Writing a story
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Michael had been working all day and was tired and hungry (1). He went to a nearby restaurant for dinner (2). While at the restaurant, he saw Margaret, a classmate he hadn't seen in a long time (5-6). They realized they had been working in nearby offices for almost a year without knowing (7-8).
Writing a story
- 1. WRITING A STORY WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY? A good plot (argumento) A good end; funny, dramatic, unexpected Cohesion between paragraphs, use adjectives, verbs to describe what is happening. Be careful with tenses, you must use them correctly. HOW TO WRITE A STORY Imagine you have to start with this sentence : It had been a long and rainy day.....Hab鱈a sido un d鱈a largo y lluvioso. 1. Use your imagination to develop the plot: You can start thingking the story in Spanish, but be careful with the translation. 2. Ask you questions? - who the main character is, his/her name - Which the main idea is - What the character did before that moment: Was he working? Studying? Was he alone? - What the character is going to do: Is he going to the cinema? To sleep? - What happens in a decisive point in the story: Does the character know someone? Is he in another planet? - What about the end: Does he receive a present? Is a happy end? 3. Organise your ideas - Beginning: It had been a long and rainy day....hab鱈a sido un d鱈a largo y lluvioso. - What happened before: Michael hab鱈a estado trabajando todo el d鱈a y estaba muy cansando. Tiene hambre y sed. - What happens during the story: Decide ir a cenar a un restaurante cercano. - Decisive point: De pronto, ve a una mujer que conoce. Se trata de Margaret, una compa単era de colegio que no ve鱈a hace mucho. Se ven y se saludan. Ambos se alegran mucho de verse. - Ending: Michael y Margaret se dan cuenta que trabajan en oficinas muy pr坦ximas. Lo inesperado ha ocurrido. NOW, think about the correct tenses you have to use Past Perfect ( had been, had gone), Past simple( was, saw, went), Past continuous ( was Reading) Correspondencia de tiempos verbales para narraciones (stories) FCE Espa単ol Ingl辿s Ejemplo Pret辿rito Pluscuamperfecto Sujeto + hab鱈a visto/hecho Past Perfect Subject + had+ seen/done/been They had never been so happy. Ellos nunca hab鱈an sido tan
- 2. felices. Pret辿rito indefinido/imperfecto Sujeto + verbo en pasado gan坦/comi坦/vio Simple Past Tense Subject + simple past tense won, ate, saw She won the lottery. Ella gan坦 la loter鱈a. Pret辿rito indefinido/imperfecto Past Tense Verbo to be. Sujeto +fue+ era + estaba Past Tense verb to be Subject + was/were She was very happy. Ella estaba muy contenta. Pasado para di叩logos l dijo, pens坦, pregunt坦, orden坦, cont坦, record坦 Past tense (for dialogues) Suject + said, thought,asked, told, remembered He said to his friend: Wait l le dijo a su amigo: Espera. Pasado continuo Sujeto + ser/estar + v.p. en participio pasado Past Continuous Subject+ was/were + winning, eating, looking He was working. l estaba trabajando. Presente Sujeto + come, mira, camina Present Tense Subject + eat, look, walk They eat, drink and smoke a lot. Ellos comen, beben y fuman mucho. Presente continuo (para di叩logos) Sujeto + ser/estar/ presente comiendo, mirando, caminando. Present Continuous (for dialogues) Subject + am/is/are + eating, looking, walking Im coming she answered. Voy dijo ella. Futuro (para di叩logos) Sujeto + comer叩, mirar叩, caminar叩 Future (for dialogues) Will/Wont Subject + will eat, will look, will walk. She said: I will go there. Ella dijo: Yo ir辿 all鱈. 4. Write your story in English - Be careful with the tenses - Write short paragraphs. Each idea is a paragraph - Use conectors. - Use verbs and adjective to create the atmosphere - Use some direct speech: She asked me: What are you doing here? - Include a title This is an example It had been a long and rainy day. Michael had been working all day and was very tired and hungry.(1) He decided to go and have dinner at a restaurant which was very near his office.(2) He put his raincoat on, took his umbrella and headed to the street. (3) He walked briskly to Le Chezon.(4) The restaurant was half-full. As usual, he decided to sit at the bar and order some fish and chips. The waiter, Paul, knew him and said: Right away Sir, while he served him the usual beer. Michael had a first sip and looked around. (5)卒Wow- he thought- thats Margaret- I havent seen her for ages. (6) Margaret had been his classmate at secondary school. She seemed to be having a drink with a friend. She was calling the waiter, and suddenly saw
- 3. Michael sitting at the bar. They both smiled at each other.Michael went over to her to say hello. It was an exiciting encounter, and they were both very happy to see each other again.(7) As they talked they came to realise that they had been working at offices which were very near for almost a year. Thats life Michael Michael- unexpected things happen every day.(8) - What happened before (1) Michael had been working all day and was very tired and hungry. Observaciones: 1. Me he inventado un nombre para mi personaje: Michael. 2. He utilizado el Past Perfect Continuous. "Michael had been working/ Hab鱈a estado trabajando, para hacerlo coincidir con el Past Perfect de la oraci坦n anterior "It had been a long/ hab鱈a sido... - What happens during the story: (2) to (5) Observaciones: 1. Utilizo el Simple Past Tense: He decided to go and have dinner at a restaurant which was very near his office. Decidi坦 ir a cenara un restaurante que estaba muy cerca de su oficina. 2. Narro una acci坦n tras otra en Simple Past Tense, para dar ritmo a la historia. He put his raincoat on, took his umbrella and headed to the street. Se puso la gabardina, cogi坦 un paraguasy se dirigi坦 a la calle. 3. Utilizo "briskly" un adjetivo no tan com炭n que significa "br鱈o" para crear atm坦sfera. Invento el nombre del restaurante "Le Chezon." He walked briskly to Le Chezon. Camin坦 con br鱈o a Le Chezon. 4. Creo m叩s ambiente. The restaurant was half-full. As usual, he decided to sit at the bar and order some fish and chips. The waiter, Paul, knew him and said: Right away Sir, while he served him the usual beer. Michael had a first sip and looked around. El restaurante estaba medio lleno.Como de costumbre decidi坦 sentarse en la barra y pedir pescado con patatas fritas. El camarero, Paul, lo conoc鱈a y le dijo: "Ahora mismo se単or",mientrasle serv鱈a la cerveza de siempre. Michael tom坦 un trago y mir坦 a su alrededor. - Decisive point.(6/7) Ending. (8) 5. Revise your writing 6. Write, write and write Sentences to start the story I was busy all day.... Estuve todo el d鱈a ocupado We were trying to contact them.... Estuvimos intentado contactar con ellos It was a dark and cold night.... Era una noche oscura y fr鱈a. Sentences to end the story Eventually everything turned out fine....Al final todo sali坦 bien. They smiled and went back home...Sonrieron y volvieron a casa It had to be that way... Tuvo que ser as鱈.