Creating a plot from scratch

1. Activity 2 Topic: Developing the plot of the story
Level B1
Reading
Goal
The story cards
Objective Implementing the use of new and previous vocabulary
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
5 min - T will bring some articles
of daily use( school
supplies) to show them to
the students and they can
see, look and touch them.
- Students will describe
objects they see by
using adjectives and
some adverbs of
frequency, time,
certainty etc.
- Students will be
able to apply
critical thinking
and express their
opinion
Controlled
Listening
Practice
10 min - T gives students a piece
of paper with story maps
to organize the imagines
according to their ideas of
the story
- Students are given
a hardcopy of the
imagines
- students are
divided into three
groups.
- Students must
come up with the
order of the
happenings in the
imagines and
arrange them
properly
- Afterword students
mention the role of
the character
according their
logical order.
- Finally, students
finish the exercise by
expressing what
would be the climax
of the story.
- This part
students will
able to use their
creativity to
express ideas
through
brainstorming
activities

2. Expansion
activity
30 min - T asks students to
prepare an oral
presentation to retell
the story with a new
plot
- Students look for
pictures regarding
the story and is
optional to add
extra characters
into it.
- Students present
in groups and retell
the story based on
the first one but
with a different plot
- This part of
assignment will
provide student with
tools to develop
writing and improve
spelling and
coherence.
ACTIVITIES