Oral Genre Communicating Spoken Text Type: Storytelling
What is happiness? A Read the story below.
There was a boy whose family was very wealthy. One day his father took him on a trip to the country where he aimed to show his son how poor people lived. So they arrived at a farm of a very poor family. They spent several days there. On their return, the father asked his son if he liked the trip.
‘Oh, it was great, Dad,’ the boy replied. ‘Did you notice how poor people live?’ ‘Yeah, I did,’ said the boy. The father asked his son to tell him in more detail about his impressions of their trip.
‘Well, we have only one dog, and they have four of them. In our garden there is a pool, while they have a river that has no end. We’ve got expensive lanterns, but they have stars above their heads at night. We have the patio and they have the whole horizon. We have only a small piece of land, while they have the endless fields. We buy food, but they grow it. We have a high fence for protection of our property, but they don‘t need one, as their friends protect them.’
The father was stunned. He could not say a word. Then the boy added: ‘Thank you, Dad, for letting me see how poor we are.’
B What did this story show?
C You will be given a story to read, The Secret of Happiness. You will be asked to retell the story and inform the class of the moral of the story. Use some of the following prompts to aid you:
§ Long ago in the mists of time … /This is a story I heard a long time ago … /I’m going to tell you a tale about …
§ That very morning/day … /Meanwhile/eventually/but as soon as … /It wasn’t long before … /Soon afterwards …
§ And that was the last that was seen/heard of … /And that was the end of that.
WALT: Retell a story.
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