I.E. MONSEÑOR JAIME PRIETO AMAYA
TENTH GRADE –
IV PERIOD
READING
NARRATIVE TEXTS
Exercise 1
A. Read
Why do
hawks hunt chiks?
Once upon a time, a hawk fell in love with
a hen. The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen, “Will you marry
me?”
The hen loved the brave, strong hawk and
wished to marry him. But she said, “I cannot fly as high as you can. If you
give me time, I may learn to fly as high as you. Then we can fly together.”
The hawk agreed. Before he went away, he
gave the hen a ring. “This is to show that you have promised to marry me,”
said the hawk.
It so happend that the hen had already
promised to marry a rooster. So, when the rooster saw the ring, he became
very angry. “Throw that ring away at once!” shouted the rooster. The hen was
so frightened at the rooster’s anger that she threw away the ring
immediately.
When the hawk came a few months later, the
hen told the truth. The hawk was so furious that he cursed the hen, “Why
didn’t you tell me earlier? Now, you’ll always be scratching the earth, and
I’ll always be flying above to catch your children,” said the hawk.
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B. In groups,
answer these questions:
1. What is the social function of the text above?
2. Who was involved?
3. Did the hen face any problems to marry the hawk?
4. How did the hen solve the problem?
5. Does the story end in happy or sad ending?
6. Does the story happen in the past time or in the present time?
7. Mention the words are used to tell that the story happened in the past?
8. What are the words used to tell the order of events?
9. Are the verbs in the present or in the past?
10. Write several
action verbs that you find in the text!
C. Now, take
turn reading the story aloud. Then, in turn read it aloud for your friends!
Exercise 2
A. Read
Why do the
Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky?
Long time ago, there was no day. It was
always dark and always summer. This was because the Kachina, a very powerful
people had stolen the Sun and the Moon and locked them away in a box.
In the light, Coyote and Eagle, two friends
wondered the desert. Coyote and Eagle had always hunted together, but Coyote
could not hunt anymore because he could not see at night.
Coyote suggested that they went to find the
Sun and the Moon and make them light up the world. Eagle was worried. He
reminded Coyote that the Sun and the Moon were very strong and it was
dangerous to try to trick them.
In the end, Eagle agreed to help Coyote.
While the Kachina were sleeping, Coyote and Eagle crept into their village,
stole the Sun and the Moon, and headed into the hills.
Coyote told Eagle that he wanted to open
the box containing the Sun and the Moon. Eagle said, “No”. They must wait
fter their travels and open it with their eyes closed. Coyote grumbled. Hwe
couldn’t wait to see what was in the box.
Finally he grew so corious that he threw it
open. The light of the Sun was so bright that it blinded Coyote’s eyes. The
Sun and the Moon laughed and flew far away, up into the sky where they are
today.
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B. In groups,
answer these questions:
1. What is the social function of the text above?
2. Who was involved?
3. Why was the sky dark?
4. Where did the Kachina people hide the Sun and the Moon?
5. When did Coyote steal the Sun and the Moon back?
6. Does the story happen in the past time or in the present time?
7. Mention the words are used to tell that the story happened in the past?
8. What are the words used to tell the order of events?
9. Are the verbs in the present or in the past?
10. Write several
action verbs that you find in the text!
C. Now, take
turn reading the story aloud. Then, in turn read it aloud for your friends!
Exercise 3
A. Read
Rabbit and
Bear
Once upon a
time, there lived as neighbours, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit is a good
shot. In contrary, the bear is always clumsy and could not use the arrow to
good advantage.
One day,
the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and
arrows and came with bear to the other side of the hill. The rabbit was
fearing to arouse the bear's anger so he could not refuse it. He consented
and went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family.
Indeed he shot and killed so many that there was lots of meat left after the
bear and his family had loaded themselves and packed all they could carry
home.
The bear
was very gluttonous and did not want the rabbit to get any of the meat. The
rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butchering as the bear would
throw earth on the blood and dry it up. The poor rabbit would have to go home
hungry after his hard day's work.
The bear
was the father of five children. The youngest child was very kind to the
rabbit. He was very hearty eater. The mother bear always gave him an extra
large piece of meat but the youngest child did not eat it. He would take it
outside with him and pretended to play ball with the meat. He kicked toward
the rabbit's house and when he got close to the door he would give the meat
with such a great kick. The meat would fly into the rabbit's house. In this
way, the poor rabbit would get his meal unknown to the papa bear.
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B. In groups,
answer these questions:
1. What
is the social function of the text above?
2. Who
was involved?
3. What
did the Bear ask to the Rabbit?
4. Why
the Rabbit didn’t get any of meat?
5. How
did the Rabbit get his meal?
6. Does
the story happen in the past time or in the present time?
7. Mention
the words are used to tell that the story happened in the past?
8. What
are the words used to tell the order of events?
9. Are
the verbs in the present or in the past?
10. Write
several action verbs that you find in the text!
C. Now, take
turn reading the story aloud. Then, in turn read it aloud for your friends!
NOTE:
IN
THIS PERIOD TENTH GRADE WILL
BE THE RESPONSIBLE OF THE
ENGLISH DAY´S
ACTIVITIES.
(TESTS, INTERVIEWS,GAMES...)
IT
WILL BE NOTE FOR PERIOD!!!