Robin Hood

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Robin Hood
V.B. 2010
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Kinds of stories
folk tales
fairy tales
fables
anecdotes
biographies
detectives
adventures
ghost stories
science fiction
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Tick the correct answer
stories. fables folk tales fairy tales science fiction ghost stories biographies
about real peoples lives
about animals
about kings and queens
scary things and creatures
that teach lessons and morals
about aliens and robots
about faraway lands and magic
about different cultures
about outer spaces
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What makes a story?
A story is a sequence(???) of actions or events
that creates a whole idea. A story has a
beginning, a middle and an end. It usually
presents a problem and a solution. It answers
the questions Who,What,Where,Why,When and How.
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Fill in the correct words
a problem, sad, a solution, an end, a
beginning, a character, a middle

• A story usually has a beginning,_________ and
  __________.
• In every story there is always ______ decides
  to do something.
• The character usually has ______ and has to
  look for a solution.
• In the end there is ____________ and the
  character
• comes home feeling happy or __________.

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The basic structure of many stories
Divide it into beginning, middle and end.

• There is a character.
• One day, the character decides to do
  something.
• There is a problem.
• The character looks for a solution.
• There is a solution to the problem.
• The character is happy or sad at the end.

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Questions you can ask about a story

• Who is the story about?
• Who is the main character?
• Where does the story take place?
• When does the story take place?
• What is the problem?
• What happens?
• What does the main character in the story do?
• Why?
• How does the main character solve the
  problem?

Note When people tell a story they use
either Present Simple or Past Simple
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Read the story about Robin Hood in the book
again and answer the questions below

• Who was the main character in the story?
• Where did the story take place? ( It took
  place.
• When did the story take place?
• What was the problem?
• What did the main character in the story
  decide to do?
• Why did the character in the story decide to
  do this?
• What solution did the character find?
• How did the character feel at the end of the
  story?

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Fill in the past tense
Robin Hood __________ ( live) in the Nottingham
Forest. Robin Hood_______( be) a good man who
_____(care) for poor people. The people of
Nottingham ______( have) a hard life because the
Sheriff______(take) all his things and
money. Robin Hood _______(want) to help them. He
______( have) a good plan. He _______(decide) to
stop him in the forest and to rob him. Lady
Miriam _______( be) his true love and she ______(
have) to send Robin a message when the Sheriff
would be in the forest. Robin Hood and his
friends_______( wait) in the forest. Miriam
_______(send) a message. Sheriff _______( be) on
his way home. He _______( be) very happy because
he ______( have) a lot of money. Robin
_______(stop) the Sheriff and ______(take) his
bag. It _______( be) heavy and full
of gold coins. The Sheriff _______( be) very
angry and even ______( call) Robin Thief. Robin
Hood and his friends_____( go) to the village and
____(give) people the money back. The
people_____(say) to Robin "You are our hero.
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Dear_________, Thank you for your letter! I
_____(like) it very much. Today is
_____________. Yesterday I ________(have) six
lessons. And you? I ______( promise) to tell you
about my English lesson. We _____(read) a folk
tale about Robin Hood last week. It________ ( be
not) new for me. I _______(watch) a movie a year
ago. The main character is _____________. He
___________________. The story _________(take)
place in ______________. The story is about
__________________. The end of the
story_________________. I __________(like) this
story because_________. Well, this is all for
now. I have to help my mother right now.
Please, write soon. Warm wishes,
_____________