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Cut Up Story
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Aim:
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to develop students' awareness of coherence and cohesion
in texts
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Target Audience:
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students
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Relevance to KET:
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Reading and Writing, Parts 4 and 5
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Organisation:
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pairs
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Materials needed:
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a story, cut up into strips. Use the one provided, or make
your own.
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- Tell students they are going to read a story called 'The Ring
and the Fish'. Ask if they can predict what the story will be
about. (But don't give too much away!)
- Put students into pairs and give each pair one story, cut up
into strips.
- Ask students to work with their partner to put the strips into
the right order. Go round the class helping and encouraging.
- Mix the pairs up and ask them to check each other's work.
- Read the whole text to them so that they can check their order.
- Discuss with students how they decided on the right order and
go through any difficulties they had.
You could follow this activity up by giving students the questions
that go with the text.
Variations
- If you have the right number of students, get each student to
memorise a different sentence. They should then try to put themselves
in the right order by saying their sentences aloud to each other.
(A good activity for a strong class.)
- After working on the story, get students to practice retelling
it from memory. This is good for paraphrasing and pronunciation.
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