1143 picture story the little duck grammar up task

Tell the story using the words given next to the pictures. Your teacher will listen to you and then
suggest you ways to improve your story. Make another turn and try to use your teacher’s
suggestions.

there is
a little duck
bathing
bathtub
one evening
play, rubber
human doll

all the air
escape, quick
little duck, can do nothing

she, have an idea
go back, kitchen
blow up, rubber toy
put a tape, head
little duck, still weep

Next, add these
“story” words into your story:

mosquito
fly by
land, head
bite a hole
think, the doll a real human

duck, see
start to weep
mother duck, hear her
crying
come in, from kitchen
see what happen
want to help
start to think

see, rubber toy,
full of air again
stop crying
happy again
thank you, mother


THE STORY OF THE LITTLE DUCK AND THE
RUBBER TOY
There was a little duck bathing in the bathtub one evening. She was playing with a
rubber human doll.
Suddenly, a mosquito flew by and landed on the doll’s head. Then the mosquito bit a
hole into the doll, because it thought the doll was a real human.
All the air escaped quickly, and the little duck could do nothing about it.
When the duck saw this, she started to weep. Mother duck heard her crying, so she
came in from the kitchen.
She saw what happened. She wanted to help so she started to think.
Suddenly, she had an idea. She went back into the kitchen. Then she came back and
blew up the rubber toy. Then she put a tape on its head. The little duck was still
weeping.
But when she saw that the rubber toy was full of air again, she stopped crying and

was happy again. ”Thank you, mother,” she said.


Notes for teachers
Students have to tell the story (several times) using the story cues provided in the
worksheet. This is a "Grammar up!" task where students add the past tense, articles,
plurals, conjuntions, etc. to the story. The repetition helps students slowly start to
focus on the grammar besides the content of the story. It worked for me across various
levels up to intermediate. When I want to impress a prospective new client, I often do
this task because it results in a strong sense of learning by virtue of students' speaking
production improving upon each repetition. Bless up, Kisdobos