This document outlines an activity to analyze a story. It involves several steps: 1) activating students' prior knowledge on heart problems by showing a picture, 2) the teacher telling part of a story and students predicting what comes before and after, 3) students writing an introduction and conclusion to the story in pairs based on clues from the teacher, and 4) rewriting the full story combining their introduction and conclusion. The goal is for students to complete a story using vocabulary and discussing values, while comparing different opinions.

1. Activity 2 Topic: Understanding a story
Level B1
Literary
Goal
Interaction of Language of Social Variables
Technique Analyzing a story given by the teacher
Objective
After providing students with some parts of a story, they would analyze and try to
complete the introduction and conclusion.
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
5 min -T showto the studentsa
picture of a people with
heartproblems.
-T will asktwoquestions:
1- What happenin
the picture?
2- Do youhave any
experience about
that situation?
( see picture 1)
Ss will share
experiences and
previous knowledge
about what they see.
This section will
introduce the
students to the
topic before the
story.
First Task 10 min - T will tell a part of a story
to the students.
- T will present some of the
most important aspects of
the story for them to think.
-Ss will think from their
personal point of view in
possible event before and
after the given information.
- Students are going
to use the vocabulary
necessary to
complete the story
orally.
- Students can also
provide their insights
about values and
living experiences.
- This class will let
the students to
express opinions
according to past
events that could
relate to the story
and activate the
use of vocabulary
studied in
advance.
Controlled
written
practice
10 min - T will distribute a handout
with blank spaces to write
an introduction to the story,
following a sequence.
- T will check the possible
answers given by the
students
- Ss will share the
possible answers.
-Ss will compare the
answers as well as
discuss them with the
rest of the class
Ss will check answers
with T.
- This section of
the class will allow
to the students to
know their
different opinions
and values,
connected to the
story plot.
Expansion
activity
15 min - T will ask the students to
make pairs, then to find an
- Ss will form a circle,
they will read their
This section will
allow the students

2. introduction and a
conclusion to the part of
the story.
- And rewrite the whole
story on a paper to be
shared with the rest at the
end of the class.
complete story, finally
they would choose
the most completed
story according to the
most developed ideas
as most structured
reading.
to see the parts of
the reading, check
the sequence of
the events and
the supported
ideas in the
paragraphs.
Activities
I. Schema activation
Picture to be used in the schema activation.
Picture 1
3- What happen in the picture?
4- Do you have any experience about that situation?
II. Task 1

3. The teacher will names such as Mr. and Mrs. Mallears, her sister and what happened to Mr.
Mallears. Then the event at the moment she opened the door.
III. Controlled written practice
Give the requested information.
Instructions: After listening to the story narrated by the teacher. Write a paragraph in the
first part of the paper with an introduction for the story. In the second part of the paper write
a paragraph with a possible conclusion for the story.
Handout
Story tittle
One day in life
Introduction
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Conclusion
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IV. Expansion activity
 Make pairs then share your papers.
 Choose the most convenient introduction and conclusion for the story.
 On a separate piece of paper, write the whole story.