The Story (5 mins)
I have never experienced a storm like the one I was in during monsoon season in Korea. My boss told me that the rain would come down really hard and I thought that it couldn’t possibly be all that bad. I was wrong! I was heading to school one day and it looked like a perfectly normal day. I checked the news and it told me to expect heavy monsoon rains on that day. I told myself that it couldn’t possibly be all that bad, grabbed my umbrella, and headed out the door. I was half way to work when the wind started to blow. I thought that I was going to get knocked over by the wind, but I kept walking. I felt the first rain drop fall and that was when the storm got serious. All of a sudden, the clouds came in and so did the rain. I had never seen rain like that before and I felt like I was standing under a waterfall. When I finally got to school I was totally wet from head to toe! Everyone had warned me that the monsoon rain was very serious and now I definitely believe them!
Vocabulary and Reading Practice (5 mins)
Mark the best choice.
1) Based on the story, the narrator should have...
a) listened to his mother
b) listened to his brother
c) listened to his employer
d) listened to his employee
2) The narrator...
a) took his umbrella but didn’t use it.
b) didn’t make it to school.
c) wanted to take a risk.
d) didn’t think it could be dangerous.
3) The wind...
a) pushed the narrator over.
b) almost pushed the narrator over.
c) was there but not bad.
d) was nice and calm.
Questions for Discussion (15 mins)
1) Can you name some other natural disasters?
2) What do you do/Have do you feel on a rainy day?
3) Are you a careful person?
Activities (15 mins)
Write down three key words to the story.
_______________
_______________
_______________
Why did you choose these three words?
Retell the story to a partner in your own words.
A Related Simile (5 mins)
What does this relate to in the story?
It’s raining cats and dogs.
I have never experienced a storm like the one I was in during monsoon season in Korea. My boss told me that the rain would come down really hard and I thought that it couldn’t possibly be all that bad. I was wrong! I was heading to school one day and it looked like a perfectly normal day. I checked the news and it told me to expect heavy monsoon rains on that day. I told myself that it couldn’t possibly be all that bad, grabbed my umbrella, and headed out the door. I was half way to work when the wind started to blow. I thought that I was going to get knocked over by the wind, but I kept walking. I felt the first rain drop fall and that was when the storm got serious. All of a sudden, the clouds came in and so did the rain. I had never seen rain like that before and I felt like I was standing under a waterfall. When I finally got to school I was totally wet from head to toe! Everyone had warned me that the monsoon rain was very serious and now I definitely believe them!
Vocabulary and Reading Practice (5 mins)
Mark the best choice.
1) Based on the story, the narrator should have...
a) listened to his mother
b) listened to his brother
c) listened to his employer
d) listened to his employee
2) The narrator...
a) took his umbrella but didn’t use it.
b) didn’t make it to school.
c) wanted to take a risk.
d) didn’t think it could be dangerous.
3) The wind...
a) pushed the narrator over.
b) almost pushed the narrator over.
c) was there but not bad.
d) was nice and calm.
Questions for Discussion (15 mins)
1) Can you name some other natural disasters?
2) What do you do/Have do you feel on a rainy day?
3) Are you a careful person?
Activities (15 mins)
Write down three key words to the story.
_______________
_______________
_______________
Why did you choose these three words?
Retell the story to a partner in your own words.
A Related Simile (5 mins)
What does this relate to in the story?
It’s raining cats and dogs.
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