Learning Material of
Listening-Speaking of
Narrative Text
I. Opening Activities
A. Ice Breaking: Who Am I?
The teacher reads aloud several clues, and students guess the names of the animals based on the characteristics described.
– I am big and strong. I am often called the king of the jungle. Who am I?
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–I am small and clever. I like to eat cheese. Who am I?
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–I am slow, but I never give up. Who am I?
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–I am soft and furry. I like to catch mice and enjoy sleeping. Who am I?
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–I am very clever and sometimes use tricks to get what I want. Who am I?
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B. Apperception
The teacher asks questions about students’ previous experiences with stories featuring animal characters:
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Have you ever read or heard a story with animal characters?
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What animal characters do you remember?
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What happened in the story?
The students give answers based on their personal experiences.
Then, the teacher connects students’ previous experiences to today’s lesson:
“Good. You have shared your experiences of reading or listening to stories about animals. Today, we will learn about Narrative Text, especially Fables. A Fable is a story that uses animals as characters and often teaches us a moral lesson.”
C. Introduction to Narrative Text
Have you ever read a story about a clever mouse, a kind deer, or a greedy crocodile? Stories like these entertain us and often teach us valuable lessons about life. They introduce interesting characters, describe events, and take readers on an imaginative journey. A text that tells a story to entertain readers is called a Narrative Text.
Narrative Text is a text that tells a story about real or imaginary experiences involving characters and a series of events. The purpose is to entertain readers and sometimes teach them a moral lesson.
For example, a story about a hardworking ant and a lazy grasshopper tells us about two animals with different characteristics. Through their experiences, we can learn the importance of hard work, preparation, and responsibility.
A Narrative Text generally has three main parts:
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Orientation – introduces the characters, setting (time and place), and background of the story.
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Complication – describes the problems or conflicts faced by the characters.
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Resolution – explains how the problems or conflicts are solved.
Some common language features of a Narrative Text are:
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Simple Past Tense – used to describe events that happened in the past.
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Action Verbs – used to describe the characters’ actions, such as ran, walked, shouted, and helped.
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Adjectives – used to describe the characteristics of characters or settings, such as clever, greedy, kind, and brave.
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Time Connectives – used to show the sequence of events, such as once upon then, next, after that, before and finally.
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Direct Speech – used to show conversations between characters, often using quotation marks.
In this lesson, we will explore Narrative Text, especially Fables. You will learn how to identify the characters, setting, problems, and solutions in a story. You will also practice understanding the sequence of events, recognizing the moral lessons, and identifying the language features used in fables.
D. Guiding Questions
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What fable do you know?
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What animal characters are usually found in a fable?
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What problems might the animals face in a fable?
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How do you think the animals will solve the problems?
Some students share their answers based on their prior knowledge.
E. Learning Objectives
The teacher explains the learning objectives by informing students that they will listen to a Fable, a type of Narrative Text, entitled “The Ant and the Grasshopper” to identify the specific information and moral lesson of the story.
Students will also retell the narrative text they have listened to using appropriate pronunciation and intonation and deliver their retelling fluently.
II. Main Activities
A. Literacy
1. Please listen carefully to the short audio below to get some general information.
2. Answer the following questions orally based on the audio:
-What is the story about?
-Who are the characters in the story?
b. Orientation
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Have you ever heard a story about animals?
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What animal characters do you remember?
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What lesson did you learn from the story?
2. Some students share their answers based on the information from the audio and their personal experiences.
3. The teacher invites students to briefly retell the parts of the story they remember based on the audio they have listened to.
4. The teacher introduces some key vocabulary from the audio they will learn today.
| No. | Vocabulary | Phonetic Symbols | Meaning | Examples in Sentences |
| 1 | Ahead | /əˈhed/ | in front or in the future | We must prepare for the difficult days ahead. |
| 2 | Cheerful | /ˈtʃɪr.fəl/ | happy and positive | The grasshopper was cheerful and loved playing music. |
| 3 | Collect | /kəˈlekt/ | to bring things together | The ant collected food for the winter. |
| 4 | Hardworking | /ˌhɑːrdˈwɝː.kɪŋ/ | always working hard and carefully | The ant was a hardworking animal. |
| 5 | Hungry | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡri/ | feeling that you need food | The grasshopper was cold and hungry. |
| 6 | Meadow | /ˈmed.oʊ/ | a field covered with grass and flowers | The ant and the grasshopper lived in a beautiful meadow. |
| 7 | Prepare | /prɪˈper/ | to get ready for something | The ant prepared food for the winter. |
| 8 | Responsible | /rɪˈspɑːn.sə.bəl/ | having a duty to take care of something | We should be responsible for our future. |
| 9 | Supplies | /səˈplaɪz/ | things kept for future use | The ant had enough food supplies for the winter. |
| 10 | Winter | /ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/ | the coldest season of the year | The grasshopper had no food when winter arrived. |
c. Collaboration
Students form groups of four, then listen to the audio below.
1. First Listening – Main Idea
The teacher plays the complete audio version of “The Ant and the Grasshopper” once. Students listen in groups to identify the main idea of the story and discuss their answers based on the following question:
What is the story about?
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The teacher plays the audio again. Students listen to identify specific information and discuss their answers to the following questions:
- What did the ant do during the summer?
- What did the grasshopper do during the summer?
- What happened when winter came?
- How did the ant help the grasshopper?
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- The teacher plays the audio again. Students listen and discuss the story to identify its moral lesson.
- Each group discusses and writes down their answers.
- The teacher asks a representative from each group to present their discussion results orally.
- The teacher and students discuss the results together.
- The teacher appreciates correct answers and provides explanations for answers that are less accurate.
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*Assessment
Please listen carefully to the following audio and choose the correct answer. This is an individual test.
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