Unit 1_Session A_Recognizing the 5W and 1 H

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Session 1

Recognizing the 5 Ws and 1 H

Reading & Writing 3

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Major ActivitiesWarm up: Fast reading Reading skill: Recognizing the 5 Ws and 1 H

Reading practiceAssignments

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Warm-up: Fast ReadingThe Chain of Love Directions: Read the following statements, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the text; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the text; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the text.(From http://www.77cn.com.cn/Reading/liv_inspiration-story-what-goes-around.htm)

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Check Your ComprehensionY 1) The old lady was frightened to see that Bryan

was poor and hungry. Y 2) Bryan knew how the old lady felt and suggested that she waited in her Mercedes when he changed the flat tire. Y 3) The old lady was thankful to Bryan and wanted to pay him, but Bryan refused. Y 4) The old lady thought it dangerous for her to drive alone. N 5) Bryan was ready to help anyone in need though nobody had helped him in his life. … there were plenty whohad given him a hand in the past.

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She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for Y 6) The old lady stopped by a small café on her the whole day couldn’t erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the way home. strain and aches change her attitude. N 7) The old lady noticed that her waitress was tired

after a day’s work.Y 8) The old lady remembered what Bryan told her

and left her waitress a large tip.Y 9) In coincidence, the old lady returned Bryan’s

care and kindness to his wife.Y 10) Another possible title for the passage is “She

Remembered Bryan”.

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Recognizing the 5 Ws and 1 H

Basic Ideas

Reading Tips

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Basic Ideas What is narrative writing?Narrative writing gives an account of events or experiences in time. In its broadest sense, narrative writing includes stories, biographies, histories, news items, and narrative poems.

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In what order are the events related in a narrative writing?In a narrative writing, events are usually related chronologically, that is, in the order in which they occurred. The writer may choose, however, to start his story at any important point in the sequence of events to be narrated. The writer can go back in time—like flashbacks in movies—to tell about early incidents in the story.

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What are the 5 Ws and 1 H?The 5 Ws and 1 H refer to who, what, where, when, why, and how. They can be developed into a set of questions the reader often asks while reading narratives: Who was involved? What happened (what's the story)? When did it take place? Where did it take place? Why did it happen? How did it happen? Finding answers to these questions can improve one’s reading comprehension of the main idea of the narrative. It can also help the reader understand the details of the narrative.

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Who was involved? What happened? When did it take place? Where did it take place? Why did it happen? How did it happen?

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Read

ing Tips To get the main idea of the narrative, notice

the subject and subject’s point of view (who), the story’s key events (what), the story’s location (where), when the story occurred (when), the circumstances that created the events (why), and the way in which the outcome is brought about (how). Ask a question about each of the elements, answer each question in a sentence and then join sentences to eliminate unnecessary information.

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To understand details of the narrative, ask further

questions about who, what, where, when, why and how to go with the main idea that you have identified. Identify all the characters, the events or actions, the places, times factors, causes of events or actions, the way events or actions took place in the reading and make a list of each of the factors. Draw connecting lines between these factors as you describe to yourself the relationship among them.

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For news stories, the lead, that is, the first, and

sometimes the second, sentence of the news story introduces the essential facts of the story. Most leads provide answers to who, what, when and where. Depending on the story, a lead may also answer the questions why and how. In the rest of the story, the article gives additional information relating to the 5 W's and 1 how. It expands upon any question that has already been answered in the lead, and often answers other questions that are not addressed there.

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The lead of a news article captures the attention of Example the story. It the reader and sums up the focus of tells the most important facts and answers the questions: who, what, where, when, why, and how. Directions:

Read the following three news leads and one flash fiction, and answer the 5 Ws and 1 H.A flash fiction is less than 300 word long and is a very short story. A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, usually in narrative format. A short story usually focuses on only one incident, has a single plot, a single setting, a small number of characters, and covers a short period of time.

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1) whenwho what

It's only 6:15 a.m., nearly two hours before school begins, but Rafe Esquith is already at work, giving extra help to his fifth-grade students. It's a typical day in Room 56, but you soon realize, his classroom is anything but typical, CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports. where

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2)who what

when

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