A STRANGE DAY AT THE PARK

Once upon a time, there was a boy called Robert, who loved playing outdoors with his friends.

He used to go to a park that was up a hill every afternoon after school with her mum. There,

he used to meet with his friends because they had a lot of fun playing together.

One afternoon, Robert was so happy because he was going to the park with his new ball

because the day before was his birthday. That day mum didn’t go and advised him that it

wasn’t a good day to take the new ball because it was very windy, but he was so excited and

he decided to go anyway. When Robert arrived there, he started playing with the ball with all

his friends. All of a sudden, the wind blew so hard that the ball disappeared. He was so sad

because he lost his new ball but he wanted to continue playing, so he decided to go home and

take some tennis rackets and balls. They started playing happily but… all of a sudden the wind

blew so hard and the balls disappeared, even the rackets, he couldn’t hold them. Robert was

so angry this time because he was losing all his material but he decided to give it a last

chance, and he went home and took more material. This time, he took some basketballs. He

thought that the wind wouldn’t be able to make them disappear. They started playing and… all

of a sudden… the balls disappeared. Robert couldn’t believe it… this time he was very upset.

Robert and his friends started talking about a solution. If Robert’s mum knew that he lost all

the material she would be very very angry. They decided to go down the hill and try to find all

the material. They walked for two hours and they were really tired… Finally, they arrived at a

park that they had never been to and they saw a group of children playing with all the

materials, and they told them that all that material was Robert’s. The children told them that all

the material was falling down the hill. Robert and his friends explained what happened and the

children gave the material back to them. They started playing altogether but a few minutes

later they felt so tired and they wanted to go home.

At that moment, Robert was so happy because he had all his material back so he invited all

the children to his house to eat biscuits with some milk. From that day on, they never came
back to that park up the hill because they realized that it was very dangerous. Luckily, Robert’s

mum never knew what happened that afternoon.

BASE CHAIN PART OF THE STORY

Incident Once upon a time, there was a boy called

Robert who loved playing outdoors with his

friends. He used to go to a park that was up

a hill every afternoon after school with her

mum. There he used to meet with his friends

because they had a lot of fun playing

together.

One normal afternoon Robert was so happy

because he was going to the park with his

new ball because the day before was his

birthday. That day mum didn’t go and

advised him that it wasn’t a good day to take

the new ball because it was very windy but

he was so excited and he decided to go

anyway. When he arrived there, he started

playing with the ball and all his friends. All of

a sudden, the wind blew so hard and the ball

disappeared.

Repetition He was so sad because he lost his new ball

but he wanted to continue playing so he

decided to go home and take some tennis

rackets and balls. They started playing

 happily but… all of a sudden the wind blew

so hard and the balls disappeared, even the

rackets, they couldn’t hold them.

Repetition Robert was so angry this time because he

was losing all his material but he decided to

give the last change and he went home and

took more material. This time, he took some

basketballs. He thought that the wind

wouldn’t be able to make them disappear.

They started playing and… all of a sudden…

the balls disappeared. Robert couldn’t

believe it… this time he was very upset.

Repetition variation Robert and his friends started talking about

a solution. If Robert’s mum knew that he lost

all the material she would be very very

angry. They decided to go down the hill and

try to find all the material. They walked for

two hours and they were really tired…

Finally, they arrived at a park that they had

never been to and they saw a group of

children playing with all the material and

they told them that all that material was

Robert’s. The children told them that all the

material was falling down the hill. Robert and

his friends explained what happened and the

 children gave the material back to them.

They started playing altogether but a few

minutes later they felt so tired and they

wanted to go home.

At that moment, Robert was so happy

because he had all his material back so he

invited all the children to his house to eat

biscuits with some milk. From that day on,

they never came back to that park up the hill

because they realized that it was very

dangerous. Luckily, Robert’s mum never

knew what happened that afternoon.

Title of the story:

The title of the story is “A strange day at the park”. We have chosen this title
because the story turns around a problem that happens in a park. The truth is that it
is a strange day at the park, so we decided to put this title to give a little clue of what
the story is about.

Age of the pupils

This story is for 2nd-grade students because of the content of the story and the
vocabulary used. The story is quite short and easy to understand, and the topic of
the story is childish, and for this reason, we consider it appropriate for this age. They
can feel identified with this story. Furthermore, the vocabulary is quite simple and the
structures are easy to understand. Also, the sentences are short and this makes
them even easier to understand. Moreover, only the past simple is used.
Main characters
The main character of this story is Robert. He is the main character of the story and
the problem goes around him. His friends appear constantly but they are not
considered main characters, because they are helping the protagonist and they are
part of the problem somehow, but they don’t act the same way as Robert. Moreover,
Robert’s mum is a second character because she has low influence in the story.

Learning objectives
- To get familiar with the past tense.
- To refresh the knowledge of the sports and material you need to play them.
- To encourage pupils to be responsible and help others when it is needed.

Topics
The main topic of the story is to be responsible, to share material and to thank when
someone helps us. This story can help the pupils to see that we don’t know when we
will need help, for this reason we have to always help others and be kind. Also, if
they have got new toys, or in this case a new ball, they have to share it with their
friends. Learn that sharing is funnier.

Structure

The structure we have used in this story is the Repetition structure. Repetition
structure is when the protagonist is having problems repetitively, at least three times,
but in the end the protagonist can solve it. The structure is the following one:
INCIDENT + REPETITION + REPETITION + REPETITION WITH VARIATION.