This handbook provides all the materials used in the training workshops as well as many suggestions and additional resources to use with your students.
Incoming and Outgoing Shipments in 1 STEP Using Odoo 17
Short stories 2009-10
1. Language Arts
Professional Development for Teachers
Learning English through Short Stories
EDB Language Arts Electives
HANDOUT BOOKLET
Learning English through
Short Stories
29. Language Arts
Professional Development for Teachers
Learning English through Short Stories
ANSWER KEY
POST-READING TASKS
TEXT ANALYSIS
1. Look back at the chapters you read. Which of these short story devices does the write
use to tell us about the character? Add an example from the text to illustrate your
analysis.
How to show character in a story √ Х
She uses some adjectives to describe their personalities,
example: Victor was a hard-working and determined man.
example: √
She uses verbs and descriptions of actions/events to give us an
impression of their personalities and how they behave.
example: √
She uses direct quotations from the characters to show how they
speak.
example: Х
She shows how other people react to the characters.
example:
√
2. Compare the following pairs of sentences. Choose the one in each pair which you think is
more interesting for the reader and say why.
a) (i) The monster was very ugly and had big hands.
(ii) Their faces were filled with horror and fear when they saw him.
b) (i) He was a kind creature.
(ii) “I tried to help them in other ways too…”
c) (i) Victor was an ambitious man.
(ii) “I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life.”
Students’ own answers, but in general the second sentence in each pair is preferable
because it makes use of the techniques in (1) above.
31. EDB Language Arts
Professional Development for Teachers
Learning English through Short Stories
Choose some of the following questions to discuss as a follow up to
lessons or on completion of the book
1. The title of this story is ‘Frankenstein’. Does the title make it clear that Frankenstein is
the scientist, not the monster? And if it doesn’t, is there a reason for this, do you think?
How much should a title explain about a story? Should it give information, or be
mysterious?
2. What do you think about Frankenstein’s decision to try and put life into a dead body?
Do you think what he did was right or wrong? Why?
3. Can we blame the monster for his actions? For example, did he know what he was
doing when he committed the murders or was it not his fault?
4. How do you think a ‘monster’ like Frankenstein would be treated in our society today?
5. What were your feelings towards the monster? Did you feel sorry for him? Why / why
not?
6. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Explain why.
• Scientists should try new things all the time. If they don’t, we will never find new and
better ways of living.
• There are some ideas that scientists should not think about or study, for example,
putting an end to a seriously ill person’s life, or putting parts of animals into humans.
• Nobody (doctors, scientists, artists etc.) should re-use parts of dead people’s bodies
for any reason.
• Scientists just want to discover and understand new things. It is not their fault if other
people use their scientific discoveries in dangerous or evil ways.
7. What did you think of the story? Would you recommend it to your friends? Why / why
not?
Choose one of the questions you discussed
to give you some ideas to add to your
reading journal. Write about your thoughts
and impressions of the book (or part of it).
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