A Very Long Walk

A Very Long WalkLost dog crosses the USA

Presenting Slideshow: You can play the 18 slides as a slideshow click Slideshow>Play from Start. The embedded audio will start on Slide 3 and is used on most slides (not 1,2, 6,7 & 18)

Slideshows with recorded audio help students to focus and you can control the speed at which the story unfolds, plus ask questions to elicit information and anticipate what is going to happen1

Teaching prompts What can you see? What is happening? Why is the dog happy?2One evening Becky is taking her dog, Rocky, for a walk.

Suddenly, Rocky sees a cat.

Teaching prompts Can you see the cat? What do you think Rocky will do?3He growls.

Teaching prompts Can you hear Rocky growling? Why? Is he happy? What is going to do?4The cat runs off.

Rocky races after him.

Teaching Note click through fast to get the sense of movement 6

Teaching prompt: What is happening?7The cat and the dog disappear around a corner. Becky runs after them.Rocky! Come back!

8But Rocky has four legs.She cant catch the little black dog.

And Becky has two.

9

Becky turns the corner.

The road is empty before her.

There is no dog and no cat.Rocky has disappeared.

Teaching prompts Oh dear! What is Becky going to do?11

Becky spends hours looking for Rocky.ng for Rocky.

What time is it? How do you know? What is Becky doing?12Becky goes home - but Rocky is not there.

Where do you think he is? How does Becky feel?13That night Becky does not sleep very wellf.oo

What can Becky do? How can she find Rocky?Before Next Slide: Elicit the idea of putting up lost dog poster 14

The next morning Becky puts up postersBut nobody calls

15A week passes without news of Rocky.

Becky feels very sad.

16But she never gives up hope of finding him.

17.What do you think will happen next?Teaching suggestion Ask learners to predict what will happen next. Will Becky find Rocky? 18Buy the complete YLE Teaching pack here .

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