Creating short stories

1. Understanding Plot and Character Analysis
Activity 2 Topic: Creating short stories
Level B1
Interaction of Language
Technique Literature Symposium
Objective Interpret and communicate information about the story of an hour reading
Values Discipline at public places
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
5 min - T is to going to play a
video about sequence of
events and introduce
certain parts of a story
(characterization.
- T is going to make groups
of four and give a series of
flashcards and ask: What is
this card about?
- Ss are going to
work on key elements
posted on the board
and create their own
meanings.
-Ss are going to look
carefully the
flashcards and name
the people in each
card and develop a
possible plot.
- This section of
the class will focus
Ss to create their
own set of
characters based
on what they see
on each flashcard
and promote team
work.
Controlled
Reading
Practice
(analyses the
story –
Characters)
5 min -T is going to ask students
to guess these parts by
using key words and post
them on the board.
-T is going to ask
eventually to students to
create a short story with
named characters.
-Ss are going to
express their feelings
the mood and
settings to develop
the plot.
- In pairs, students
divide the story to
work on mood and
settings.
- This section of
the class will
enable Ss to test
their speaking
abilities.
Expansion
activity (Plot)
15 min -T is going to show what
characterization is through
a video with different
sequence of events.
T- provides a handout of
characterization to be
completed based on what
they saw in the
-Ss are going to finish
it up at home and
present it next class.
This section of
the class will focus
Ss to create
critical thinking
and make some
reflections about
people’s
behaviors.

2. flashcards.
Homework
T is going to give students
pieces of information for
each part of a story (plot,
character, traits and
setting) to make an oral
activity to
-Ss are going to finish
it up at home and
present it next class.
This section will
focus of following
correct grammar
structures and
increase
vocabulary based
on their
judgments.

3. Material that is going to be used to work in class and for Homework
Flaschard # 1

4. Flaschard # 2

5. Flaschard # 3

6. Flaschard # 4

7. Flashcard #5

8. Flashcard #6

9. Flashcard#7

10. Flashcard # 8

11. Homework