Lesson plan "Analysing a short story"

Purpose of the lesson:

-          Analyse the characters, which is an element of fiction and author of the play using elements of fiction, which is a character

Resources: Narayan, R. K. (2013). A Horse and Two Goats. In Stories of ourselves: The University of Cambridge International examinations anthology of stories in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Describe introduction:

Revising the elements of short story.

Students draw their own illustration of the story and explain to a pair.

The main part:

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1.       Students are divided into 4 groups. First three groups analyse 3 main characters while the last group analyses the author and his intentions. They need to analyse using elements of fiction: Speech Effect on others Actions Looks, 4 groups 3 elements to analyse.

2.       Students regroup, making sure that each group has at least 1 student from all previous groups.  They share their analysis and take notes.

3.       Students sit with their original groups and create questions to ask their subjects (characters and the author), at least 3 critically challenging questions per team. 7 min. meanwhile a volunteer is chosen from each group to represent the character they have analysed. If there are no volunteers, teacher can choose the strongest students.  They prepare for the press conference looking through their annotations and analysis.

4.       Students work as media journalists and ask questions to the characters. They can answer in turns or voluntarily.

5.       At the end they choose a student who had satisfactory answers and provided justified answers.

Describe conclusion:

Students reflect on their activity during the lesson and on the lesson objectives.

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Students need to be introduced with the short story "A horse and two goats" by K.Narayan before starting this lesson. The objective of the lesson is to analyse the elements of literature and adjust the story to the local culture. They will work in groups first analysing the elements of literature then sharing analysis with the other groups.