A protagonist, whose identity is hidden, is walking along a bridge when they get scared by a passing car and jump over the side. They manage to catch a ledge and pull themselves to safety. Local authorities are notified and find the protagonist asleep on the ledge that night. The next morning, they tranquilize the protagonist and use a pole to push them into a safety net, before lowering them to the ground and setting them free. The protagonist thinks their friends will never believe their story as they go on their way.

1. This is a true story:
The blob on the bridge

2. Look at the word cloud on the next
slide and:
guess what this story is about and
what happens in it.
guess what the hidden word is.

4. Next, you’ll see the story in
pictures.
As before, the protagonist has
been covered by a black blob.

11. Who or what is the protagonist?
Could it be a bungee jumper, an eagle,
a cow?
Give it a name (X).

12. This is what happened to X :

13. One day, in the Sierra Nevada
mountain range, California, X was
walking over a bridge, minding his
own business.

14. When a car passed, X got scared and
jumped over the side of the bridge.
Somehow, he managed to catch a
ledge and pull himself to safety.

15. News of X reached the authorities
and when they arrived at the
scene, they found him fast asleep
on the ledge.

16. It was getting late so they decided
that nothing could be done that
night.

17. They returned the next morning
with a net, which they positioned
under the bridge. They shot X with
a tranquilizer dart and waited for
him to fall asleep.

18. They used a pole to push groggy X
off the ledge and into the net. X
was lowered to the ground and set
free.

19. “My friends are never going to
believe this”, X thought to himself,
as he went on his way.

20. Now get into pairs and write the
story in your own words.
Just make sure you include the
following expressions:

21. minding his own business
over the side of the bridge
off the ledge and into the net
as he went on his way

22. You can use the word cloud if you need help:

23. Get into pairs and read what you
have written to each other.
Next, look at the pictures:

31. source: Jamie Keddie, Lessonstream