Literature Five Short Stories PART 1 & 2

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Five Short Stories ED Literature

Part 1

Lesson 1 & 2

Learning Objectives: 

student's being able to

 

-  summarize the stories and

- analyzing the story by

• applying the literary devices to the stories
•  applying the literary element to the stories

ED Short Story Monday 22nd March,  9:15 hrs 

Mention the five titles of the short stories story

Summarize the stories in 1 sentences

Student 1 : The Fun They Had

Student 2 : The Eyes Have It

Student 3: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Student 4 : Wish You Were Here

Student 5 : The Girls in their Summer Dresses

What is the relation between a protagonist and an antagonist ?

1. They complete each other.
2. They oppose each other.
3. They interrupt each other.
4. They don't have a relation at all.

Drag and Drop: match the theme with the story. 

Nothing is, what it seems to be

Escapism

Taking words literally

Inventions changing our perception

Relationships

The Eyes Have it

The Fun they Had

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Wish You Were Here

The Girls in their Summer Dresses

What is a plot in a story ?

1. resolution, introduction, rising action, climax, falling action
2. introduction, rising action, falling action, climax, resolution
3. introduction, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution
4. introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

How would you define the main conflict of a story?

1. conflict is a clash between two opposing forces that creates the narrative thread for a story
2. the main conflict is an imbalance between the purpose of the story and how the reader experiences it

In which of the stories are idioms taken literally and cause confusion?

1. The Secret Story of Walter Mitty
2. They Eyes have It
3. The Fun they had
4. Wish You were Here

What does a metaphor describe?

1. human characteristics that are attributed to nonhuman things such as animals, or abstract ideas
2. an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

A Third Person Narrator can be Omnicient or Limited. What is the difference?
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1. An omniscient narrator only describes the main character appearance
2. A limited narrator only describes the main character's appearence
3. An omniscient narrator describes all characters in the story and "creeps under their skin"
4. An limited narrator describes only the protagonist and the antagonist.

What is an unreliable narrator?

Text

Match the words with:

the Mitty in reality

the Mitty in dreams

Mastery of intense tasks

Courageous

Skillful

Confident 

Incompetent

Insecure

Useless

Timid

Mister Mitty reality

Mister Mitty's daydreams

Symbols are used in stories to represent ideas or qualities. Mention two symbols in the story for the idea of Mitty being henpecked by his environment.

Which of the story do you still have to focus on this weekend!

The Eyes have It

The Fun They Had

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Wish You were Here

The Girls in their Summer Dresses

Six Short Stories ED Literature

Part 2

Lesson 2

Learning Objectives: 

student's being able to

 

-  summarize the stories and

- analyzing the story by

• applying the literary devices to the story
•  applying the literary element to the story

ED Short Story Monday 22nd March,  9:15 hrs 

What are the two main themes of
"The Girls in their Summer Dresses"

What does "Human Flaws" mean?
You could also say "character flaws"

1. The flow in which characters experience the events in the story.
2. The flow that is necessary for the plot to develop in a story.
3. The defects in a person characters that causes him/her to make wrong decisions
4. The stong character traits that motivate a character to take the right decisions.

Inspiration

Interruption

Walter Mitty's daydreams

The End!

Striking

Buying

Parking

Yelling

Smoking

Liberty 

news

Gloves

driving

commander

surgeon

a crack shot

a captain

a war hero

What are the two main themes of the Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

What is the description of " irony "?

1. Irony is an action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
2. Irony is a storytelling tool used to create a contrast between how things seem and how they really are beneath the surface.
3. Irony is a figure of speech that compares two different things in an interesting way.
4. Irony is is putting yourself in someone else's place and imagining how that person must feel.

Describe the irony that is used in one of the (sci-fi) stories.

Which story needs more attention this weekend?

The Eyes have It

The Fun they Had

The Secret Life of Mr Mitty

Wish You were Here

The Girls in their Summer Dresses

Have you mastered the stories, the literal devices and literal terms well?

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