Literature - Short stories 3 (hv3b)

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Week 48: Lesson 1

Short Stories 3

Objective: You can understand the literary element "plot" and how to analyze this. You can read and listen to the short story.

• Review of the previous week
• The "plot" of a story
• Reading and listening to "The Umbrella Man"
• Group discussions

What have we done last week? 

Elements in Literature:

• Characterization
• Themes & Conflicts
• Plot
• Irony & Symbolism

Reading: 

"The Umbrella Man" by Roald Dahl

Discuss the plot:

1) What was the rising action?

2) What was the climax od the story?

3) What was the falling action?

4) Was there a resolution?

Discussion Questions:

1) How did the man explain that he had no money?

2) Do you think the way the umbrella man looked played a role in the story? Why?

3) What do you think the moral of the story is?

Discussion Questions: (Dutch)

1) Hoe legde de man uit dat hij geen geld had?

2) Denk je dat de manier waarop 'umbrella man' eruitzag een rol speelde in het verhaal? Waarom?
 

3) Wat is volgens jou de moraal van het verhaal?

To review the lesson objective: "You understand the literary element "plot" and how to analyze this. You can read and listen to the short story."
How do you think you did?

1. Could be better
2. Just okay
3. It went well
4. Fantastic

Short stories:

Lamb to the Slaughter

Bullet in the Brain

The Umbrella Man