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6.4.1 Intensive Reading: Play (Class Reader)

English · Grade 9 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Themes in a play or a section of a play
  • How to analyse and illustrate a theme
  • Relating the themes in a play to real life

What you will be able to do

  • identify the themes in a play or a section of a play
  • analyse the themes in a play
  • relate the themes in a play to real life
  • appreciate the role of literary appreciation in the development of critical thinking skills

Key questions

“What are some of the issues authors write about?”

“How are literary texts different from factual ones?”

Lessons

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  1. Themes in a play
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Identify the themes of a class reader play and illustrate each one with evidence from the text.
  2. Analyse themes and link them to life
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Analyse a theme in the play, relate it to real life, and tell literary texts from factual ones.