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Analyzing Short Stories:  Literary Elements

Week 10 , Lesson 2

Learning Targets

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify and analyze the key elements of the short story 'The Sniper'.

Which short story elements do you knowr?

Week 10 Short stories - "The Sniper" Liam O'Flaherty

 Irish Civil War (1922-1923)

Understand how to analyze a short story and describe short story elements:

setting

 plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and denoument ( final outcome)

characters

irony - sitautional irony

Week 10: Lesson 2

‘Hearts and Hands’ by US short-story writer O. Henry, whose  real name was William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). 

•  irony  
• twist endings

Week 10, Short stories - "The Sniper" Liam O'Flaherty

Situational Irony:

 A traffic cop gets caught speeding.

A librarian yells across the library.

Week 9, Short stories - "The Sniper" Liam O'Flaherty

Vocabulary:

 beleaguered -belegerd

spasmodically - krampachtig

parapet-  borstwering

turret - torentje

Audio - assisted reading - listen to an audio version of the story and simultaneously follow along wiith the  literature reader

Assignments work options:

support from teacher (front row)

individual work

pair work

Answer questions in your literature reader.

Create a mind map or write a short summary using who, what , where, when , why and how?

Identify the setting, characters, themes

Setting and atmosphere

The story is set in war-torn Dublin, where the atmosphere is tense and dangerous. The setting plays a crucial role in shaping the mood and events of the story

Introducing "The Sniper"

Written by Liam O'Flaherty, 'The Sniper' is a short story set during the Irish Civil War. It follows a Republican sniper on a rooftop as he engages in a deadly game with the enemy.

Character analysis

The protagonist of 'The Sniper' -a  young and skilled Republican sniper.  Developing character.

Themes

Themes in 'The Sniper' include the  worthlessness ( uselessness, futility of war, the dehumanizing effects of conflict, and the personal cost of violence.

Assignments work options:

support from teacher (front row)

individual work

pair work

Answer questions in your literature reader.

Create a mind map or write a short summary using who, what , where, when , why and how?

Identify the setting, characters, themes

Week 8, Hearts and Hands

1. Place: Denver, train to the east. Time: probably late 19th century, because the time of American westward expansion was roughly between 1800-1860.

2. Pretty young lady, experienced traveler

 Young handsome man, frank appearance.

 Ruffled-looking man, heavily built, roughly dressed.

3. They are handcuffed together.

4. Mr. Easton, the younger, fine looking man. Miss Fairchild. They are old friends.

5. One is a marshal and is taking the other to prison. The marshal has handcuffed himself to the prisoner so he cannot escape.

6. She spent the summer there with her mother.

7. To have a drink and a smoke.

8. A) The prisoner really is the marshal.

B) the real marshal saved Mr. Easton from the embarrassment of having to tell his lady friend that he had to go to prison.

9. Because she is the person misunderstanding the situation with her old friend.

Week 8: Hearts and Hands

• Create a mind map or write a short summary using who, what , where, when , why and how?
• Start working on your questions

Week 8, lesson 2 : Unit 3, Lesson 1

Learning targets:

At the end of this lesson you will be able to  use  Gerund, write a composition of your own personal dreams 

Week 8, lesson 2 : Unit 3, Lesson 1

Do ex. 17- Gerund

Read the text and answer the questions 1-16

Optional ex. 18 ( writing a composition on your personal dreams

Ex. 19 watching and listening

 

Week 9, Learning Targets

Understand how to analyze a short story and describe short story  elements:  

• setting
•  plot  (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and denoument ( final outcome), 
• characters
• irony

Week 10 Short stories - "The Sniper" Liam O'Flaherty

Understand how to analyze a short story and describe short story elements:

setting

 plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and denoument ( final outcome),

characters

irony

Week 10 Short stories - "The Sniper" Liam O'Flaherty

Irish Civil War (1922-1923)

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.