Narrate a story and practice Present Tenses!

This activity is done in three steps and it is a great way to consolidate Simple Present and Present Continuous. When narrating a story, we can use these present tenses to recreate the events in an active, dynamic way. The narrator can relate the story as if it is happening at the moment.

1) Set your students in pairs. One of them will have to face the back wall and not watch the animation. Show the first 3 minutes of it (check video below), and ask the student watching to narrate the events while the other writes them down.

E.g.

The film is set in Washington.

The man is crossing the street.

The man gets a bag from another man.

The man is eating a donuts.

2) Stop the video at the three minute mark and ask the pairs to switch. Now the narrator will write down and the writer will narrate. Show the remaining 3 minutes.

3) To make sure the students didn't miss any event in the animation, show the video for the second time and ask the pairs to check it.

Enjoy!

**Special thanks to our friend and fellow  teacher Karla Silva for showing us this amazing video!