*THE 3 QUESTIONS*

• English and media
• Secondary Education

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The 3  questions

Expected Learning Outcomes

  Learners will be able to-

*Recall the plot of the story “The 3 Questions”

*Identify and recall stated facts from the text.

*Express their opinions on the 3 important questions in the Parable

*Make inferences about the lessons the King learns

*Justify the title of the story.

*Identify the key ideas, details and theme of the text.

*List the events in the story which demonstrate that the King realizes the importance of NOW, the present time.

*Analyse the importance of looking at things from a different perspective.

*Integrate art with language to demonstrate their creativity drawing inferences from the story. 

 

WARM UP ACTIVITY

Leo Tolstoy's "The Three Questions" is a parable of an emperor who seeks out a holy man  for answers he believes will help him be a great ruler. 

What is a ‘Parable’? Do you think they are important?why?

MINDMAP-THE 3 QUESTIONS

At the start, what problem does the King have?

1. URGENT AND CRITICAL PAPERS TO ADDRESS
2. MEETINGS WITH ADVISORS
3. COMPLICATED MATTERS
4. ALL OF THE ABOVE

How does he try to solve it?

1. asks his father
2. visits a wise hermit for advice
3. takes help from his brother
4. asks his ministers

DESCRIBE THE KING'S CHARACTER

A SPIRITUAL TEACHER WHO LIVES IN SOLITUDE

FILLED WITH EMOTION

an injury

A TUSKED EURASIAN WILD PIG

TO LAUGH SOFTLY

COMPLICATED

a)wound

b)Boar

c)CHUCKLED

d)OVERWHELMED

e)TANGLED

f)HERMIT

What was the hidden track in the forest called?

1. the green track
2. the mysterious track
3. the narrow track to wisdom
4. the local track

Where does Nikolai live?

1. very far away
2. lives with his family
3. in a small house in the city
4. lives alone in the forest

What does Nikolai’s speech tell us about him, when he addresses the King?

1. he comments about the King's questions, he uses irony
2. he does not behave like a typical subject of the King
3. he does not follow rules
4. all of the above

What happens to the injured man?

1. he is saved by the King and the hermit
2. he was pretending to be hurt
3. he was bleeding
4. he was taken to hospital

What lessons does the King learn?

1. the king learns that he has a big kingdom
2. what is happening right now is most important
3. he realizes he has a lot to do
4. he learns to be humble

Why mightn’t he have learned the lesson so well if Nikolai had answered him right away?

1. Nikolai uses what happened to teach the King a lesson
2. Nikolai wanted to prove that he was more powerful than the King
3. The King's experiences mean he really understands the lesson
4. Nikolai likes to tell stories

THE 3 QUESTIONS

THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS PRESENTED THROUGH A SHORT STORY

CLOSURE

ART INTEGRATION

(Theme of the story is brought forth through this activity)

Share the most important thing you would be doing in the present moment and the most important person in your life now.

Use autodraw/canva to illustrate  

Home Assignment

Attempt the question given on page 2 of your short Reads activity book.

Write a story of your own about the joy of living in the present.

Write a page in beautiful handwriting with illustrations in your English Notebooks under serial no-3.3

Heading-The 3 Questions