LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

•UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT

STORY.
•IDENTIFY THE SIMPLE PAST FORM OF THE
VERB.
 SETTING
• REFERS TO THE TIME AND PLACE THE STORY
HAPPENED.
•
IT CREATES THE MOOD OR ATMOSPHERE OF THE
STORY.
•
IT HELPS THE READER IMAGINE THE STORY
MORE VIVIDLY.
 CHARACTERS
• THEY REFER TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED
IN THE STORY.
•THEY ARE THE ONES WHO EXPERIENCE
THE EVENTS IN THE STORY.
THERE ARE TWO MAJOR CHARACTERS IN THE
STORY:
a. PROTAGONIST – MAIN CHARACTER IN THE
STORY; HERO/HEROINE
b. ANTAGONIST – OPPOSES THE
PROTAGONIST IN THE STORY; VILLAIN
 PLOT
•IT REFERS TO THE SERIES OF EVENTS IN
THE STORY.
•IT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE BASIC PARTS:
BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND ENDING.
1. BEGINNING
•IT IS THE PART WHERE THE SETTING AND
THE MAJOR CHARACTERS ARE INTRODUCED.
•AFTER THE BEGINNING, THE PROBLEM IN THE
STORY ARISES.
2. MIDDLE
•THE PROBLEM OR THE “BATTLE” BETWEEN THE HERO
AND THE VILLAIN REACHES ITS HIGHEST POINT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STORY.
•THE PART WHERE THE PROTAGONIST DECIDES OR
DOES SOMETHING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OR FACE
THE ANTAGONIST.
3. ENDING
•THIS IS THE FINAL EVENT IN THE STORY.
•IT IS THE OUTCOME OF THE EVENTS THAT
TOOK PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
STORY.
3. ENDING
•THIS IS THE PART OF THE STORY WHERE THE
PROBLEM IS ALREADY SOLVED.
•OFTENTIMES, IT HELPS THE READERS TO
UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE OF THE STORY.
 THEME
•THIS IS THE CENTRAL IDEA OF THE STORY.
•IT ANSWERS THE QUESTION “WHAT IS THE
STORY ALL ABOUT?”
•
THE MAIN MESSAGE/ MORAL/ LESSON IS
BASED ON THE THEME.
•VERBS IN THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
EXPRESS ACTIONS THAT WERE
COMPLETED IN THE PAST.
•WE ARE RECALLING PAST EVENTS .
•YESTERDAY
•LAST NIGHT
•A YEAR AGO
•LAST SUMMER
•FOR TWO YEARS
•ALL DAY
•ALL NIGHT
•THE PREVIOUS DAY
 VERBS IN SIMPLE PAST TENSE ARE
GROUPED ACCORDING TO HOW THEY ARE
FORMED.
•REGULAR VERBS - BASE FORM + -D OR –ED
•IRREGULAR VERBS – CHANGE OR RETAIN THE
SPELLING.
LET US TRY!
 DIRECTIONS: WRITE THE CORRECT
PAST FORM OF THE GIVEN VERB ON
THE LINE. THEN SORT ALL THE VERBS
BY WRITING IN THE CORRECT
MEDALS ON PAGE 127.
- RETURN
1.CYRUS __________ THE BOOKS
HE BORROWED FROM THE LIBRARY
BEFORE THE DUE DATE.
- HOLD
2. JOEVEN _______ THE DOOR
OPEN WHEN HIS TEACHER CAME
IN THIS MORNING.
- WRITE
3. AFTER CLASS, ZEUS _______
A NICE THANK-YOU LETTER FOR
HIS HOMEROOM ADVISER.
- WAIT
4. MAEGAN _______ FOR FIVE
MINUTES FOR HER TURN TO USE
THE COMPUTER.
- SHARE
5. PAMELA _______ HER
SNACKS WITH HER SEATMATE
STELLA YESTERDAY MORNING.
- LEAD
6. DOMINIC VOLUNTARILY
_______ THE PRAYER BEFORE
THE START OF HIS MATH CLASS.
- ASK
7. BRAD_______ HIS TEACHER
FOR PERMISSION TO USE THE
RESTROOM A WHILE AGO.
ANY QUESTIONS?
ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY
ACTIVATE,
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