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Narrative Text

Snow White Pattern of story      Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead. 128      One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.      Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.      Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.      Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, “what is your name?” Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”      Doc, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story, and Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.

Orientation sets the scene and introduces the characters and what happened to them. Complication tells the crisis that arises. In telling the crisis, it starts by telling when the problem begins to occur. Then, it increases. And finally, it reaches the climax. Resolution tells the crisis that is resolved for better or worse

Match the each of the main clauses with its adverbial clause. Choose the

logically connected pairs.

1. Snow White entered the house ….   2. When I got a fever, ….   3. Mother put the porridge in the table...   4. After she ate the porridge, ….   5. The little wooden chair was broken…   6. The little Chipmunk felt very afraid …   7. The prince went to the castle ….31   8. Snow White felt tired …   9. The baby bear cried …. 10. Mama Bear asked who had eaten       the porridge ….. 11. Goldilocks asked for apology …. 12. When mid night came, … 13. When the Fairy said the magic spell, …

a. when she sat on it b. the mice changed to be horses. c. after he knew that the Princess     was trapped in the castle. d. when he knew that his chair was  broken. e. after she saw an empty bowl in the table. f. when she met the Bear family. g. Cinderella turned to be poor lady. h. after she finished cooking it. i. after she ran from her uncle house. j. after she knocked at the door. k. Goldilocks felt asleep. l. I usually took an aspirin. m. when she heard an apple fell to the  ground.

Listen to your teacher reading the following texts. Then, read it carefully on

your own and answer the questions.

Goldilocks And The Three Bears      Once there were three bears that lived in a house in the woods: a papa bear, a mama bear, and a baby bear. One morning they decided to take a walk before breakfast to let their porridge cool.      A little girl named Goldilocks lived with her mother nearby. Goldilocks took a walk through the woods and found the bear’s house. She smelled the porridge in the kitchen and went inside. Goldilocks tasted the porridge in each bowl and finally ate up the porridge in the small bowl.      Then she sat on a big chair, but she didn’t like it, because it was hard. Afterwards she sat on the small chair, and it was just right. But while she was sitting on it she broke it. After eating the porridge, Goldilocks felt full and sleepy, and then she went upstairs. There she found a small bed. She lay down on it and fell asleep.      While she was sleeping, the three bears came home. When they went into the kitchen, they got very surprised. Someone had tasted their porridge, even eaten up baby bear’s porridge, while they were taking a walk. Moreover the poor baby bear was upset when he found that his little chair broke into pieces. When they went upstairs, they found out that Goldilocks was sleeping. Baby bear cried out, “Someone has been sleeping in my bed and here she is!”      Goldilocks woke up when she saw the three bears; she jumped out of bed and ran out of the house to her home. Never again did she make herself at home in anyone else’s house.

Questions

1. How did Goldilocks find the bears’ house?

2. What did she find in the bears’ house?

3. What did she do there?

4. What happened to the small chair?

5. What happened when Goldilocks was sleeping?

6. Why were the tree bears surprised?

7. What did Goldilocks do when she saw the three bears?

8. What would you do if you were Goldilocks? Would you come to the bear’s

    house again?

The Chipmunk That Ran Away      Once upon a time, there was a nervous little chipmunk. She was always afraid that something bad happened to her. One day, she heard a little noise. It was really only an apple that fell to the ground. But the little Chipmunk was afraid and said “The sky is falling in.” Then she ran away as fast as she could go.      Soon she met an old brother Chipmunk, who asked, “Where are you running to, little Chipmunk?”      And the little Chipmunk answered, “The sky is falling in, and I am running away.”      “The sky is falling in?” said the old brother Chipmunk. And he told the story to his brother chipmunk, until at last there were a hundred brother Chipmunks shouting, ”The sky is falling in.”      Soon the larger animals heard what the Chipmunks were saying. The Deer, the Sheep, the Pig, the Camel, the Tiger, and the Elephant began to say, “The sky is falling in.”      Then the wise Lion heard all the noise and wanted to know what was happening. He stopped all the animals and asked, “What are you saying?” The brother Chipmunks said, “Oh we heard it from that little Chipmunk!” And the Lion said, “Little Chipmunk, what made you say that the sky was falling in?” And the little Chipmunk said, “I saw it there near the tree.” “Well,” said the Lion, “Come with me and I will show you how something”. “Now get on my back.” The Lion took her on his back, and asked the animals to stay where they were until they returned. Then he showed the little Chipmunk that the apple had fallen to the ground. This made the noise that had made her afraid. The little Chipmunk said, “Oh, I see. The sky is not falling in.” The Lion said, “Let’s go back and tell the other animals.” So they went back. At last all the animals knew that the sky was not falling in.

Questions

  1. What did the little Chipmunk hear one day?

  2. What did the little Chipmunk think the noise was?

  3. What did she do then? Did she meet the older brother Chipmunk?

  4. What did the little Chipmunk say?

  5. Did the old brother Chipmunk believe her? How do you know?

  6. Did the other animals believe her? How do you know?

  7. Did the Lion believe her? How do you know?

  8. What did the Lion do to show the little Chipmunk that the sky was not

     falling in?

  9. What did the Lion ask the other animals to do?

10. What did the little Chipmunk learn at last?