NUEVA COLOMBIA SCHOOL ENGLISH CLASSES

ELEVENTH GRADE

PURPOSE: ​Read and identify different type of stories.

Students will be able to narrate stories using connectors of sequences and
different tenses.  

1. There are too many ways to tell a story. Literature use creativity with the
words. ​Match the meanings with the literary forms ​writing the
related letter on the line​ of the definition

a. Novel  ____A fictional narrative, usually short, 

which focuses on a specific character, 
action or emotion. 

b. Fable  ____A literary work that uses action and 

dialog and is performed on stage. 

c. Fairy Tale  ____Stories that often involve gods and 

goddesses and usually try to explain a 
phenomenon. 

d. Short Story  ____ A short narrative in prose or verse, 

often with animal characters, which 
illustrates a moral. 

e. Drama  ____ A long fictional narrative with a 

complex storyline and different 
characters.  

f. Poetry  ____ Simple tales for children involving 

fantastic elements and events 

g. Myth  ____A combination of words and rhythm 

with imagery and figurative language that 
transmits feelings.  

Look at the following pictures and identify them with the words in the box
a. Castle g. fairy m. knight
b. Dwarf h. monastery n. wizard
c. troll i. wand o. ogre
d. cast a spell j. cave p. ring
e. princess k. witch q. elf
f. sword l. chest r. king
2. Classify the previous words into the following categories. Look up the meaning of the
actions
Characters Setting (place) Objects Actions

princess palace ring lock up

wizard garden wand fight

knight garden horse rescue

princess palace ring scream

witch garden hand cast a spell

troll garden none looking the fight

between the wizard
and the witch

king garden chest looking

knight 2 garden sword running

ogre garden none looking

fairy air wand flying

 elf garden none running

dwarf garden cave looking on

something

3. Name five fairy tales you listened when you were a child
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

4. Complete the conversation between two modern wizards. Fill in the

blanks with the following words

Marlon: ​Hey man, how are you?

Bumblebee: ​I’m fine. What ______ you ______ last night?
Marlon: ​I_____ to a party downtown.
Bumblebee: ​I _____ that it _____ _______ cancelled!!
When I arrived there, everyone _____ ______.
Marlon: ​That’s because we ______ to the cast spells.
Bumblebee: ​Really? What did you do?
Marlon: ​I _______________ my broom into a Harley Davidson.
Bumblebee: ​Wow! that sounds great!
Marlon: ​I also _________ a wicked witch
Bumblebee: ​Really? Is she that hot?
Marlon: ​Yeah! she has green-shaked hair.
Bumblebee: ​Oh, man! And to think that while you ______ _______ fun, I
______ ________ potions!
5. Organize the sequence of events about what the two wizards did last
night.​_____ Marlon met a witch
a. __3___ Bumblebee thought the party had been cancelled.
b. __4___ Marlon went to cast spells with the other wizards.
c. 1_____ Marlon went to the party
d. _2____ Bumblebee arrived at the party
e. _____ at the same time, Bumblebee was preparing potions
f. _____ Marlon transformed his broom into a Harley Davidson.

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Connectors ​ Stories express a sequence or events that 
happen over a period of time. You will find some examples 
here 
★ Once upon a time​: there was a time 
  ★ Once​: 1. Some time ago, at one time 2. at once:as soon 
as 
★ At this point​: at the moment 
 ★ Finally​: at the end 
★ As soon as​: immediately 
★ The next day​: the day after 
★ While​: when, at the same time 
★ First​: at the beginning 
★ Then​: later 
 
 
 

7. A fable is a Read and organize A short narrative in prose or verse, 

often with animal characters, which illustrates a moral.​ ​Read and organize 
the following fable. Pay special attention to the connectors and the verb 
tenses. 
 
___ ​Then​, she thought that she could sell the 
eggs to Farmer Brown and that she would get 
a lot of money. 
___ ​As ​she thought this, she tossed her head 
back, the bucket fell off, and all the milk was 
gone, along with her dreams. 
___ ​First, ​she thought she would buy some 
hens from the Farmer Brown, and the hens 
would lay eggs every morning. 
___ ​The next day, ​when she told the story to 
her mother , this one told her: “Oh, dear child, 
do not count your chickens until they are 
hatched. This is something you have learned 
today.” 
___ ​At this point, ​ she even imagined that 
the women of the village were so jealous of 
her new clothes that she just toss her head at 
  them. 
_​1​_​ Once upon a time ​ there was a maid who 
lived in the countryside. She had a small piece 
of land where she had a cow that had started 
to give good milk.  
___ ​While​ she was on her way, she began to 
think what she could do with the money she 
would get from the milk. 
___​ As soon as ​ she had the money, she would 
 buy herself a new dress and a hat. 
___ ​Once ​she got a bucket of milk from the 
cow, she put it on her head and decided to 
take it to the market.