Inter_Activities Plus B by Les Éditions CEC

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4th Edition

The Inter_Active Series

Student Books A and B (Paper and Digital versions) Teacher’s Guides A and B including Audios and Videos Inter_Active Kits A and B Inter_Activities Plus, Activity Books A and B (Paper and Digital versions) Inter_Activities Plus, Teachers’ Copies A and B (Paper and Digital versions)

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Inter_Activities Plus B

eleven units engaging themes clear grammar explanations concrete practice activities self-tests, autonomous reading activities and writing tasks reading texts for developing learning strategies extra practice activities

Inter_Activities Plus offers:

Carole Gauthier Gwenn Gauthier Michael O’Neill Leena M. Sandblom

Inter_Activities Plus is a grammar-based activity book that accompanies the Inter_Active ESL series. As a follow-up to Inter_Activities, 3rd Edition, Inter_Activities Plus offers the same wide range of autonomous grammar activities, as well as new self-tests, reading activities and writing tasks. This new edition also provides more opportunities for students to engage in oral interaction exchanges.

English as a Second Language • Secondary Cycle One

Carole Gauthier Gwenn Gauthier Michael O’Neill Leena M. Sandblom

Editorial Management Julie Hough (1st and 2nd editions) Patrick Johnston (3rd and 4th editions) Production Management Danielle Latendresse Project Management Tessa Hearn Nancy Schmidt (4th edition)

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2-7617-1792-2 (Activity Book – 1st Edition, 2006) 978-2-7617-2538-5 (Activity Book – 2nd Edition, 2007) 978-2-7617-3029-7 (Activity Book – 3rd Edition, 2010) 978-2-7617-6238-0 (Activity Book) 978-2-7617-6243-4 (Activity Book – MaZoneCEC)

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Table of Contents

The Continuous Adventures of Roxanne Roy.............................. 5

Present continuous tense, affirmative.....................6 Present continuous tense, negative........................7 Present continuous tense, exceptions....................8 Present continuous tense, asking and answering yes/no questions..............................9 Asking information questions...............................10 Present continuous tense: when to use it, time markers and signals.......................11

2 My Family Album.......................... 15 Talking about the past.........................................16 Regular and irregular verbs..................................17 Spelling and pronunciation...................................19 Asking questions about the past...........................20 Questions with the verb to be.............................22

3 Things That Go Bump in the Night

(Review, Read and Write)........... 27 Self-test...............................................................27 Vocabulary..........................................................29 Reading activity...................................................34 Final activity.........................................................36

4 Explorations of a Different Kind .... 37 ING words as nouns in the subject position..........................................................39 ING words as nouns in the object position..........................................................39 ING words as nouns after specific verbs..............40 ING words as adjectives.....................................41

5 Building Blocks............................ 47 About nouns.......................................................48 About articles......................................................49 About adjectives..................................................49 About pronouns..................................................50 About adverbs....................................................51

6 Fantastic Future.......................... 54 The future with will.............................................55 Contracted form of will.......................................56 Yes/No questions................................................57 Information questions..........................................58 Future with going to ............................................59

Attitude Matters........................... 62

Must/Have to......................................................63 Do not have to...................................................64 Should/Shouldn’t.................................................65 Could.................................................................66 May/Might...........................................................67 Can/Can’t...........................................................68

8 Ocean Adventure.......................... 72 Prepositions of position.......................................73 Prepositions of movement..................................74 In, on or at?........................................................75 At, in or to?.........................................................76 In, on or at?........................................................76

9 The Continuous Adventures

of Roxanne Roy, Part II............... 82

Past continuous tense..........................................83 More about the past continuous..........................85 Negative form ...................................................87 Asking questions, using the past continuous...........87 Asking for information with past continuous...........89

It’s All Greek to Me!.................. 95

All about punctuation..........................................96 The comma........................................................97 More on commas...............................................98

Summertime (Review, Read 11

and Write).................................. 101

Self-test.............................................................101 Reading activity.................................................109 Final activity.......................................................112

Extra Activities............................................... 114 Reference Section......................................... 122 Parts of speech..................................................122 Punctuation.......................................................124 Simple present..................................................124 Present continuous...........................................125 Simple past.......................................................126 Past continuous.................................................126 Future forms.....................................................127 Modal auxiliaries................................................128 Common irregular verbs...................................129

Name Group

The Continuous Adventures of Roxanne Roy present continuous tense

Activity 1 Find out what Roxanne is doing.

A Read the dialogue between Roxanne and her mother. Roxanne, what’s going on? What do you mean? I hear music.

Who’s there?

Are you dancing?

Hmmm! Are you sure it’s just you and Sarah? So you’re coming home at 11:00. Right?

OK, but no later. Goodbye, Roxanne.

Sarah and I are listening to music. Just us and Sarah’s little brother. He is eating some chips. Yes, Sarah and I are practising a new dance.

Yes, Mom. It’s just Sarah and me.

Well, Sarah’s mother is driving me home at midnight when she gets back. Is that OK?

Bye, Mom. I’ll see you later.

B Find three examples of the present tense and three of the present continuous tense. Write them in the chart. The present continuous looks like this: She is dancing. Simple Present

Present Continuous

UNIT 1

Name Group

Focus on form Present continuous tense, affirmative • To form the present continuous tense, use the verb to be + the verb + ing. Subject I You He/She It We They

To be am are is is are are

Verb + ing watching babysitting going climbing taking having

Rest of sentence a scary movie. your little brother. to the gym. the tree. notes about the story. lunch in the cafeteria.

Contracted form I’m watching … You’re babysitting … She’s going … It’s climbing … We’re taking … They’re having …

• Use the present continuous tense to talk about an activity that is happening as you speak. Example: He is playing hockey.

Activity 2 Highlight the verb and write it in the present continuous tense.

1. Roxanne washes her hair.

2. Sarah dances on Saturday.

3. Sarah’s brother eats pizza.

4. Sarah’s mother drives a pickup.

5. Roxanne’s mother asks questions.

Activity 3 Write a sentence about what each person is doing. Use he, she, they.

Name Group

Focus on form Present continuous tense, negative To form the negative form of the present continuous tense, place not between the verb to be and the main verb. You can also use contracted forms. Subject I You He/She We They

To be Not Verb + ing am not wearing are not going is not doing are not starting are not waiting

Rest of sentence that old sweater. to the party. the dishes today. over again. at the right place.

Contracted forms I’m not wearing ... You’re not / You aren’t going ... He’s not / He isn’t doing ... We’re not / We aren’t starting ... They’re not / They aren’t waiting ...

Activity 4 Rewrite these sentences in the negative form.

1. I am going to the mall.

2. We are walking too fast.

3. Bill is going out with Roxanne.

4. It is raining very hard.

5. They are doing their homework.

Activity 5 Look at what’s happening at Roxanne’s house. Complete the sentences, using the negative or affirmative form of the verb in the present continuous. 1. Roxanne and her brother (to make)

a sandwich.

2. They (to watch) television. 3. The toast (to burn)

4. Their mother (to read)

the newspaper.

5. Their mother (to go)

to work.

UNIT 1

Name Group

Focus on form Present continuous tense, exceptions Some verbs must be changed before adding ing to form the present continuous tense. Spelling exceptions • e is dropped before ing • final consonant is doubled • ie becomes y before ing

Examples give L giving, take L taking, come L coming sit L sitting, run L running, travel L travelling lie L lying, die L dying, tie L tying

Activity 6 Complete the text, using the present continuous tense. Be careful! They are all exceptions.

Wow! There is a lot happening in Roxanne’s class this morning. The teacher is giving out an her new clothes. Alex (to have)

assignment. Heidi (to model)

problems in math. Charles and Brenda (to come) in late. Philip (to run) the door. Julie (to stop)

out the clock. Chris (to tie)

his shoelaces. Naomi (to get) a dictionary. Karina (to hide) Roxanne (to sit)

behind the teacher’s desk. with her group. They (to organize) a project on extreme sports!

Name Group

Focus on form Present continuous tense, asking and answering yes/no questions • To ask a yes/no question in the present continuous tense, switch the places of the verb to be and the subject. Example: You are L Are you walking to school? Follow this word order for yes/no questions: To be Am Are Is Are Are

Subject I you he/she we they

Verb working watching going beginning standing

Rest of sentence on the right page? the hockey game? to the cafeteria? a new chapter? near the gym door?

• With a yes/no question, you can give a complete short answer. Look at the examples. Question Are you getting hungry? Is Roxanne going to the show? Are we having a good time? Are they doing their share?

Affirmative Negative Yes, I am. No, I’m not. Yes, she is. No, she’s not. / No, she isn’t. Yes, we are. No, we’re not. / No, we aren’t. Yes, they are. No, they’re not. / No, they aren’t.

Activity 7 Transform these affirmative sentences into yes/no questions.

1. I am doing the right thing.

2. It is snowing a lot.

3. Bill is looking for Roxanne.

4. They are running too fast.

5. We are studying hard.

Activity 8 Give a complete short answer for each question.

1. Is Mario Lemieux still playing hockey?

2. Is Québec’s population increasing?

3. Are we having fun?

4. Is it sunny today?

5. Are you having problems in English?

UNIT 1

Name Group

Focus on form Asking information questions To ask an information question, start with a question word and follow this order: For A person An animal or object A time or date A place A reason A manner

Question To be Subject Verb word Who is making Who are you looking What is my pen doing When are your parents getting Where is Peter running Why is she crying How are you doing

Rest of question the pizza? for? over there? here? to? so much? today?

Activity 9 Look at Roxanne’s family agenda for the week.

Monday

Tuesday

16:00 Roxanne at 16:00 Roxanne library with Sarah babysits neighbour’s kids 19:00 watch TV

Wednesday

6:00 Mom flying to Toronto 19:30 Roxanne $ meeting of Mountain Trek Club

Thursday

16:30 Dad ! see dentist

Friday

Saturday

10:00 Mom and Roxanne bus to the mall

19:00 Dad hockey arena Roxanne + Pizza 20:00 new DVD for family party Sunday

13:00 Whole family visits grandparents

A Read the answers and choose the correct question word. 1.

is going to the dentist on Thursday?

Dad is

are they going to the mall?

By bus

is Roxanne babysitting?

Tuesday afternoon

is happening on Sunday?

A visit to the grandparents

is Roxanne going on Wednesday?

To the Mountain Trek Club

B Write five complete questions to go with the answers.

To the library

Dad is

Watching TV

A pizza party

Name Group

Focus on form Present continuous tense when to use it, time markers and signals Use the present continuous tense to talk about • activities that are happening as you speak Roxanne is working right now. Listen! The dog is barking. Other time markers: at the moment, now, just now, Look! • actions taking place over a period of time I am cleaning my room this weekend. Sarah is working this summer. Other examples: this morning, this afternoon, this week, this month, this year • actions to take place in the near future Kim and Max are going tonight. I am playing football this fall. Other examples: tonight, at noon, tomorrow, next week, in the evening Use the simple present tense, not the present continuous, to talk about • a general habit, a routine or a fact We take the bus at 8 o’clock.

• likes, dislikes and wants I like pizza but I want lasagne.

Activity 10 Circle the correct time marker or signal word.

1. What are you doing

at the moment?

last night?

never?

2. I’m not doing anything

ten minutes ago.

yesterday.

just now.

3. The concert is starting

last week.

now.

never.

4. George is going to the doctor

tonight.

yesterday.

never.

5. Alex is taking his bicycle to school

last night.

this month.

seldom.

6. I’m staying at my father’s

ten minutes ago.

this weekend.

rarely.

7. Sarah is studying a lot

yesterday.

this minute.

this month.

8. Look!

Listen!

Last night!

The bus is coming.

9. Last night

Listen!

Five minutes ago!

The bird is singing.

Oral

Interaction

With a classmate, take turns practising time markers or signals. Talk It Up Student A states a time marker like Right now and Student B Tonight. I am washing my hair tonight. makes a statement like I am eating a sandwich right now. © 2013, Les Éditions CEC inc. • Reproduction prohibited

UNIT 1

Name Group

Activity 11 Form a group of three. Each person chooses one of the three texts.

A Read the text that you have chosen about Roxanne’s never-ending adventures. Text

Roxanne’s mountain expedition

Today is the third day of our mountain expedition. We are trekking up Mont-Albert in the Gaspésie. My legs are shaking from exhaustion. One of my toes is bleeding. I am a little dizzy from the high altitude. I am having some trouble breathing. We are now climbing above the treeline. Although the weather is cooler, the sun is hot. Some of us are getting sunburned. This is really a challenge. But we are trained for this, and we have good equipment. And there are some benefits. We are getting into great physical shape. We are losing a kilo or two, and we are learning to work together. Tomorrow we are climbing to the peak.

Text 2

Roxanne’s movie report In this funny movie, there’s this guy called Kent. He is searching high and low for a nice girl. We see him trying to meet girls. One day, he meets Jennifer at the school cafeteria. They have lunch together. They walk home from school. He calls her that night and asks her for a date. It’s official. Jessica and Kent are going out. A few days later, Kent is going around the mall with a few friends. He sees Jennifer. Excited, he runs over and gives her a hug. She screams and yells for help. The security guard rushes over. Kent says, “What’s wrong, Jennifer?” The girl says, “I’m not Jennifer. I’m Jessica, her twin sister.” Relieved, Kent explains the situation to the security guard. It’s a very funny film.

Name Group

Text 3

Roxanne’s commentary for a football game between the Tigers and the Bears This is a very exciting end to an important game. The winner is going to the championship. Our Tigers are losing by four points. The ball is on the 25-yard line. There are 15 seconds left. Our star quarterback Bertrand is yelling out signals. This is the last play of the game. He takes the snap. He is stepping backwards and looking into the end zone. His receivers are covered. He is moving to the right. He’s searching, looking, praying for a break. The clock is ticking down. Esposito, the powerful running back, sees that Bertrand is in trouble. He is going back to help. Bertrand sees Esposito and hands him the ball. Bertrand is tearing into the end zone. He’s not covered. Esposito spots him. He’s throwing a pass to his QB. Bertrand is jumping and reaching for the ball. It’s a catch. TOUCHDOWN!! The whistle blows. The Bears can’t believe it. Our Tigers are going to the championship game in Montréal next week.

Strategy I can focus my attention by reading the questions again.

B Answer these questions about your text.

1. What kind of text is it?

2. Who are the main characters in the text? 3. What bad things are happening to the characters? 4. What good or funny things are happening to the characters? 5. How does the text end?

Oral

Interaction

Talk It Up I read about ... The text was funny/ interesting/boring. The best part is ...

Work with two classmates. Take turns telling about what you read. Decide which text is the most interesting.

UNIT 1

Name Group

Final Activity Complete the dialogue between Bill and Roxanne, using the present continuous tense. Look at the answers for clues. See the Helpful Language box to review question words.

Glossary n

hanging out = not doing anything special

Hello, can I speak to Roxanne?

This is Roxanne.

It’s Bill.

Hi, Bill.

Oh, I’m just hanging out. What are you doing?

Well, I (to cook) ?

My mother had a meeting.

I (to make)

pizza.

Sounds very good!

Do you want to come over?

Sure. At what time?

My mom (to arrive) at six o’clock. You can come over then.

Hey Roxanne, are you making dessert too?

No way! We (to eat) ice cream.

I (to go) arena later. At seven.

dinner.

to go to the

? Have fun!

Thanks!

Oral

helpful

Language

Question words: What, Why, When, Who

Interaction

Talk It Up How about ...? No, ... works better. Let’s try other verbs.

Work on the Final Activity with a classmate. Take turns suggesting answers. When you have finished, say this conversation out loud.

Name Group

Things That Go Bump in the Night Self-Test

A Check the statement(s) that are true for each verb tense. 1. Use the simple present tense to talk about a general habit, routine or fact

PAGE 11

an action that is in progress at the moment

likes and dislikes 2. Use the present continuous to talk about wants

PAGE 11

activities that are happening right now

actions that take place in the near future PAGE 17

3. To make a negative statement in the simple past, use did + not + infinitive form of the verb

be + not + infinitive form of the verb

does + not + infinitive form of the verb B Fill in the blanks. 1. To make a statement in the present continuous tense, follow this word order: +

+ rest of the sentence

2. To ask a yes/no question in the present continuous tense, follow this word order: + subject +

PAGE 7

b) You are’nt reading

c) You’re not reading

4. To ask a yes/no question in the simple past, follow this word order:

PAGE 7

+ verb + rest of the question + ?

5. To ask a yes/no question with the verb to be in the simple past, follow this word order:

PAGE 9

+ rest of the sentence

3. The contracted form of You are not reading is a) Your not reading

Review, Read and Write

subject +

PAGE 6

PAGE 22

+? UNIT 3

Name Group

6. To ask an information question, start with a the same word order as a yes/no question.

PAGE 10, 20

and follow

PAGE 19

7. To spell regular verbs in the past tense, follow these rules.

• Change the y to

Example: to study

for verbs that end in a consonant + y. We

for our potions test.

• Double the and add a consonant preceded by a single vowel.

Example: to hop

to short verbs that end in

The grasshopper

right into my cup.

C Highlight the verb(s) in each sentence and write the correct form of the verb tense. Follow the example. PAGE 124, 125, 126

Hazel go to witch school next week.

is going PAGE 17, 129

1. I fly for two hours yesterday.

PAGE 9

2. Be Stan babysitting his mummy today?

PAGE 125

3. We doesn’t want to eat insects.

PAGE 6

4. The ghosts are practise their boos now.

PAGE 125

5. Do Dracula brush his fangs every morning?

Review, Read and Write

PAGE 17

6. Amber doesn’t finish her spooketti last night.

PAGE 8

7. All the ghosts and ghouls are siting at the table.

PAGE 17

8. Jill works the graveyard shift last week.

D Highlight the verbs in the clues to the spooky crossword on page 29.

Write them in the proper box below. Simple present

Simple past

Present continuous

Imperative form

Name Group

Vocabulary Activity 1 Complete a spooky crossword.

A Complete the clues with the words in the Word Box. Write the answers in the crossword below. Across

Word

1. King Kong and Godzilla were famous movie

2. In the past, people decorated buildings with stone

mummies vampire monsters haunted goblin gargoyles werewolves ghosts spider screams ghouls

3. If you have ghost problems, you are probably living in a house. 4. Legends say that

lived in cemeteries.

5. Bram Stoker wrote a story about a 6.

called Dracula.

love to eat cereal with booberries.

7. Look! That big

Box

is crawling up the wall.

Down is ugly and malicious.

9. Those eerie 10.

are giving me goosebumps. only come out at the full moon.

11. The Egyptians placed their

in pyramids.

Review, Read and Write

8. A

. UNIT 3

Name Group

Activity 2 Describe what each guy and ghoul is doing.

A Look at the illustration. Write eight complete sentences, describing what everyone is doing, using the present continuous tense. Use the words in the Word Box for help.

Word

Box

to blow up to run away to drink

to chase to sing to serve

to dance to play to sit

to eat to pet to pop

to hit to hold

See pages 6, 7 and 8 to review the present continuous tense.

Patty Sue

Annie Harvey

Tom

Diana

Review, Read and Write

Louis

Bill Tania

Name Group

B Prepare three yes/no questions and three information questions, using the illustration on page 30 and the present continuous. Ask a partner to answer your questions. Examples: Yes/No questions Information questions

Q: Is Annie dancing? Q: What is the vampire drinking?

1. Q:

2. Q:

3. Q:

4. Q:

5. Q:

6. Q:

A: No, she isn’t. A: He is drinking witch’s brew.

Activity 3 Look at each pair of illustrations and say what the teens did and what they didn’t do yesterday. Use the simple past tense. Box

to clean to wash to ride to go werewolf cemetery dishes cinema

See pages 16, 17 and 19 to review the simple past tense.

Review, Read and Write

Word

UNIT 3

Name Group

Activity 4 Find the witch. Four friends are at a party. We do not know who is wearing which costume. We do know they each play a different sport. A Complete the clues with the correct form of the verb. 1. Brenda and her sister Betty

(to talk, present continuous)

to the witch. 2. Betty often

(to play, simple present)

the clown. She rarely

video games with

(to play, simple present)

video games

with the werewolf. 3. The witch

(to play, simple present, not) basketball or volleyball.

4. Barney

(to dance, present continuous)

(to dance, present continuous, not)

5. The zombie

(to play, simple present)

6. The werewolf

with the clown. with the werewolf. volleyball.

(to play, simple present, not)

basketball

or handball. 7. The baseball player and the zombie (to learn, present continuous) how

to drive this year.

8. Brenda, who

(to forget, simple past) (to wear, present continuous, not)

to do her homework,

the werewolf costume.

Review, Read and Write

B Organize the information from the clues by completing the chart. Put an 8 to indicate NO and an O to yes. The first clue is done for you.

Example: Betty is not the witch. Brenda has a sister. Her sister is Betty. Brenda is not the witch. Witch

Betty

Werewolf

Zombie

Clown

Handball Basketball Volleyball

Baseball

Barney Brenda

Brian Handball Basketball Volleyball Baseball Highlight the clues that will help you find the solution.

Name Group

C Which student is the witch? Discuss your ideas with a partner.

D For an extra challenge, which sport does the witch play?

Word

Box

I think that … I agree …

because … In my opinion … I disagree because …

I believe …

Activity 5 Write down everything that you learned about each person in Activity 6. Use complete sentences and the appropriate tense.

Betty has a sister. Her sister is Brenda. Betty is talking to the witch. Betty:

Review, Read and Write

Brenda:

Barney:

Brian:

UNIT 3

Name Group

Reading Activity Before Reading

Activity 1 What makes a good scary story? Complete each category with words often used to tell a scary tale. Share your answers with a classmate. Character(s)

Time

monster

midnight

Setting

Weather

Other

cemetery

stormy

strange noise

Review, Read and Write

Scary Tales

Activity 2 Look at the title, subtitles and illustrations of the following urban legends. Predict what each text is about. Share your ideas with a partner.

Activity 3 Now read the text to verify your predictions.

WHILE Reading

Activity 4

Highlight the scary elements in the two urban legends on the next page. Write your answers in the tombstone chart above.

Name Group

Urban Myths

AFTER Reading

Activity 5 What do you know about urban legends? Check the statements that are true.

It is always a true story.

The story is always told in the present tense.

It often begins with This happened to a friend of a friend.

It can be very scary.

UNIT 3

Review, Read and Write

What makes urban myths so scary? First of all, the storyteller usually begins by saying “This is a true story” or “This happened to a friend of a friend.” People repeat urban myths they hear from others or read about in a magazine or on the internet. Details sometimes change. Some stories are told in the present and others in the past but they are all usually quite A Mother’s Cry for Help frightening. This is a true story. Julia an d Thomas are driving home late one evening on Are these stories simply myths or terrifying a dark and foggy country road. Suddenly, a realities? You decide. tall slender woman appears in the middle of the road. The woman is covered in blood and ap pears very agitated. ! re he yw er Ev ! ns She tells the couple that he Clowns! Clow r car has rolled down the ravine and that she can n was tee a ht, nig en we llo Ha ’t open the back door One rainy to get her baby out. She ren. This family ild ch g un yo o tw be gs the couple to help ing sitt by ba her. Thomas and Julia run morabilia. me wn clo of on cti lle co down the ravine and had a huge find the badly damaged car rs, clown dolls and ste po wn clo re . They see a figure bent we ere Th over the steering wheel an the house d un aro d ce pla s tue sta d the baby crying in even clown the back, still strapped in didn’t like clowns, n tee e Th s. ion its rat car seat. Thomas pulls co de as the with all his strength and op him ve ga r ula rtic pa in wn ens the back door. He and one clo gets the baby out and, to clown statue standing d ze -si life a s wa his It relief, the child seems s. ep cre om. The OK. He gives the baby to yro pla ’s ren ild ch the of r Julia and opens the front in the corne door to help the driver. To were following him es ey ’s wn clo the his shock and horror, t fel n tee us. When the driver is covered in blo rvo ne him de ma It . ren ild od. It is the child’s and the ch sure everything was dead mother. ke ma to led cal ts ren pa the could move the statue OK, the teen asked if he the scary clown face to another room because le. Surprised, the made him feel uncomfortab n’t have any statues mother said that they did . This is a true story. in the children’s playroom ’s neighbour ’s cousin. It happened to my friend

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Final Activity

Model

Writing

S e tt i n g

Create your own urban legend. 1. Complete the story web to help you plan your tale. Characters

Scary words

What happens?

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Title

2. Write your draft. Decide if you will write your story in the present or in the past.

Review, Read and Write

Brainstorm

Checklist

3. Revise and edit your text. Use the checklist for help.

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