unin 14 Roots-Lesson 55-56

　　5　It was about … that she came to visit me.

　　6　It is … who decides such things, not me.

　　7　It … that they caught Kunta.

　　8　It was after about three hours ….

　　9　It is a problem that ….

　　10　It is obvious that ….

　　The test may include the following dictation. To make, the dictation easier, the Ss may be given the passage with blanks. Ask the Ss to fill in the blanks with the italicized words after they hear them.

　　One day *while Kunta Kinte was cutting down a tree *in a forest, he was suddenly hit on the head by .some men *and then put in chains. *Then he was sent to America *as a slave. *There he and his younger generations suffered a lot. Now one of his great grandson became a writer. *He made up his mind to find out his “roots”. *He collected letters and made copies of people's diaries. *He went to Africa *and visited people in Gambia. *As a result of his hard work, he finally found out *where his ancestor came from.*

Step 8　 Writing

　　SB Page 12, Part 3. The aim of this writing task is to practise writing a narrative using the different narrative tenses correctly. Prepare for the writing task in the following way. First let Ss decide which story they want to tell. Then let the Ss practise orally in groups of four. Finally get them to write their compositions for homework. Let them exchange them later for comment and correction.

Homework
　　Finish writing the composition.

　　Revise the story about “Roots”.