Module 2 Unit 1 Tales of the Unexplained,Project: Telling a mysterious story,Review,Unit 1 Tales of the Unexplained What does the title mean? mysteries mysterious stories,Searching for the Yeti,Warming up,How much do you know about the creature? What else would you like to know about it?,Skimming,1. What do they look like? 2. What can they do? 3. When and where were they found?,True or False,1. There are no Yetis in the world according to the report. 2. An American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti once. 3. Yetis ran with an amazing speed. 4. Footprints of Yetis are similar to human. 5. Yetis possibly lived in Asia about 3,000,000 years ago. 6. Scientists have solved the mystery.,F,T,T,F,T,F,Their appearance: man-like heavily built hairy-black fur huge shoulders 6 feet tall long arms large hands large feet,Their abilities: run with amazing speed and strength walk like a man attack people,Time and places: 1998 the Chinese side of the Himalayas The Shennongjia National Forest Park, Hubei Province 1970 Bossbrug, Washington, USA,vocabulary,1. show the truth or correctness of 2. to live or to be real 3. something that cannot be explained or understood 4. almost but not exactly the same 5. the degree of being strong or powerful mystery strength support similar exsit,Careful Reading,Do scientists all believe yetis exist? How are their opinions divided?,Dr Krantz believes _. He explained yetis are reported to be found in many parts of the world because _. Some scientists think _. They explained the large footprints might be made by _.,Further discussion,How many of you believe in the existence of yetis?,writing,Do you enjoy reading this story? If you are supposed to write a story about yetis, how will you write it? How did the writer write it?,1. What do they look like? 2. What can they do? 3. When and where were they found? 4. What do scientists think about it?,Collect information:,The outline: Searching for the Yeti Para 1 Para 2-4 Para5-6 Para 7,Sightings of yetis are reported all over the world.,Witnesses gave similar descriptions of yetis.,Scientists opinion of their existence are divided.,Scientists hope the mystery will be solved someday.,Writing skills,1. an interesting title 2. an attractive beginning 3. illustration (photos / pictures) 4. an open end for readers to think more ,How to write a story?,Information Outline Writing skills,Now here comes a chance for you to create a story of your own!,Creating a story about one of the mysteries .,Project Telling a mysterious story,Planning Preparing Producing Presenting,Planning,1. What to write about 2. Information 3. Outline and writing skills 4. Different tasks,Plan 1 What to write about,Plan 2 Information,What information should be included in your story? What unknown information would you like to add to your story?,Plan 3 Outline and writing skills,Work out an outline of your story. What writing skills are you going to use?,Plan 4 Different tasks,1. Researcher_ 2. Story writer_ 3. Story illustrator_ 4. Story teller_,Whats to be done next?,1. Day 3 The 2nd group discussion after more information is found. (Make some changes about your outline and writing skills if necessary.),2. Day 5 The 3rd group discussion after the story is completed. (Read the story, correct mistakes and add new ideas.),3. Day 7 The 4th group discussion after the illustration is done. (approve the story and illustration.),4. Day 8 Presentation,Enjoy your project! Enjoy your teamwork!,Thank you for your attention!,