Red Line 4, Coursebook

seventy-seven 77 4 Roy a) Find out everything you can about Roy from the story. Where does he live? (What does he look like? What is strange about him? …) Take notes. b) Use your notes to write a short profile of Roy. 5 Words in the story Find the word in the story that means the same thing. 1. moved quickly 2. jumped 3. of course 4. stupid 5. next to 6. strange 7. huge, very big 8. changed 6 Your turn: Roy’s story How would Roy tell a scene from the story? Write what happens in one of the scenes, but with Roy as the narrator. Think about these questions: What does Roy do in each scene? • What could he think to himself? • What was he saying into his radio? • What does he think about the narrator of the story? • Does he know that the other boy is an alien? • … In a text like this, you can decide what to write! Find the scenes with Roy in them and think about the questions carefully. Don’t forget that a partner can read your story and give you advice about how to make it better. WRI T ING SKI LLS 7 A song: No doubt about it If someone tells you there’s no other form of life, and you believe in them, too, I’m gonna tell you ’bout the other night, I swear that it’s true! A cloud of white, and green, and flying ships, I’ve never seen came into my view. Was I frightened? Was I scared? Was I thrown into confusion? As they glided down so silently, it wasn’t an illusion, no no, no doubt about it, oh no, no doubt about it. What kind of magnetism kept me in this place? Was it out of my control? What was the ship from outer space? What was this creature that appeared before my eyes? Was it good? Was it evil, on the ship from other skies? I was frightened, I was scared, I was thrown into confusion, as they stood right there in front of me, it wasn’t an illusion, no no, no doubt about it, oh no, no doubt about it. by Hot Chocolate Think about these questions while you listen to the song. 1. What did the singer see? 2. How did he feel about what he saw? S S C ➝ WB55, 1 Text 4 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv