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1.4.1 Intensive Reading: Short Stories (Class Reader)
English · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Predicting events from title and illustrations
- Sequencing events in a short story; contextual clues for word meaning
- Direct and inferential questions; relating characters to own lives and human rights
What you will be able to do
- outline the sequence of events in a short story that they have read
- use contextual clues to infer the meanings of words
- answer direct and inferential questions from a short story
- acknowledge the role of reading in communication
Key questions
“How can you predict the outcome of a story even before you read it?”
“How do you tell the meaning of unfamiliar words in a story?”
Lessons
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Sequencing events in a short story
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPredict from the title, read a Kenyan short-story extract, then list events in the order they happen.
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Context clues and inferential questions
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizInfer word meanings from context, answer direct and inferential questions, and link Wanjiku's story to your own life.