H4 Short Story The Moustache

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Short Story "The Moustache"

Learning goals:

* You can analyze a short story.

* You understand and know how to use the correct terminology for the analysis. 

* Learning new words and phrases. 

What is a short story?

Reading + Listening Assignment:

The students will listen to and read the short story "The Moustache". During the reading, the students will write down unfamiliar L2 words and place them in their learning journals. 

Who is the protagonist in "The Moustache" and who is the antagonist? Explain in your own words.

What type of setting did the short story take place in? Also, mention the type of mood in the story which the main character endured.

Exposition: Why did Mike's mother not want him to have a mustache?

1. He looked too much like his grandpa
2. It was harmful to Cindy
3. Because of his age
4. It is expensive

From whose point of view is the short story told?

1. the writer
2. Mike's mother
3. Mike
4. Mike's grandmother

Rising Action:
What is the rising action in the story?

1. The speaker's explanation of Mike's grandmother
2. When Mike arrives at LawnRest
3. Mike's disgust with visiting a nursing home
4. The explanation about LawnRest

Conflict:
What is the conflict in the story?

1. Mike's uneasiness with his grandmother's comments about a coat
2. Mike's conflict with himself in acting like his dead grandpa
3. Mike's mother's dislike of the mustache
4. Mike vs. his grandmother

Climax:
What is the climax in the story, and how did the conflict become solved? Write this in your own words.

Falling Action: What is the falling action in the story. Describe in your own words.

Resolution:
What is the resolution in the story?

1. Mike wanted to ask his mother if she and his father really love each other
2. Mike's guilt trip having to pretend to be Meg's husband
3. Mike's grandmother asking for his forgiveness
4. Mike's reason for shaving off the moustache

Following lesson:

- Finish the assignments from week 38 in your handelingsdeel document.

- Improve all the mistakes you have made in your letter and hand it back during the last class of the week.