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Jan 6, 2011

NA1 Telling stories


Do you like reading stories?  I've found a great website where you can read and listen to American stories written by well-known authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, Mark Twain... 

  • Would you like to improve your reading, listening and pronunciation while you enjoy a good story?

  • Stories are normally told in the past tense, so it's really important that you pronounce the past forms correctly.

Practise with some of the verbs in this Regular Verbs List


  • Mini-saga competition: (Textbook p.28)
Are you a good story teller? Could you write a story in exactly 50 words?
Why don't you try writing your own `incredibly short stories´and leave them on comments?

The readers of the blog can vote for their favourites. Let's make this blog a lively and interactive place!

 

4 comments:

  1. Revenge is cheap
    Tom punched his neighbour furiously last week. They are in court now. The judge has quickly sentenced Tom to pay a fine of 60€ to the victim. Tom looks pleased. "It is worth", he whispers. Then, he goes nearer his neighbour, punchs him again and drops 120€ on the ground.

    (It is not an original idea, but based on an urban legend)

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  2. Great, Isabel! Thanks for breaking the ice...Looking forward to reading more stories.

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  3. Well, I'm not in NA1, but I'd like to share my story: "The message"

    It was 4:30 in the morning when a new message rang on my mobile. I began sweating with fear, since I had been waiting that terrible news for weeks: I stretched my trembling hand and took my phone and I began reading… movistar offered me to send half price messages!

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  4. Well done Joaquín! Thanks for taking part.

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