Learning Task M3 LA 4
Task
1:
The Story
Elements of the Text 1: “Aren’t you his mother?”
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Orientation
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Events
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Twist
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A young boy was playing with a ball in the
street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell
inside.
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A lady
came to the window with the ball and shouted at the young boy, so he ran
away, but he still wanted his ball back
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A few
minutes later he returned and knocked at the door of the house. When the lady
answered it, he said, “My father’s going to come and fix your window very
soon.”
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After a
few more minutes, a man came to the door with the tools in his hand, so the
lady let the boy take his ball away.
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When the man finished fixing the window, he said to the lady, “That will
cost you exactly ten dollars.”
“But aren’t you the father of that young boy?” the woman asked, looking
surprised. “No,” he answered, equally surprised, “Aren’t you his mother?”
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Task 1b
Answer these questions.
No
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Question
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Answer
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1
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Who were
the participants in the story?
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The participants in the story
are a young boy, a lady, a man
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2
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Where do
you think the story happened?
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The story
happened in the lady’s house
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3
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When did
the story happen?
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I guess it happened in the
afternoon.
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4
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What
tense is mostly used in the story?
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Simple Past Tense
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5
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Which
part of the story is funny?
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The last paragraph, when the man
finished fixing the window
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6
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How many
events are there in the story
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There are three events in the story
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7
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Why do
you think the story is funny?
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The story is funny because the young boy had a trick how to get his ball back.
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8
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What is
the purpose of the writer telling the story?
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To entertain the readers
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Task 1c
State True (T) or False
(F) the sentences below according to the text.
1. (F) A young boy broke the window
consciously.
2. (T) A young boy came back to the lady’s
house to take his ball.
3. (F) His father came to the lady’s house
and fixed the window.
4. (F) The man fixed the window costless.
5. (T) The man thought that the lady was
the young boy’s mother.
Task 2:
Task 2a
The Story Elements of the Text 2: “Fluffy
Bunny Rabbit”
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Orientation
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Events
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Twist
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After a
long day at the office, Chris came home one day and found his dog with the
neighbor’s pet rabbit in his mouth.
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The
rabbit was obviously dead. Chris panicked!“
If my
neighbors find out my dog killed their bunny, they’ll hate me forever,” he
thought. So he took the dirty, chewed up rabbit into the house, gave it a
bath and blow-dried its fur.
Chris
knew his neigbors kept their backdoor open during the summer, so he sneaked
inside and put the bunny back into the cage, hoping his neighbors would think
it died of natural causes.
A couple
of days later Chris and his neighbour saw each other outside.“
Did you
hear that Fluffy die?” the neighbour asked.“
Oh.
Uhmm... Sorry to hear that. What happened?” Chris mumbled.
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The
neighbour replied, “we just found him dead in his cage one day. But the
strange thing is that the day after we buried him, we went out to dinner and
someone must have dug him up, gave him a bath and put him back into the
cage!”
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Task 2b
Answer these questions.
No
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Questions
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Answer
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1
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What does the story tell us?
A. A
rabbit and a dog.
B. A boy
who petted a rabbit.
C. Neighborhood
in America.
D. A boy
who tried to maintain neighborhood.
E. A boy
who was angry with his neighbors because their dog killed his rabbit.
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D.
A boy who tried to maintain neighborhood.
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2
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What was his dog doing when Chris found it?
A. The
dog was barking at a thief.
B. The
dog was digging the neighbor’s field.
C. The
dog was eating the rabbit.
D. The
dog was killing the rabbit.
E. The
dog was carrying a dead rabbit in his mouth.
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E.
The dog was carrying a dead rabbit in his mouth.
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3
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What did Chris think of his neighbor’s rabbit?
A. It was
alive.
B. It was
killed by his dog.
C. It was
funny.
D. It was
stinky because it was already dead.
E. He was
upset because his neighbor did not bury it
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B.
It was killed by his dog.
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4
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How did Chris cover up the death of the rabbit?
A. By
cleaning it and then putting it in his neighbor’s house.
B. By
burying it in the backyard.
C. By
throwing it into his neighbor’s rubbish bin.
D. By
bathing it and then burying it.
E. By
replacing it with his own rabbit.
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A. By cleaning
it and then putting it in his neighbor’s house
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5
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How did Chris get into his neighbor’s house?
A. Breaking
the side window of the house.
B. Breaking
the front door of the house.
C. Sneaking
through the backdoor.
D. Using
the key hidden below the doormat.
E. Passing
the front gate of the house.
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C.Sneaking through the backdoor
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6
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What actually happened to the rabbit?
A. The
dog ate the rabbit.
B. The
dog found it died.
C. Chris
unconsciously killed it.
D. Chris’s
neighbour killed it and buried it before the dog found it.
E. It
died and buried in the backyard before the dog found it.
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E.
It died and buried in the backyard before the dog
found it
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7
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“If my neighbors find out my dog killed their bunny,
they’ll hate me forever.” (line 4)
The sentence implies ...
A. Chris
wanted his neighbors to know that his dog killed the rabbit.
B. Chris
worried if his neighbors was angry with him.
C. Chris
hated his neighbor so that he killed the rabbit.
D. Chris
let his dog eat the rabbit.
E. Chris
was happy because his dog could kill the rabbit.
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B. Chris worried if his neighbors were angry with
him.
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8
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The word “him” in line 13 refers to ...
A. The
dog
B. Chris
C. The
rabbit
D. Chris’s
neighbor
E. Chris’s
rabbit
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C.
The rabbit.
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9
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“ We just found him dead in his cage one day. But the
strange thing is that the day after we buried him, we went out to dinner and
someone must have dug him up, gave him a bath and put him back into the
cage.”
What does the statement mean?
A. The
rabbit was dead before the dog dug it out.
B. Someone
consciously killed the rabbit and hid it.
C. Someone
found a dead rabbit and then buried it.
D. Chris
put it back to its cage because his dog killed it.
E. His
neighbor did not know that the rabbit was dead in its cage.
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A.
The rabbit was dead before the dog dug it out.
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10
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What actually happened was ...
A. The
rabbit was dead because the dog killed it.
B. Chris
ordered his dog to get the rabbit.
C. The
rabbit did not die because of the dog.
D. Chris’
neighbor thought that the rabbit was still alive.
E. Chris’
neighbor actually wanted the rabbit dead.
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C. The rabbit did not die because of the dog.
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Task 3:
Task 3a
The Story Elements of the Text 3: Fixing the Headstone
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Orientation
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Events
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Twist
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Once,
there were two men walking home after a Halloween party.
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They
decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the
middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming
from the misty shadows.
Trembling
with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at
one of the headstones.
“Holy
cow, Mister!”, one of them said after catching his breath,” you scared us
half to death, we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here
so late at night?”
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“Those
fools!” the old man grumbled. “They mispelled my name!”
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Task 3b
No
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Questions
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Answer
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1
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How many men were walking through the cemetery?
A. Two
men
B. Three
men
C. Four
men
D. Five
men
E. Six
men
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A.
Two men
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2
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What made them shocked when they were walking through
the cemetery?
A. The
serene of the cemetery
B. The
darkness of the cemetery
C. A
tap-tap-tapping noise
D. The
howling of wolfs
E. A man
passing by the cemetery in rush
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C.
A tap-tap-tapping noise
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3
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What did the old man do at that night?
A. He
made a tombstone for someone.
B. He
corrected his name on his tombstone.
C. He was
just passing through the cemetery.
D. He had
just attended a Halloween party.
E. He was
just making a devotional visit to a grave.
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B.
He corrected his name on his tombstone.
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4
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Who did they find in the cemetery?
A. A
villager
B. Their
friend
C. The
guard of the cemetery
D. An old
man
E. The
maker of a tombstone
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D.
An old man
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5
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“The old man grumbled”. The word grumbled in the
sentence is similar in meaning to ...
A. Smile
B. Attract
C. Persuade
D. Think
E. Complain
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E. Complain
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