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E9 G - Understand a personal story

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E9 G - Understand a personal story

Mini-Beschreibung: Du erschließt eine kurze persönliche oder fiktionalisierte Perspektive. Du erkennst person, place, experience und point of view und reagierst mit einfachen, passenden Sätzen.

Sprachmodus: English first → understand → respond → ask → hint → improve → use again. Keine Vollübersetzung. Verständlichkeit ist wichtiger als Akzentfreiheit.

Media start – Look, think, say: What can you see? Where might the students be going? How might they feel? Give one reason for your idea.

Einleitung

In diesem Kurs arbeitest Du mit kurzen, klaren Texten und Medien. Die Hauptgeschichte ist fiktional. Namen, Orte und Daten sind erfunden. Du brauchst keine privaten Social-Media-Daten und sollst keine persönlichen Daten veröffentlichen.

Du arbeitest in kleinen Schritten:

Understand: Find the main idea.
Respond: Give a short answer.
Ask: Ask one useful question.
Hint: Use a word bank or sentence starter.
Improve: Make one sentence clearer.
Use again: Transfer the pattern to a new situation.

I can ...

Am Ende kannst Du sagen:

I can identify the person and place.
I can explain the main experience.
I can recognise first-person point of view.
I can ask a follow-up question.
I can give a short opinion with a reason.
I can write a short personal story with a clear order.

Vorwissen aktivieren

Say three short sentences:

Person: I can see ...
Place: The person may be ...
Experience: Maybe ...

Hint: Use only what you can see. If you are not sure, say maybe or I think.

Four keys for a personal story

Key	Easy question	Useful language
person	Who is the story about?	The story is about ...
place	Where does it happen?	It happens at / in ...
experience	What happened?	First ... Then ... Finally ...
point of view	Who tells the story?	The narrator uses I / my / me.

Listening and Viewing

BBC Learning English – viewing task: Watch only a short teacher-selected part first. Do not use the transcript yet.

First viewing: What is the general topic? Choose one: food / stories / sport / travel.

Second viewing: Listen for two words connected with stories. Write them down.

Afterwards: Compare with a partner. Ask: What did you hear?

Transcript rule: Nutze ein Transkript erst nach mindestens einem Hörversuch. Du musst nicht jedes Wort verstehen.

Listening strategy

When you do not understand everything:

Listen for repeated words.
Notice names, places and feelings.
Use the picture or situation.
Keep listening; do not stop at one unknown word.

Teacher/partner listening: Eine Person liest die Hauptgeschichte unten langsam und klar vor. Du hörst zuerst ohne Text und notierst nur: person – place – problem – feeling.

Reading: One stop too far

Fictional profile: Sam Reed, 15. West Park is a fictional place.

Read 1 – main idea: Read quickly. What is Sam's main problem?

One stop too far

On Tuesday afternoon, I missed my usual bus after football practice. I was tired and I got on the wrong bus. At first, I did not notice. Then the streets looked different.

I checked the route number. My stomach felt tight. I asked the driver, “Does this bus go to West Park?” He shook his head.

I got off at the next stop near a small library. A person at the bus stop showed me the right route back to town. I called my dad and told him where I was.

Twenty minutes later, I was on the right bus. I felt a little silly, but also proud. I had stayed calm and asked for help. Now I always check the route number before I get on.

Read 2 – find evidence:

Person: Who tells the story?
Place: Name two places.
Experience: What went wrong?
Point of view: Find two first-person words.
Change: What did Sam learn?

Quick evidence check

Use this pattern:

Answer + evidence

Example: The story is in first person because the narrator uses “I”.

Do not copy a long part of the text. One short detail is enough.

Context vocabulary

Learn words in context, not as a long list.

Word	Simple meaning	Story example
route	way a bus follows	I checked the route number.
miss	be too late for	I missed my bus.
notice	see or realise	I did not notice at first.
calm	not very worried	I stayed calm.
proud	happy about what you did	I felt proud.
ask for help	get help from another person	I asked for help.

Use again: Choose two words and make one new sentence about a school day, trip or hobby.

Pronunciation and fluency

Focus on clear chunks, not perfect accent.

Say these chunks slowly, then at normal speed:

On Tuesday afternoon | I missed my usual bus.

At first | I did not notice.

I felt a little silly | but also proud.

Fluency tip: Make a short pause at the vertical line. Stress the important words. Do not restart every time you make a small mistake.

Listen to useful grammar in context

Use only a short section that your teacher selects.

Listen for: past simple and past continuous.

Main accuracy goal: Use the simple past for the main events: missed, got, checked, asked, called.

Extra option: Use was/were + -ing for background: I was walking home when ...

Communication comes first. If a tense problem does not block meaning, finish your message first and improve it afterwards.

Functional grammar

First-person point of view

A first-person narrator often uses I, me, my, we, our.

Compare:

First person: I missed the bus. I felt nervous.
Third person: Sam missed the bus. Sam felt nervous.

Effect: In first person, you get the narrator's own thoughts and feelings directly. You still only know what this narrator sees, thinks or tells you.

Story order

Use a few clear connectors:

First ... Then ... After that ... Finally ...

For a reason, use:

because

For a contrast, use:

but

Keep sentences short and connected.

Speaking

Picture story – 45 seconds: Imagine you are the person waiting for a train.

Use this frame:

I was at ... First ... Then ... I felt ... because ... Finally ...

Your partner asks one follow-up question:

What happened next?

How did you feel?

Why did you ...?

Then answer in one or two sentences.

Speaking help levels

Help 1 – word bank: station – late – ticket – platform – worried – ask – find – arrive

Help 2 – starters: I was ... / I wanted to ... / Then ... / I felt ... because ... / In the end ...

Help 3 – challenge: Add one detail about what you could see or hear.

Writing

Write 80–120 words about a small experience. It may be true or fictional.

Choose one:

a missed bus or train
a first day in a new group
a small problem during a hobby
a moment when you asked for help

Use this plan:

Part	Question	Starter
Start	Where were you?	Last ...
Event	What happened?	First ... Then ...
Feeling	How did you feel?	I felt ... because ...
End	What changed or what did you learn?	In the end ... / Now I ...

Keep your own text. Feedback should help you improve your text, not replace your voice.

Improve your text

Check only four things:

Is the person clear?
Is the place clear?
Are the events in a clear order?
Is there one feeling or thought?

Then check one language goal: simple past for finished events.

Mediation

Your English-speaking exchange partner asks what happened to Sam. Explain the main message in simple English. Do not translate every sentence.

Use:

Sam was ... He/She ... The main problem was ... In the end ...

If you need German notes first, write only key words. Your final spoken explanation is short English.

Feedback and error analysis

Use 2 + 1 feedback:

2 strengths:

One thing that was easy to understand.
One useful detail.

1 next step:

One small change that makes the message clearer.

Common repair moves:

Missing past tense: Yesterday I go → Yesterday I went.
No reason: I was nervous. → I was nervous because I was lost.
Unclear order: Add First / Then / Finally.
No evidence: Add one word or detail from the text.

Do not correct every small mistake at once.

Safe media and AI use

Use fictional names and fictional profile data in tasks. Do not post private social-media data.

Audio or video recordings are voluntary and should stay private unless your teacher gives a safe school-approved place and you agree to share them.

Do not upload classmates' voices, faces or texts to an external AI tool without permission and school rules.

If you use AI for a hint, check:

Is the fact correct?
Does the feedback match the task?
Is the source clear when a factual claim is made?
Did you keep your own wording and ideas?

Media check

The pictures in this course come from Wikimedia Commons. Check the file page for author and licence before reusing them outside the wiki.

Image credits:

Students on the road.jpg – Bigcee007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boy-in-brown-hoodie-carrying-red-backpack-while-walking-on-207697.jpg – ambermb, CC0.
Dublin Bus stop.jpg – AntiRevisionismEnjoyer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
School bag backpack.jpg – Gamingforfun365, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL.
A platform in a railway station.JPG – Bhaskaranaidu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Student writing in field notebook (25630489366).jpg – Joshua Tree National Park, public domain in the United States.

The embedded YouTube videos are external learning media from BBC Learning English. Their rights stay with the provider; use the embeds only while the videos are publicly available and permitted to embed.

Transfer

Watch a short teacher-selected part about telling stories.

Then reuse one idea in your own short story.

Transfer task: Change the place in Sam's story. Keep the same problem structure but write a new 4-sentence version at a train station, sports centre or shopping area.

Can-do check

Mark each statement: yes / almost / not yet.

Can-do	My check
I can find the person.	yes / almost / not yet
I can find the place.	yes / almost / not yet
I can explain the experience.	yes / almost / not yet
I can recognise first-person point of view.	yes / almost / not yet
I can ask one follow-up question.	yes / almost / not yet
I can write a short ordered story.	yes / almost / not yet

If “almost”: Use one help level and try the task again.

If “not yet”: Go back to the four keys and the main story. Work with one key at a time.

Folgekurs

Next step: Respond to a personal story.

You will use the same four keys, but you will react more actively: ask follow-up questions, give reasons and compare two short perspectives.

Interaktive Aufgaben

Quiz: Teste Dein Wissen

Who tells “One stop too far”? (Sam) (!The bus driver) (!Sam's dad) (!The librarian)

Where does the main problem start? (On a bus) (!In a classroom) (!At a cinema) (!In a restaurant)

What is Sam's main problem? (Sam gets on the wrong bus) (!Sam loses a football) (!Sam forgets a school book) (!Sam misses a test)

Which word is a clear sign of first-person point of view? (I) (!Sam) (!driver) (!library)

How does Sam solve the problem? (Sam stays calm and asks for help) (!Sam runs home) (!Sam hides on the bus) (!Sam waits all night)

Which connector shows a final step? (Finally) (!Maybe) (!Because) (!Usually)

Which tense is the main target for finished story events? (Simple past) (!Future simple) (!Present perfect continuous) (!Future continuous)

What is good evidence for first-person point of view? (The narrator uses I and my) (!The text has a title) (!The story has a bus) (!The text has three paragraphs)

Which question is a useful follow-up question? (How did you feel?) (!Blue or green?) (!What is a noun?) (!Is Tuesday a month?)

What should you do before using a transcript in this course? (Listen at least once) (!Translate every word) (!Read only the last line) (!Skip the audio)

Memory

Person	who the story is about
Place	where the story happens
Experience	what happened
Point of view	who tells the story
Feeling	how a person feels
Evidence	a detail that supports an answer

Drag and Drop

Ordne die richtigen Begriffe zu.	Thema
I	first-person word
Finally	final story step
because	reason
How did you feel?	follow-up question
I missed the bus.	finished past event

...

Kreuzworträtsel

Narrator	Who tells a story?
Setting	What word means the place and situation of a story?
Experience	What word means something that happened to a person?
Feeling	What word describes being nervous, proud or happy?
Because	Which connector gives a reason?
Evidence	What supports an answer with a detail from the text?

LearningApps

Lückentext

Offene Aufgaben

Leicht

Picture clue: Wähle ein Bild im Kurs und schreibe vier englische Wörter zu person, place, action und feeling.
Story map: Fülle für Sams Geschichte person, place, experience und point of view aus.
Sentence starters: Ergänze fünf Satzstarter wie “First ...”, “Then ...” und “I felt ... because ...”.
Follow-up question: Formuliere drei einfache Nachfragen zu einer kurzen persönlichen Geschichte.

Standard

Mini story: Schreibe 80–100 Wörter über ein kleines Problem und seine Lösung. Die Geschichte darf erfunden sein.
Point-of-view switch: Schreibe vier Sätze aus Sams Geschichte in der dritten Person und erkläre eine Wirkung des Wechsels.
Partner interview: Erzählt Euch je 45 Sekunden lang eine kleine Erfahrung und stellt danach je eine Nachfrage. Keine privaten Details nötig.
Private audio check: Nimm freiwillig nur für Dich 30–45 Sekunden auf und prüfe Pausen, Verständlichkeit und Satzreihenfolge. Kein ungefragter Upload.

Schwer

Two perspectives: Schreibe dieselbe kleine Situation zweimal aus zwei fiktionalen Perspektiven und markiere unterschiedliche Gefühle.
Guided mediation: Erkläre einer englischsprachigen Person mündlich die Hauptaussage eines kurzen deutschen Erfahrungsberichts, ohne Vollübersetzung.
Feedback and revision: Nutze 2 + 1 Feedback, überarbeite Deinen Text und markiere drei eigene Verbesserungen.
Media story: Wähle ein frei nutzbares Bild von Wikimedia Commons, prüfe die Lizenz und entwickle daraus eine kurze fiktionale Ich-Geschichte.

Lernkontrolle

Point of view: Du bekommst einen neuen kurzen Text. Bestimme die Erzählperspektive und begründe sie mit zwei passenden Textsignalen.
Main idea: Fasse eine neue persönliche Geschichte in höchstens drei Sätzen zusammen. Nenne nur die Informationen, die für das Verständnis wichtig sind.
Response: Formuliere auf eine neue Erfahrung eine passende Reaktion, eine Nachfrage und eine Meinung mit einem Grund.
Repair a story: Ordne fünf ungeordnete Sätze sinnvoll und ergänze zwei passende connectors.
Perspective effect: Vergleiche eine Ich-Version und eine Er-/Sie-Version derselben Szene. Erkläre, welche Informationen näher oder distanzierter wirken.
Transfer writing: Schreibe 90–120 Wörter zu einer neuen Situation. Nutze klare Reihenfolge, mindestens ein Gefühl und eine erkennbare Perspektive.

Lernnachweis

Für den Lernnachweis ist wichtig:

Du erkennst person, place, experience und point of view in einem kurzen Text.
Du belegst eine Aussage mit einem passenden Detail.
Du verstehst die Hauptaussage eines moderat gesprochenen kurzen Beitrags, auch wenn einzelne Wörter fehlen.
Du reagierst, fragst nach und gibst eine einfache Meinung mit Grund.
Du schreibst einen kurzen zusammenhängenden Text mit klarer Reihenfolge.
Du nutzt einfache Hilfen sinnvoll und verbesserst Deinen eigenen Text.
Du gehst sicher mit persönlichen Daten, Aufnahmen, Medien und KI-Hilfen um.

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Für eigene Aufgaben kannst Du die Dateiseiten der im Kurs verwendeten Wikimedia-Commons-Bilder öffnen und die dort genannte Lizenz beachten. Die Bilder sind Lernmaterial und zugleich Anlass, Quellen und Nutzungsrechte zu prüfen.

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