Writing

Unit Lesson 8-14

Learning objectives

By the end of the lesson. Ss can

make predictions about a story using pictures

read and understand a famous legend‘The Kraken’

write a summary of the plot of ‘The Kraken’

identify synonyms, similes and metaphors in ‘The Kraken’

How to write a story

The year was 1752. Captain Sven and his men set sail on board the ship ‘Horizon’ on a cold December day. Everyone knew that when you sailed with Captain Sven, you always returned with a boat full of fish. But today was different. The Horizon had sailed far out to sea when, without warning, the wind died. The crew began to feel anxious and gloomy about being stranded at sea. They sat around a warm fire while Captain Sven told stories about pirates, but the icy fingers of the wind still chilled their bones. Suddenly, one of the sailors turned as white as a ghost. He pointed with a trembling finger. The sea was dancing. Captain Sven saw what looked like a massive island surrounded by fish. But the island was moving! It came closer and closer to the ship. Realising the danger, Captain Sven ordered his crew to light as many torches as they could from the fire. For a moment the dancing stopped and there was only silence. Then the sea exploded! There was a huge cracking noise as something hit the ship. A colossal tentacle appeared. Captain Sven knew at once that this creature was the Kraken, a terrifying sea monster! A massive tentacle smashed the deck of the ship. More and more tentacles appeared as the Kraken tried to drag the ship into the depths of the ocean.

The crew fought bravely. They scorched the creature’s

tentacles with their torches. The creature roared with

pain. Its breath smelled like rotten fish and death.

Then, as unexpectedly as it had appeared, the Kraken

disappeared back into the depths of the ocean.

All that remained were the fish that had been

swimming around it. The crew threw their nets into

the sea and caught more fish than they had ever

seen. As if that was not enough good fortune

for one day, the wind picked up and they

sailed back to their homes and families.

The Kraken

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The year was 1752. Captain Sven and his men set sail on board the ship ‘Horizon’ on a cold December day. Everyone knew that when you sailed with Captain Sven, you always returned with a boat full of fish. But today was different. The Horizon had sailed far out to sea when, without warning, the wind died. The crew began to feel anxious and gloomy about being stranded at sea. They sat around a warm fire while Captain Sven told stories about pirates, but the icy fingers of the wind still chilled their bones. Suddenly, one of the sailors turned as white as a ghost. He pointed with a trembling finger. The sea was dancing. Captain Sven saw what looked like a massive island surrounded by fish. But the island was moving! It came closer and closer to the ship. Realising the danger, Captain Sven ordered his crew to light as many torches as they could from the fire. For a moment the dancing stopped and there was only silence. Then the sea exploded! There was a huge cracking noise as something hit the ship. A colossal tentacle appeared. Captain Sven knew at once that this creature was the Kraken, a terrifying sea monster! A massive tentacle smashed the deck of the ship. More and more tentacles appeared as the Kraken tried to drag the ship into the depths of the ocean.

The crew fought bravely. They scorched the creature’s

tentacles with their torches. The creature roared with

pain. Its breath smelled like rotten fish and death.

Then, as unexpectedly as it had appeared, the Kraken

disappeared back into the depths of the ocean.

All that remained were the fish that had been

swimming around it. The crew threw their nets into

the sea and caught more fish than they had ever

seen. As if that was not enough good fortune

for one day, the wind picked up and they

sailed back to their homes and families.

The Kraken

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The metaphors in the story are ‘the icy fingers of the wind’ and ‘the sea exploded’.

Three synonyms for the word ‘big’ are ‘huge’, ‘colossal’ and ‘massive’.

The similes in the story are ‘as white as a ghost’ and ‘Its breath smelled like rotten fish and

death.’

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1 Hamood, Said and a wolf

2 A dark, gloomy forest at night

3 A wolf appears and the boys have to escape

4 Don’t abandon your friends at challenging times.

5 We don’t know

6- any possible answer

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1 Fox decided /was deciding to play a trick on Bear.

2 Laith was walking home when he saw/ had seen the lion.

3 Vagif was following a sound when he was finding/ found a window.

4 Captain Sven told/ was telling stories when the Kraken appeared.

5 Bear’s tail fell off because the water was freezing / had frozen around it.

6 The Kraken tried to sink the ship but the sailors fought / had fought it.

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storytelling – the activity of writing or telling stories

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4 Read and order. Read and order the story.

A-Suddenly, a snake appeared and asked, ‘What’s wrong?’

b -When she got home, her stepmother shouted at her because the wood was not crooked.

C- The girl said, ‘I will take him out of the house if you let me marry him.’ Her stepmother agreed.

D- Many years ago, there lived a kind girl who had a very wicked stepmother.

The stepmother made the girl work very hard.

E- The snake said, ‘I can help you. I will hide in the wood and scare your stepmother. In return, when your stepmother sees me, you must ask her permission to marry me.’

F- As they left the house, the snake turned into a prince. He told the girl that she had been kind to him when all others had been cruel. He married the girl and she never had to work again.

G-The snake slithered out from the wood. The stepmother screamed at the girl to take the snake out of the house.

H- The girl was very scared, but the snake said, ‘Don’t cry.’ The girl realised the snake was a kind creature and explained her problem.

i- The girl agreed to follow the snake’s plan and took him home in the wood.

J- One day, the stepmother told the girl to collect some crooked wood. She looked everywhere for the crooked pieces of wood but she couldn’t find them. She started to cry.

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