Hi everybody!
I stumbled across this website which I thought had a good collection of lesson ideas and here are just some of them J
From Collection One: We All Need Somebody to Lean On
“A Time to Talk” by Robert Frost
The poem’s friendship theme is explored well in the questions: how one talks/does not talk to friends, the reasons for doing so, how these make one feel, how to write a friendship poem based on Frost’s. This is more suitable for Lower Secondary because of its accessibility, but older students will be able to relate.
From Collection Three: Tales of the Strange and Mysterious
“The Landlady” by Roald Dahl
The accompanying questions train students to pick out evidence that contribute to the rising suspicion and tension in this short story. (PS This was the 2003 O Level Unseen Prose Question on analyzing tension!) Students are also asked to consider why the author wrote in a particular way (eg to highlight protagonist’s naive viewpoint).
From Collection Seven: The American Hero: Myth and Reality
“Too Soon a Woman” by Dorothy M. Johnson
This short story and its questions can be used to teach Character Study – what are the qualities that show that the teenage protagonists have ‘grown up too soon’ (eg their heroic qualities). Though the context is 19th century America, students can reflect on how they can practise some of these qualities today to make it more relevant.
Hope these were useful, there are other collections which you could check out too!
just the website address again: http://www.nexuslearning.net/books/Holt-EOL2/default.htm
just the website address again: http://www.nexuslearning.net/books/Holt-EOL2/default.htm
See Hwei
Hey see hwei
ReplyDeleteI love it that they short listed so many stories to teach different genres or techniques. E.g the landlady to teach tension and suspense. My ESE school needed prose ideas to teach lower secondary tension! So I'm glad there are several choices to choose from here :) thanks for showing us where to get ready- to-download e texts!