English · 3rd preparatory · First Term

Why Do We Like Stories?

About this lesson

This unit focuses on the importance and power of stories, exploring how they shape thinking, develop empathy, and teach life lessons. Students read informational texts and a fable ('The Clever Fox'), listen to a conversation about a debate, and engage in speaking activities where they retell stories using sequence words. Writing tasks guide students to plan and write a short narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end, incorporating target vocabulary and correct tenses. The unit also includes a story about Zeina's school garden project, which illustrates leadership and the idea that small ideas can lead to big changes.

Main topics in this lesson

  • The value and purpose of stories
  • Elements of a story (setting, characters, conflict, solution)
  • Retelling and writing narratives
  • Reported speech
  • Leadership and community change

Key terms and vocabulary

  • various
  • moral
  • empathy
  • aware
  • spark
  • critically
  • conflict
  • solution
  • setting
  • characters
  • sequence words
  • fiction
  • non-fiction
  • folk stories
  • adventure stories
  • comic stories
  • historical stories
  • fables
  • point of view
  • respond
  • calm
  • ambition
  • special
  • symbol
  • courage

Questions and answers on Why Do We Like Stories? - practice and revision

Multiple choice questions on this lesson in English for 3rd preparatory, First Term, with practice exercises for revision and exam preparation.

1

In 'The Clever Fox', the problem between the characters is called the ______, and the way the fox solves it is called the ______.

  • 1 conflict / solution
  • 2 setting / characters
  • 3 moral / empathy
  • 4 point of view / symbol
2

Sara said, "I am aware of the problem in our school." When we report Sara's words, we write:

  • 1 Sara said that she was aware of the problem in their school.
  • 2 Sara said that I am aware of the problem in our school.
  • 3 Sara says that she is aware of the problem in their school.
  • 4 Sara said that she is aware of the problem in our school.
3

A story about a brave girl who travels to a far place to find a lost treasure is an example of which type of story?

  • 1 an adventure story
  • 2 a fable
  • 3 a comic story
  • 4 a folk story

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