The document provides prompts for imagining and summarizing three different stories based on limited context clues. For the first story, John and Rachel are on holiday with Rachel's son Patrick staying with Mrs. Reagan. For the second, Karen did not heed a warning and men searched her house, possibly related to a man in a photo. For the third, a narrator recounts a sad story told by another involving a long delay on a transport service.

1. Oral Practice 2 A story

2. Using the story you’ve heard and your imagination answer these questions What’s the relationship between John and Rachel? Who’s Patrick? How old do you think he is? What gives you the idea? Where are they staying? Who is Mrs Reagan? What’s a typical day in her life like? Where do you think John works? What kind of job does he do? Do you think Rachel works outside the home? Account for your answer Where do this family live? Role play the telephone conversation between John and the people at his office Write an e.mail from Rachel to her sister telling her about these holidays

3. Another Story

4. Using the story you’ve heard and your imagination answer these questions Who is “him” the man that Karen did not listen to? Why are these men searching Karen’s house? What might have happened? Where does this story take place? Account for your answer. Why hadn’t Karen eaten the sandwich the previous night? Who is Drew, the man in the photo? What are Karen’s feelings towards Drew? What will Karen’s life be like from now on? Write Karen’s email to her parents’ telling them what had happened

5. One more story yet…

6. Using the story you’ve heard and your imagination answer these questions Is the narrator a man or a woman? Who told him/her this sad story? Why didn’t the narrator believe it? Why would they stop for three hours? What would the passengers do to pass the time? They weren’t drinking nice coffee. Why was this? What kind of a service were these passengers being offered? How do you imagine Theodore Mahler? Describe him. What does he do? Who does he work for? Why was Theodore surprised when the narrator told him he wanted to speak with him? What did they talk about? What time of the day was it? How can you tell. Put a title to this story