Introduction to Short Story The Moustache 5H 2024

Short Story "The Moustache"



Introduction to writing a short story.

5H 2024
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Short Story "The Moustache"



Introduction to writing a short story.

5H 2024

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Learning goals:
* You can analyze a short story.
* You can detect a plot in a story and use it in your own story
* Learning new words and phrases. 

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

What is a short story?

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Elements of a short story
Characters : protagonist /antagonist,  who are in your story?
Setting : where does your story take place and when? Period and location.
Theme : why does the author write the story?  Love,  good vs evil, courage...etc.
Tone : overall feeling of the story.  Mystery, nostalgic, romantic.. etc.
Point of view : who is telling the story? The writer or a character in the story?
Conflict : a problem that drives a story's plot forward. It keeps the characters from achieving their goal. 
Plot: series of events that take place in the story.  Beginning, middle and end.







Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Reading + Listening Assignment:
You will listen to and read the short story "The Moustache". During the reading, you will write down unfamiliar words. 

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 7 - Open vraag

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.

Slide 8 - Open vraag

Exposition: Why did Mike's mother not want him to have a mustache?
A
He looked too much like his grandpa
B
It was harmful to Cindy
C
Because of his age
D
It is expensive

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

From whose point of view is the short story told?
A
the writer
B
Mike's mother
C
Mike
D
Mike's grandmother

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Rising Action:
What is the rising action in the story?
A
The speaker's explanation of Mike's grandmother
B
When Mike arrives at LawnRest
C
Mike's disgust with visiting a nursing home
D
The explanation about LawnRest

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Conflict:
What is the conflict in the story?
A
Mike's uneasiness with his grandmother's comments about a coat
B
Mike's conflict with himself in acting like his dead grandpa
C
Mike's mother's dislike of the mustache
D
Mike vs. his grandmother

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 13 - Open vraag

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

Slide 14 - Open vraag

Resolution:
What is the resolution in the story?
A
Mike wanted to ask his mother if she and his father really love each other
B
Mike's guilt trip having to pretend to be Meg's husband
C
Mike's grandmother asking for his forgiveness
D
Mike's reason for shaving off the moustache

Slide 15 - Quizvraag

What are you going to do?
Assignment => write a short story. Between 250 - 600 words.
Tom receives an envelope containing a letter and a yellow stone from a secret admirer and goes on a quest to uncover the identity of the sender. 

Remember all the elements of a short story.



Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Slide 17 - Tekstslide