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LP - Elements of A Short Story

The document outlines a lesson plan to teach students the elements of a short story, including setting, characters, theme, conflict, and plot. It will have students analyze short stories in groups to identify these elements. They will then define each element and apply their understanding by identifying the elements in another short story. The lesson aims to have 75% of students successfully identify the components of a short story.

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LP - Elements of A Short Story

The document outlines a lesson plan to teach students the elements of a short story, including setting, characters, theme, conflict, and plot. It will have students analyze short stories in groups to identify these elements. They will then define each element and apply their understanding by identifying the elements in another short story. The lesson aims to have 75% of students successfully identify the components of a short story.

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Date: July 10, 2019

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson 75% of the students is expected to:
a. Identify the elements of a short story:
-Settings
-Characters
-Theme
-Conflict
-Plot
II. SUBJECT MATTER
a) Topic: Elements of a Short Story
b) Skills:
c) Reference: English Expressways II, pp. 159-162
Retrieved from What are the basic elements of a short story? by CAROL-DAVIS
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-lost-important-elements-short-story-379387
d) Materials: Written Cartolina
e) Value Focus: Be industrious and helpful
III. DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITY
1. Procedure
A. ACTIVITY
Group the students into 5.
Give out the copy of the story “Makato and the Cowrie Shell”.
Let the students review the story that they have read yesterday
B. ANALYSIS
Get the copy of the story from the students. Give each group a cartolina. Let them
complete the table below:

1. Who are the people in the story?


2. Where did the story happen?
3. When did the story happen?
4. What is the sequence of the story?
Give at least one sentence for
each event.
First part
Second part
Third part
Fourth part
Last part
5. What is the problem in the story?
6. What is the lesson in the story?
7. What value is the story giving
importance?

Let the students identify the names of the elements of story by relating it to their answers.
Show this image of plot of a short story to the class.

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C. ABSTRACTION
Name the elements of a short story and give the definition of each element.

1. SETTING
This element refers to the place and time of the story.  When evaluating the setting, look for
where the action takes place.  In addition, the historical period may be important. 
2. CHARACTER
These are the actors-it maybe a person, animals or any being. The characters are the heart
of the story.  The two primary characters are called the protagonist and the antagonist. 
3. PLOT
The plot is the arrangement of the events in the story.  The plot should follow some logical
sequence of events. There are five elements to look in the plot.
 The Exposition-The initial events, the introduction of characters, and beginning of the story.
 The Rising Action- The beginning of the conflict. Complications arise.
 The Climax-This is the highest point of interest in the story.  It is the turning point that aims
toward the conclusion of the story. 
 The Falling Action- The events that occur which begin to resolve the conflict.
 Denouement-This is the final outcome of the story. 

4. CONFLICT
In every story, there has to be a problem.  The main character has to be challenged in
some way or the story will go nowhere.  There are four basic conflicts to look for that may face
the main character:
- Man versus man
- Man versus nature
- Man versus himself
- Man versus society
 
5. THEME
This is the controlling idea or the insight that the author wants the reader to understand at
the end of the story.  The theme is often the author’s thoughts or view of a subject.

D. APPLICATION
With the same 5 groups, the students will identify the elements of the short story: “The All-
American Slurp” by Lensey Namioka. They will be given a copy of the summary of the
short story and they will identify its elements.
They will only be given 10 minutes to finish the activity.

The story is about a family who recently emigrated from China to the United States
of America. One day, the family was invited to visit American family for the dinner.
Unfortunately, the Chinese family didn't expect that there would be some differences in
etiquette between the China and the United States.
The family was invited by their neighbours, the Gleasons. They came to the house,
shook hands with their hosts and took a seat on the sofa. Next, the first problem
happened. "Do try some of the celery, Mrs. Lin" said Mrs. Gleason. Since it is impolite not
to take one, all the members of the Chinese family got ones. The worst thing was that they
never used to eat raw celery in China. Anyway they took by one and went to take a seat on
the sofa again. Because they never used to eat raw celery, Mrs. Lin tried it first. "Crunch!'
"It's not bad!" she whispered. Then dad, the girl, and her brother got ones. They began
Crunching. Here comes the problem. Long strings ran through the length of the stalk, and
they got caught in the teeth. So, the girl pulled the strings out of the stalk. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip.
And four of them began making the noisy sound z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. Unfortunately,
they didn't know that in America they never pull the strings out of the stalk.

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Consequently, there was dead silence in the house, except their z-z-zipping. Everybody
were staring at them. But that was not the end of the problems. Later, Mrs. Gleason
announced that the dinner is ready and that everybody is invited to the table. The family
found that there were no chairs around the table, so they carried some chairs and sat
down. The one interesting fact is that, that all other guests just stood there. Mrs. Gleason
told them that it was a buffet dinner and that everybody should help his/her self, and eat
in the living room.
The family felt their selves so uncomfortable, that they sat on the sofa for the rest of
the dinner and couldn't eat anything.

IV. EVALUATION
Identify the following elements of short story.

1. It is the arrangement of the events in the story.


2. It is the place where the story happened and when it happened.
3. They are the actors in the story.
4. It is the problem of the story.
5. It is what the story is all about.
6. -10 Draw and label the plot of a short story.
V. ASSIGNMENT
Look for a short story and identify its elements.

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