short stories

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

English Class

With Miss Kadmi

Today's to-do list:

• Short story report introduction
• Working on the short story

What is a ''short'' story? and how are they different from normal stories?

''Short'' story

A short story is a piece of writing that tells a complete story in a few pages. It has a beginning, middle, and end, but it is much shorter than a novel. In a short story, the author focuses on one idea, event, or character. It is simple and easy to read, often meant to be finished in one sitting.

Short story report

You will choose a short story to read, which comes in 2 parts.

Both assignments assignments will be less than 300 words

• There are 15 different stories to choose from.
  
• All stories have some sort of mystery in them.. Or a plot twist perhaps?
  

Part 1: The report

Part 1 will be completely in English, in your own words, and consist of about 250 words (10% margin: 225-275 words).

The report must contain the following aspects:

1. The title and author of the story
   
2. A clear summary of the story in your own words
   
3. A clear summary of the main character(s) in your own words
   
4. Two things in the story that most appeal to you
   
5. Ten words in the story you did not know before, including their Dutch translations
   

Part 2 ''verdieping''

• Part 2 offers a selection of assignments of which you are to pick one for each report.
  
• This assignment has to contain about 300 words (10% margin: 280-320 words).
  
• Like Part 1, this part of the report has to be written in your own words as well.
  
• All of the assignments in Part 2 include: the Past Simple and the Past Continuous.

Relative Pronouns

Betrekkelijke voornaamwoorden

She worked for a man ..... used to be an athlete

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. x

I bought the Harry Potter book .... had been on my list for a long time!

1. Who
2. Which
3. That
4. x

Relative clauses WHO - WHICH - THAT 

Dutch: Betrekkelijk voornaamwoorden

 I play tennis with Mohamed

Mohamed lives in Rotterdam

I play tennis with Mohamed, who lives in Rotterdam.

Relative clauses WHO - WHICH - THAT 

Dutch: Betrekkelijk voornaamwoorden

 I play tennis with Mohamed

Mohamed lives in Rotterdam

I play tennis, which is my favorite sport, with Mohamed.

Who - Which - That

Who - als het op personen slaat

Which - als het op dieren/ dingen slaat

That - als er geen komma in de zin staat kun je who/which vervangen door that

The man .... is wearing a blue sweater, is working in the garden.

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. x

Ashley is the girl ... I met on friday

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. x