wolf was wearing, began to (7) _____the wolf in the sheep’s clothing; so, (8) _____ the lamb a little apart, he soon (9) _____ a meal of her, and for some time he (10) _____ in deceiving the sheep and enjoying hearty meals. (Taken from: www.narrative.com) look ahead-erlangga

35. Find out: • What was the wolf’s problem? • How did the wolf find the skin of the sheep? • What did the wolf do after strolling down among the sheep? • Wolves like to gather in groups and howl at night. In lonely places, this howling sounds frightening. But wolves almost never attack people. Suppose you saw a wolf in the woods. Would you be scared? Why/Why not? look ahead-erlangga

36. E. FOURTH CHALLENGE. Find the meaning of the following words or phrases in your dictionary. • to fill her skin bucket: _________ • industrious: _________________ • a knoll: _____________________ • jester: _____________________ • portaged: ___________________ • leggings: ___________________ • spine: ______________________ • the broke for water: __________ • the maiden: _________________ • noble: ______________________ look ahead-erlangga

37. 11. forebodings: ________________ • 12. tepee: _____________________ • 13. bark: ______________________ • 14. descent: ___________________ • scalp: _____________________ • to strike a blow: _____________ • 17. uncanny: ___________________ • 18. hither: _____________________ • 19. moccasins: _________________ • 20. in agony: ___________________ look ahead-erlangga

38. F. FIFTH CHALLENGE. Read and listen to the following story. Pay attention to it’s structure and speaker’s intonation. Then answer the questions. look ahead-erlangga

39. orientation THE FAITHFUL LOVERS The following story will be special for each of you who want to know the real meaning of love. Hmm, there once lived a chief’s daughter who had many admirers. All the young men in the village wanted to have her for a wife and were all eager to fill her skin bucket when she went to the brook for water. look ahead-erlangga

40. complication resolution There was a young man in the village. He was a god hunter but he was poor and had a mean family. He loved the maiden and wished he could marry her. So, one day when she went for water, he threw his robe over her head while he whispered in her ear: “Will you marry me?” For a long time the maiden acted as if she hadn’t heard anything, but one day she whispered back telling that she would be wiling to marry him if he took a scalp. look ahead-erlangga

41. So he made a war party of seven, himself and six other young men. Before they started, they sat down to smoke and rest beside a beautiful lake at the food of a green knoll that rose from its shore. The knoll was covered with green grass and somehow as they looked it they had a feeling that there was something about it that was mysterious and uncanny. One of the lover’s friends was so curious about it that he ventured in to the knoll. Four of the young men followed. Having reached to the top of the knoll, all five began to jump and stamp about in sport. look ahead-erlangga

42. complication But, suddenly they stopped. The knoll had begun to move toward the water. It was a gigantic turtle! The five men cried out in alarm and tried to run, but it was too late! They cried; but the others could do nothing. In just a few moments, the waves had closed over them. The other two men: the lover and his friend, went on, but with heavy hearts. After some days, they came to a river. Worn out with fatigue, the lover threw himself down on the bank. Fortunately, the lover’s friend came t help him. look ahead-erlangga

43. The following day, his friend told him that he found a fish which he had cleaned and asked him to eat the fish together. The lover said that if he ate the fish, his friend had to promise to fetch him all the water that he could drink. When they had eaten, the kettle was rinsed out and the lover’s friend brought it back with full of water. The lover drunk the water at a draught. Again his friend filled the kettle at the river and again the lover drunk it dry but still asked for more water. The lover’s friend then took the lover to the river. When the lover saw the river, he walked to the river, sprang in, and lying down in the water with his head toward land, drank greedily. look ahead-erlangga

44. resolution Then, he called out his friend. The friend came and was amazed to see that the lover was now a fish from his feed to his middle. Sick at heart he ran off a little away and threw himself upon the ground in grief. After awhile, he returned to find that the lover was now a fish up to his neck. The friend went home and told his story. There was great mourning over the death of the five young men and for the lost lover. In the river, the over had became a great fish and its fin was just above the surface. Canoes had to be portaged at great labor around the obstruction. look ahead-erlangga

45. complication Meanwhile, the chief’s daughter mourned for her lover as for a husband and no body could comfort her. Day by day, she sat inside her mother’s tepee with her head covered with his robe, silent, working, and working. When ever her mother asked, the maiden didn’t reply. The days lengthened into moons until a year had passed. And then the maiden arose. She left her mother’s tepee with holding lots of things in her hands. There were three pairs of moccasins, three pairs of leggings, three belts, three shirts, three head dresses with beautiful feathers, and sweet smelling tobacco. look ahead-erlangga

46. One day she had a new canoe made. Then, the next morning she stepped into the canoe and floated slowly down the river toward the great fish. Her canoe came and stopped to the place where the great fin arose. One by one she laid her presents on the fish’s back, scattering the feathers and tobacco over his broad spine. look ahead-erlangga

47. resolution “Oh, fish,” she cried, “oh, fish, you who were my lover, I shall not forget you. Because you were lost for love of me, I shall never marry. All my life I shall remain a widow. Take these presents. And now leave the river, and let the waters run free, so my people may once more descend in their canoes.” Slowly the great fish sank, his broad fin disappeared and the water of the St. Croix (Stillwater) were free. (Adapted from: Encarta Reference Library, 2005) look ahead-erlangga

48. Find out: • “The faithful lovers” refer to _____________ • What was actually the green knoll? • When did the lover start changing into a fish? Underline the sentences that support your answer. • What did the maiden do when knowing that her lover had changed into a big fish? • How do you feel when you read the story? Happy? Amused? Sad? Bored? Confused? Why? • Who were the main characters of the above story? look ahead-erlangga

49. 7. How did the main characters in the story overcome their problem(s)? • Does the story happen in past or present time? Give evidence. • Circle all the noun phrases you find in the text. • Can you find any direct speech in the above story? Do they make the story seem real? look ahead-erlangga

50. A. FIRST PROJECT. Work in groups of four. Read and listen to the following story. Pay attention to the speaker’s intonation. Then, answer the questions. Hand in Hand Here is a story for you to enjoy. Listen! Once upon a time there lived as neighbors, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit was a good shot and the bear, being very clumsy, could not use an arrow to a good advantage. The bear was very unkind to the rabbit. Every morning, the bear would call over to the rabbit and ask the rabbit to take his bow and arrows and come with the bear to the other side of the hill. look ahead-erlangga