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14.4.1 Extensive reading: Short story (Class Reader)
English · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Ideas a short story conveys through events and characters
- Connecting those ideas to the learner’s experiences and people they know
- Dramatising sections that reflect real life
What you will be able to do
- identify the ideas in the short story
- relate the ideas from the short story to real life experiences
- appreciate the value of short stories in reflecting social issues
Key questions
“Where does a writer get what to write about?”
“How are stories related to what happens in real life?”
Lessons
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Ideas the story conveys
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizName ideas in Aisha’s Yellow Brush from events and characters, not from a slogan taped on at the end.
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Relate the ideas; dramatise a living section
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizConnect a story idea to your life or people you know. Act a section that already looks like real Kenya, including sport or honest work.