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STORYTELLING!

CONTENTS!INTRO: Video Excalibur - The Untold Story.!READING 1: Young King Arthur!GRAMMAR 1: Past Simple and Past Continuous!VOCABULARY 1: Fairy tales (nouns)!PRONUNCIATION: /b/, /v/ & /f/!LISTENING 1: A ghost story!SPEAKING 1: Telling a story from drawings!READING 2: Beth Gellert!GRAMMAR 2: used to!VOCABULARY 2: Fairy tales (verbs)!LISTENING 2: American myths!SPEAKING 2: Telling a story!WRITING: Writing a story!CLIL: Population in the Middle Ages!INTRODUCTION TO PAU EXAMS: Answering open questions!PROJECT: Telling a fairy tale or fable!CREDITS: Credits for all the media (audio, video, text) used in this unit.!!Previous Knowledge!

• Past Simple and Past Continuous forms (affirmative, negative, interrogative).!• Basic uses of used to.!• Connectors used in storytelling.!

Aims!• The contrast between Past Simple and Past Continuous.!• Verbs and nouns used in storytelling.!• Structure of stories and connectors used in storytelling.!• Basic vocabulary about the Middle Ages.!!!!

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INTRO!Video Excalibur - The Untold Story.!Who are the main characters in King Arthur's stories?!________________________________________________________________________________________________!How did King Arthur get Excalibur?!________________________________________________________________________________________________!!Before watching the video, check this vocabulary.!behold → (V) [old use or literary]  /bɪˈhəʊld/ to look at or see!sword → (N) /sɔːd/ a weapon with a long metal blade and a handle!sward → (N) [literary] /swɔːd/ an area of grass!cord → (N) /kɔːd/ a piece of strong thick string!short → {here} (N) /ʃɔːt/ short circuit!!This is a video from YouTube, Excalibur - The Untold Story. (1)!!SPEAKING!Answer the following characters in small groups. !! What do you know about King Arthur?! ! Was he a historical character?! ! Have you seen any films about King Arthur?!  Now write your answers in your notebook.!!READING 1!Young King Arthur!Read the following text.!

The Young King [from The Arthurian Legend (for Kids)] (2) Young King Arthur was faced with many problems right from the beginning. Mostly, though, he needed to fight against the Saxons, who had invaded Britain before he was born, and were constantly trying to get new land. He had to make the many petty kings and lords fight together with him instead of against each other. To solve this pro-blem, he was given the great Round Table, where all the men in his service could sit together without thinking that anyone was more important than anyone else. A round table has no head, so no one could be said to be sitting at the head of the table. The man who gave King Arthur the Round Table also gave him a wife. King Leodegrance promised King Arthur his daugh-ter Guinevere to be his queen. They were married during a big celebration. After his wedding, King Arthur went on a long campaign to subdue the Saxons. He fought twelve great battles, the last one called the Battle of Badon, in which he beat the Saxons so badly that they did not make a peep for twenty years. Also during this time, Arthur was given another sword by the Lady of the Lake, called Excalibur. A time of peace settled on the land. !Grammar questions!Find one example of Past Continuous in the text. (1st paragraph)!_______________________________________________________________________________________________!Find one example of Past Simple negative in the text. (4th paragraph)!_______________________________________________________________________________________________!Find one example of a regular verb in the Past Simple and another of an irregular verb. (3rd paragraph)!_______________________________________________________________________________________________!Comprehension questions!Answer this question in your notebook.!Why did King Arthur need a round table?!_______________________________________________________________________________________________!!!!!Javier García Bonifaz - Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA ! ! ! ! ! ! �2

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According to the information in the text, are these sentences true or false?!The Saxons invaded Britain when Arthur was king.!_______________________________________________________________________________________________!King Leodegrance gave King Arthur the Round Table.!_______________________________________________________________________________________________!King Arthur’s first sword was Excalibur.!_______________________________________________________________________________________________!Vocabulary questions!Find a synonym in the text for the following words and expressions.!had a difficult situation (1st par.) ________________________________!small and unimportant (2nd par.) _________________________________!to defeat or control a person or group (4th par.) ______________________________!defeated (4th par.) __________________________!a quick or secret look (4th par.) ____________________________!a weapon with a long pointed blade and a handle (5th par.) ____________________________!went and stayed (6th par.) _____________________________!Speaking!Answer the following questions in pairs.!Have you seen any films about King Arthur?!Do you like the idea of having a round table? Why? Why not?!Would you call King Arthur a hero? Why? Why not?!Now volunteer to speak in front of the class. !!!GRAMMAR 1 !Past Simple and Past Continuous!1. Revision!Past Simple forms!Affirmative form!Past Simple is formed by adding -ed to the base form for regular verbs. For irregular verbs, we use the appropriate form for each verb.!! ! I listened to my father. (regular)!! ! I wrote a letter. (irregular) !Negative form!We use did not (or didn't) plus the base form of the verb.!! ! I didn't listen to my father.!! ! I didn't write a letter. !Interrogative form!We use did + subject + base form of the verb.!! ! Did you listen to your father?!! ! What did you write?!Spelling rules for regular verbs:!

• Verbs ending in -e omit that vowel before -ed: live > lived!• One-syllable verbs ending in a short vowel plus a single consonant, double the consonant before -ed:!stop > stopped!• Verbs ending in consonant + y, change y to i and add -ed: carry > carried!• But verbs ending in vowel + y follow the general rule: play > played!• Verbs with two or more syllables ending in a short vowel + consonant double the consonant if the stress falls on the

last syllable: prefer > preferred!• In British English a final -l before a short vowel is doubled. American English does not double the -l:!

!travel > travelled (Br. Engl.)!! travel > traveled (Am. Engl.) !Past Continuous forms!We use the Past Simple forms of the verb be plus the -ing form of the verb. Negative and interrogative forms are like the negative and interrogative forms of the Past Simple of the verb be.!

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! ! I was listening to music while you were reading.!! ! I wasn't listening to music while you weren't reading.!! ! Was I listening to music? Were you reading?!Exercises on how to build Past Simple and Past Continuous!Past Simple affirmative, negative and interrogative. Choose the right answer.!He ___________ (not live) in Manchester.!! a) didn’t live! ! b) didn’t lived! ! c) doesn’t lived!He ___________ (play) football.!! a) plaied! ! b) played! ! c) playeds!I ___________ (not read) the book.!! a) didn’t readed!! b) didn’t read! ! c) read not!I ___________ (stop) at the traffic lights.!! a) stopped! ! b) stoped! ! c) stoop!He ___________ (admit) that he was wrong.!! a) admited! ! b) admitted! ! c) admiteds!___________ (come) yesterday?!! a) Did he come! ! b) Did he came! ! c) Did he camed!She ___________ (walk) yesterday.!! a) walkeds! ! b) walked! ! c) wolk!John ___________ (hug) Michael.!! a) huged! ! b) hugeds! ! c) hugged!___________ (listen) to music?!! a) Did you listen!! b) Do you listened! c) Did you listened!What ___________ (do)?!! a) did you did! ! b) did you do! ! c) do you did!Irregular verbs. Choose the right answer.!break:! ! a) broked! b) broken! c) broke!come:! ! a) came! b) come! c) camen!sleep:! ! a) sleept! b) slept!! c) slopen!read:! ! a) read! ! b) rode! ! c) readen!ride:! ! a) ridden! b) rode! ! c) rodden!get:! ! a) getten! b) got! ! c) gotten!write:! ! a) wrote! b) written! c) wrotten!take:! ! a) taken! b) token! c) took!run:! ! a) ran! ! b) run! ! c) rann!Past Continuous forms. Choose the right answer.!I ____________ (watch) TV.!! a) was watching!! b) were watching! c) was watched!He ___________ (not listen).!! a) wasn’t listening! b) weren’t listening! c) weren’t listened!____________ (have) dinner?!! a) Were you haveing! b) Were you having! c) Was you having!____________ (play) football?!! a) Were you playing! b) Was you playing! c) Were you plaing!!2. Past Simple!Uses!Past Simple is used:!

• To talk about past actions that happened at a specific time.!! ! I had dinner at home last night.!

• To talk about a sequence of past actions.!! ! We got up at 8 o'clock, got dressed and went to school.!

• Usually, after the following expressions: I wish, if only, as if, as though, would rather, would sooner, it's time.!! ! I wish he came. !!!Javier García Bonifaz - Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA ! ! ! ! ! ! �4

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Exercises on Past Simple!Complete the sentences using Past Simple.!I usually drink coffee for breakfast, but yesterday __________________ tea.!I usually leave home at 8 o'clock, but yesterday __________________ home at half past eight.!I usually play tennis after lunch, but yesterday _________________ golf.!I usually meet my friends at 6 o'clock, but yesterday ___________________ them at 7.!I usually have fish for dinner, but yesterday ________________ spaghetti.!!3. Past Continuous!Uses!Past Continuous is used:!

• To describe an activity happening at a specific time in the past.!! ! I was reading a book at 8 o'clock yesterday.!

• To describe an activity which was interrupted by another action.!! ! When I was having a shower, the phone rang.!

• To describe the setting in a narration.!! ! The sun was setting. A man was walking down the street.!

• To describe two simultaneous actions.!! ! I was watching TV while my brother was reading a comic book.!Exercises on Past Continuous!Put the words in the right order.!John      a shower.      was      having!_____________________________________________________________________________________! I      you      was doing      homework.      While      were reading,!_____________________________________________________________________________________!was      me.      I      a dog      bit      in the park,      walking      While!_______________________________________________________________________!!4. Exercises on the contrast between Present Simple and Present Continuous!Choose the correct forms.!While I was walking to school, it ___________________ to rain.!! a) started! ! b) was starting!Sally ____________________ TV while her brother was reading a book.!! a) was watching!! b) watched!When my father _______________, I was listening to the news.!! a) got up! ! b) was getting up!I didn’t know that you _______________ homework at that time.!! a) did! ! ! b) were doing!I saw the accident while I _________________ my bike.!! a) was riding! ! b) rode!!Write sentences using Past Simple and Past Continuous.!What / you / do / yesterday / at 5 o’clock?!__________________________________________________________________________!What time / he / finish / his homework?!__________________________________________________________________________!I / go / to bed / while / my parents / watch / TV.!__________________________________________________________________________!When / Harry / come / home, / I / study.!__________________________________________________________________________!I / ride / my bike / when / I / meet / Tim.!__________________________________________________________________________!!!!Javier García Bonifaz - Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA ! ! ! ! ! ! �5

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VOCABULARY!Fairy tales (nouns)!Two of these words are synonyms. Which ones?!! wound, poison, spell, curse, charm! _____________________!Match the words to their meanings.!A substance that can cause death or serious illness if you eat it, drink it or breathe it.!! a) poison! b) curse! c) wound!An injury to your body.!! a) poison! b) curse! c) wound!Words used to ask God or a magical power to do something bad to someone or something.!! a) poison! b) curse! c) wound!Match the pictures to the words.!!

a) knight! ! a) crown! !a) fairy!b) elf! ! ! b) axe! ! !b) giant!c) crown! ! c) helmet! !c) dwarf!d) axe! ! ! d) sword! !d) crown!!(3)! ! ! (4)! ! ! (5)!

!!a) dwarf! !a) witch!! ! a) knight!b) wizard! !b) wizard! ! b) fairy!c) knight! !c) elf! ! ! c) shield!d) axe! ! !d) dwarf! ! d) wizard!!(6)! ! ! ! (7)! ! ! (8)!

!!a) helmet! ! a) helmet! !a) spear!b) axe! ! ! b) axe! ! !b) axe!c) sword! ! c) crown! !c) sword!d) spear! ! d) spear! !d) helmet!!

! ! (9)! ! ! ! (10)! ! ! ! (11)!! !

a) dwarf!! ! a) sword! ! a) dwarf!b) helmet! ! b) crown! ! b) giant!c) fairy! ! ! c) spear! ! c) spear!d) knight! ! d) axe! ! ! d) sword!!(12)! ! ! (13)! ! ! (14)!

!!a) helmet!b) shield!c) spear!d) sword!!

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PRONUNCIATION!/b/, /v/ and /f/!/b/!As in Spanish, but a bit softer.!It is silent in words such as: limb, thumb, comb!/v/!To pronounce it, place your lower lip onto your upper teeth. It is voiced.!It can be spelt as -v- (voice), -ph- (nephew), -f- (of).!/f/!Same as /v/ but voiceless.!It can be spelt as -f- (fork), -ff- (off), -ph- (physics) or -gh- (enough, laugh).!!Compare: boy - voice, few - view, proof - prove!!LISTENING 1!A ghost story!Before you listen.!Do you believe in ghosts? Why? Why not?!What is your favourite ghost story?!What words do you associate with ghosts? ______________________________________________________!!Before listening to the story, check this vocabulary. Complete the sentences with the following expressions:!! tell stories - graveyard - can't move - a run for it - collars!1. The other cars are parked so close to my car that I _____________ .!2. We just sit around and ________________ for hours at the family cabin.!3. She has about 15 ________________ for her dog.!4. Many people bring flowers to the ________________ to put on the graves.!5. The robbers tried to make _______________ but the police caught them.!!Now listen to Marion talking about an encounter with a ghost back in Ireland. Answer the following questions about the interview. This recording is from elllo, #181 (16).!1) Who is the story about?!! a) Her friend! ! b) Her granddad! ! c) Her uncle!2) How old was the man in the story?!! a) In his teens! ! b) In his twenties! ! c) In his thirties!3) What were they doing at the start of the story?!! a) Playing cards!! b) Playing football! ! c) Playing bagpipes!4) What did they think they saw?!! a) A priest! ! b) A fisherman! ! ! c) A woman!!Now work in pairs or small groups. Tell your partner/s about a real or invented ghost story.!!SPEAKING 1!Telling a story from drawings !Think about the following questions:!

• Do you like fairytales? And fables? Why or why not?!• Have you ever heard of King Arthur? And Merlin?!• ! Do you like inventing stories? Why or why not?!!!!!!!

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Now you have to choose the components of a story that you will tell your partner.!Look at these pictures and choose two or three characters for your story. You can also add more characters.!Characters!!!!!!!!an elf (3)!! a wizard (8)! a giant (14)! a knight (6)! a fairy (12)! a dwarf (5)! a witch (7)!!Now look at these objects and choose two or three for your story. You can also add more objects to your story.!! !!!!!!!a helmet (4)! a sword (13)! an axe (9)! a spear (11)! a crown (10)! ! a shield (15)!!Now look at these places and choose one or two for your story. You can also add more places to your story.!!!!!!!a meadow (17)! a castle (18)! a hill (19)!! a valley (20)! a village (21)! a lake (22)!!Choose three or four of the following actions. You can also add other actions to your story.!! •! ride, walk, run, swim !! •! challenge, kidnap, fight, wound, poison!! •! escape, set somebody free!! •! marry, be happy, become king/queen, have children!Now tell your partner your story in eight or ten sentences.!! •! Remember to use sequence connectors.!! •! Tell the story in the past tense.!! •! Try for an original ending!!!!READING 2!Beth Gellert!This story is adapted from Celtic Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs, from Project Gutenberg. (23)!!

BETH GELLERT Prince Llewelyn had a favourite greyhound named Gellert that had been given to him by his father-in-law, King John. He was as gentle as a lamb at home but a lion in the chase. One day Llewelyn went to the chase and blew his horn in front of his castle. All his other dogs came to the call but Gellert never answered it. So he blew louder on his horn and called Ge-llert by name, but still the greyhound did not come. At last Prince Llewelyn could wait no longer and went off to the hunt without Gellert. He had little fun that day because Gellert was not there. He came back furious to his castle, and as he came to the gate, he saw Gellert come to meet him. But when the hound came near him, the Prince saw that his lips and fangs were dripping with blood. Llewelyn started back and the greyhound was surprised and afraid at the way his master greeted him.

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Now Prince Llewelyn had a little son a year old with whom Gellert used to play, and a terrible thought crossed the Prince's mind that made him go to the child's room. And the nearer he came the more blood and disorder he found about the rooms. He found the child's cradle overturned and full of blood. Prince Llewelyn grew more and more terrified, and looked for his little son everywhere. He could find him nowhere but only signs of some terrible conflict in which much blood had been shed. At last he felt sure the dog had destroyed his child, and shouting to Gellert, "Monster, you have devoured my child," he took his sword and killed the greyhound, who fell with a deep shout and still looking at his master's eyes. As Gellert shouted, a little child's cry answered it from beneath the cradle, and there Llewelyn found his child unharmed and just awakened from sleep. But just beside him was the body of a great wolf covered with blood. Too late, Llewelyn learned what had happened while he was away. Gellert had stayed behind to guard the child and had fought and killed the wolf that had tried to destroy Llewelyn's son. In vain was all Llewelyn's grief; he could not bring his faithful dog to life again. So he buried him outside the castle walls within sight of the great mountain of Snowdon, where everyone could see his grave, and raised over it a great pile of sto-nes. And to this day the place is called Beth Gellert, or the Grave of Gellert. !Answer these questions using your own words.!How did Prince Llewelyn feel when he came back from hunting?!__________________________________________________________________________________________!Why didn’t Gellert go hunting with Prince Llewelyn?!__________________________________________________________________________________________!Are these sentences true or false? Find the text to justify your answer.!Gellert never came near Prince Llewelyn’s son.!__________________________________________________________________________________________!Prince Llewelyn buried Gellert in a secret place.!__________________________________________________________________________________________!Find a synonym for the following words in the text.!hunt (paragraph 1) ___________________! a baby’s bed (paragraph 3) ________________________!eaten (paragraph 4) ___________________! safe (paragraph 5) ______________________!loyal (paragraph 6) ____________________ !Find one use of the expression used to in the text.!__________________________________________________________________________________________!!GRAMMAR 2!Used to!Forms!Used to has the normal structure of a verb in the past simple.!! We used to play football in the park when we were children.!Negative form uses didn't.!! I didn't use to read comic books when I was a child.!Interrogative form uses did.!! What did you use to do after school when you were ten?!Uses!Used to is employed:!

• to talk about habits and routines in the past!! I used to to play basketball when I was younger.!

• to talk about states and situations that were frequent in the past!! She used to be very lazy, but now she works really hard.! We can also use would to talk about habitual actions in the past, but not to talk about states in the past.!! ! He used to spend his holidays in France as a kid.!! ! He would spend his holidays in France as a kid.!!! ! I used to be very thin. / NOT I would be very thin.!!Javier García Bonifaz - Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA ! ! ! ! ! ! �9

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Exercises!Rewrite the sentences with used to or would.!Until last month, I was a member of my school's football team.!______________________________________________________________________________________!The museum had some very interesting paintings.!______________________________________________________________________________________!I took two or three books from the library every week.!______________________________________________________________________________________!He spent all his free time playing videogames.!______________________________________________________________________________________!We didn't have many books of our own, we took them from the library.!______________________________________________________________________________________!My friends often stole fizzy drinks from the supermarket.!______________________________________________________________________________________!Translate the following sentences into English using used to or would.!¿Ibas a esta escuela?!______________________________________________________________________________________!Cuando tenía 10 años, me iba a la cama a las 9.!______________________________________________________________________________________!Antes no me gustaba la música clásica.!______________________________________________________________________________________!De pequeño disfrutaba nadando.!______________________________________________________________________________________!Vivíamos en Torrent.!______________________________________________________________________________________!Peter no jugaba muy bien al fútbol.!______________________________________________________________________________________!!VOCABULARY 2 - TOWNS AND CITIES!Fairy tales (verbs)!Read the definitions for the following verbs.!fight (V) → to take part in a battle or war!challenge (V) → to invite someone to compete or fight against you!fulfil (V) (Am.E. fulfill) →  to achieve something that you hoped for (a hope, a wish, an aim)!search (V) → to try to find something or someone!heal (V) → to make someone who is ill become healthy again; to become healthy again (a wound, a broken bone)!wound (V) → to injure someone!forgive (V) → to stop being angry with someone and stop blaming them!punish (V) → to make someone suffer for doing something wrong or breaking the law!!The following verbs are regular: challenge, fulfil, search, heal, wound, punish.! Write the irregular forms of the following verbs:!! ! ! fight! ! ! ! ! ! forgive!!!!Javier García Bonifaz - Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA ! ! ! ! ! ! �10

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Complete the following sentences with the right form of one of these verbs:!! fight, challenge, fulfil, search, heal, wound, forgive, punish.!They deserve to be ______________ for their actions.!The soldiers who _______________ in the battle were sent home.!He _______________ me yesterday to run a marathon as fast as him.!I _______________ you for what you said yesterday.!The soldiers killed two people and ______________ three others in the attack.!That man claims that he can ______________ her horrible wounds.!Last year he managed to _______________ his long-life dream of visiting Tokyo.!The area was thoroughly _______________, but they couldn't find the knife.!!!!LISTENING 2!American myths!Let's see what you know about American myths.!What do you know about the tooth fairy?!_________________________________________________________________________________________!Who is the Easter bunny?!_________________________________________________________________________________________!Do all children get presents from Santa Claus?!_________________________________________________________________________________________!Complete the following sentences with one of these words: !! mythical - lose teeth - hollow - fireplace - go down!1. This statue isn't very heavy because it is ______________ .!2. We only use the _____________ during the winter.!3. I can hear the phone ringing, but I'm too lazy to ______________ and get it.!4. She was always scared to _____________ when she was a child.!5. Some people believe that vampires are ________________ creatures, while others think that they are real.!Listen to Todd (American man) talking about myths that children in America believe in (elllo #326) (24) and answer the questions.!1. Where does the tooth fairy leave the money?!! a) Under the pillow! ! b) Under the bed! ! c) On the nighttable!2. What do kids look for on Easter?!! a) Baskets! ! ! b) Eggs!! ! ! c) Bunnies!3. What do the kids really want on Easter?!! a) Money! ! ! b) Candy! ! ! c) Both!4. Where does Santa leave the gifts?!! a) In the fireplace! ! b) In the stocking! ! c) Under the tree!5. What do the children leave for Santa?!! a) Milk! ! ! ! b) Cookies! ! ! c) Both!!!SPEAKING 2!Telling a story!Think about the following questions.!

• Has anything really strange ever happened to you? If not, invent a situation (a robbery, a UFO sighting, a small team beating a big team, spotting a famous person in the bus, finding a wallet on the ground, ...).!

• What was your reaction? !• How did it all end? !

Now tell your partner. Please, use the following expressions:!! One day, as I was ...! ! ! I couldn't believe my eyes.!! Then, I ...! ! ! ! At the end, ...!

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WRITING!Writing a story!Think of a real strange situation that happened to you. If you cannot think of one, invent it (a strange trip, a night in a haunted house, a weird meeting with a stranger, ...). Write about that story  (100 to 120 words).!You can either hand in your composition in paper, or send it to your teacher's mail, or send it using the MOODLE website.!Remember!!

• You're writing a story. Use connectors of sequence:!! - First; one day; last summer; one evening; ...!! - Then; later; after that; next; ...!! - Finally; at the end; ...!

• Decide if you are going to write using present or past tense.!!CLIL!Population in the Middle Ages!(Adapted from Wikipedia, Middle Ages) (25)!The High Middle Ages saw an expansion of population. The estimated population of Europe grew from 35 to 80 million between 1000 and 1347, although the exact causes remain unclear: improved agricultural techniques, the decline of sla-very, a more clement climate and the lack of invasion have all been suggested. As much as 90 per cent of the European population remained rural peasants. Many were no longer settled in isolated farms but had gathered into small communi-ties, usually known as manors or villages. Other sections of society included the nobility, clergy, and townsmen. Nobles, both the titled nobility and simple knights, exploited the manors and the peasants, although they did not own lands directly but were given rights to the income from a manor or other lands by an overlord through the system of feudalism. Women in the Middle Ages were officially required to be subordinate to some male, whether their father, husband, or ot-her male relative. Widows, who were often allowed much control over their own lives, were still restricted legally. Wo-men's work generally consisted of household or other domestically inclined tasks. !Define the following terms:!slave _________________________________________________________________________________________!peasant _______________________________________________________________________________________!clergy _________________________________________________________________________________________!income ________________________________________________________________________________________!!PAU EXAMS!Open questions!Here you have the open questions for Option A in the English exam for PAU June 2010. The answers are written on a se-parate sheet of paper. You can see the original document at UJI's website.!If you want to see more PAU exams, go to http://www.uji.es/infopre/trans/examens/.!!Part A. Reading Comprehension. Read the following text:!

 HOW FIVE YEARS OF YOUTUBE TURNS A NOBODY INTO A STAR Five years after Karim and two fellow PayPal employees founded their video-sharing website YouTube, it hosts more than 120 million videos. The site is a phenomenon that’s generated a whole culture of YouTube celebrities. Never before had anyone with a video camera been able to reach a potential audience of millions and for many they did so by accident. But when the site started including advertisements related to the user’s search, some people were able to make money out of their hobbies. The science behind what makes a video a hit remains vague. It’s easier to bathe cats than to predict whether the public will like or dislike something. It’s an illuminating choice of elements: cats are, of course, a pretty good bet. Also babies, though it’s still surprising that a merely moderately amusing family moment is the most watched YouTube video of all time: “Charlie bit my finger”, a clip in which Charlie, aged one, bites the finger of his big brother Harry. With its ability to grant an audience of millions to any clip the site has extraordinary democratic potential. Last year, a clip of Neda Agha-Soltan being shot in the chest in Iran was put on YouTube instantly and became a powerful tool in the pro-test movement against the Iranian government. The site’s democratic character had already taken on new, practical uses with the so-called “YouTube election” of 2008, when what many had dismissed as simply a site for teenagers became a battleground for one of the most interesting presi-dential fights in history.

S. Hoby and T. Lamont (The Guardian, 11-4-2010)

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I. Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the information in the text (2 points: 1 point each)!! a) Why can YouTube users get money from video sharing?!!First of all, find the part of the text from where you can get the information to answer the questions.!_____________________________________________________________________________________________!Now answer the question in your own words.!_____________________________________________________________________________________________!!! b) How can YouTube be used for democratic purposes?!First of all, find the part of the text from where you can get the information to answer the questions.!_____________________________________________________________________________________________!Now answer the question in your own words.!_____________________________________________________________________________________________!!PROJECT!A fairy tale!Prepare a slide presentation about a fairy tale. You can write your own story and tell it in front of the class with the help of your slides or tell a famous fairy tale or fable. Use pictures in your presentation or short sentences, but not the whole text.!Sites where you can read famous fairy tales:!! •! Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales at Project Gutenberg.!! •! Grimm's Fairy Stories at Project Gutenberg.!Remember that you can also tell your own invented story.!!CREDITS!All the materials in this unit are licensed under a Creative Commons license.!Intro!!(1) Excalibur - The Untold Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_QUUNpwwfk!

Reading 1!!(2) The Arthurian legend ford kids: https://files.nyu.edu/amd402/public/arthur/kidstory.html!

Vocabulary 1!Fairy tales (nouns)!(3) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Un_elfe_un_peu_frimeur_jnl_fal.jpg!(4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dacian_Helmet_Agighiol_.jpg!(5) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giacomo_Ceruti_-_The_Dwarf_-_WGA4665.jpg!(6) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carpenter_Knight.JPG!(7) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odds_nipperkins.png!(8) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wizard_24.JPG!(9) http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Battle_axe_medieval.svg&page=1!(10) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corona1.jpg!(11) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_22.1411_Spear.jpg!(12) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SophieAndersonTakethefairfaceofWoman.jpg!(13) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallace_sword.jpg!(14) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazing_Stories_v01n01_p062_The_Man_from_the_Atom.png!(15) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Normand_shield.png!

Listening 1!!(16) http://elllo.org/english/0151/181-Marion-ghosts.htm!

Speaking 1!(17) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meadow.png!(18) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castle.jpg!(19) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madhabkunda_Hills.jpg!(20) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Planica_valley.jpg!(21) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Susak_Village.jpg!(22) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loch_Lomond.JPG!

Reading 2!(23) Text adapted from Celtic Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7885!

Listening 2!(24) http://elllo.org/english/0301/326-Todd-Myths.htm!

CLIL!(25) Text adapted from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages!

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