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7.4.1 Intensive Reading: Short story (Class Reader)
English · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Characters in a short story; main versus minor
- What characters do; traits shown through action
- Relationship trees or character maps; dramatisation
What you will be able to do
- identify the characters in a given short story
- explain the relationship between the characters in the short story
- appreciate the role of the characters in the short story in depicting real-life experiences
Key questions
“How does one identify qualities of characters in a short story?”
Lessons
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Characters: main and minor
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizList characters in a class-reader extract, sort main from minor, and note what each one does.
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Relationship map and real life
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDraw a labelled relationship tree for the Amboseli extract, then explain how the characters depict real experiences at a park edge.