The document provides an example of an anecdote about witnessing a car accident. It then asks the reader to answer comprehension questions about the details described in the anecdote. Additionally, it prompts the reader to write their own anecdote about a personal experience they have witnessed, including drawing or uploading a picture to illustrate it, writing 10-12 sentences to describe the event, and answering 5 questions about their own anecdote. The purpose is to demonstrate what an anecdote is through an example, and have readers practice writing their own short personal stories.

1. ANECDOTES
By: Águeda Castillo

2. What is an anecdote?
 An anecdote is a short, personal
story.

3. Example of an
anecdote with
tasks

4. 1. The car accident

5. The car accident
Yesterday I saw a car accident. While I was standing on the
corner, waiting for the green light. The other light changed
from green to orange. Then I saw a sports car. The man
driving the sports car was driving very fast. He wanted to
get through the orange light but when he got closer it
turned red. On the other street, a tow truck started to move
forward. The driver of the sports car tried to stop but it was
too late. He smashed into the side of the tow truck. The
man in the sports car got out of his car very slowly. He had a
cut on his head and he was stumbling around. The man in
the tow truck was not hurt. He called an ambulance with his
cell phone. By then a crowd was gathering. Some people
were watching from a distance, others were helping the
injured man. Then the ambulance arrived. The paramedics
put the injured man on a stretcher and drove him to the
hospital.

6. ACTIVITY 1: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
 1. What did I see yesterday?
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 2. What was I doing when the accident happened?
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 3. How was the man in the sports car driving?
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 4. Why was he driving so fast?
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 5. What did the driver of the sports car try to do when he saw the tow truck
move forward?
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 6. Who was injured?
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 7. What did the man in the tow truck do after the accident?
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 8. What was the crowd of people doing?
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 9. What did the paramedics do?
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7. QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU.
 1. Did you ever see a car accident or another type of
accident?
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 a) What happened?
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 b) Was anyone injured?
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 c) Did anyone help out?
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8. Writing about a personal
anecdote
 1. Draw a picture or paste a photo into
the box. See example below.
PICTURE that illustrates
your anecdote
TITLE OF THE ANECDOTE

9.  2. Write 10 to 12 sentences about
your anecdote. Make sure your
sentences are in order.
Example:

10. 3. Read the Help note and anecdote.
What events do the words when and while link?
Then use your sentences to write your own anecdote.
Last week, I was walking to work when it
started to rain. I didn´t have an umbrela, so
I put a newspaper over my head and ran.
When I got to the corner, the light changed,
and I had to wait for a really long time.
While I was waiting, a young man came up
to me and offer to share his umbrela. He
walked with me all the way work! It was so
nice of him.

11.  4. Write and answer 5 questions
about your paragraph.
 5. Upload your work in to our
padlet in a word file.