06 November 2020

Short story "The Open Boat"

 

Our four-part series on this work for students, teachers and those interested in literature. This text comes from the Cambridge English Literature book list, and is also appropriate for IB Language. Literature and Lang&Lit programmes.

Each part is stand-alone and can be taken separately, and can be taken for professional development, personal growth or to provide a model for language teaching and/or literary analysis. We recommend Part A before Part B.

  • A = Knowledge and Understanding of the work
    • This session is appropriate for Advanced EFL and E2L students, G9 and above
    • For teachers new to or considering this work
    • Focus on comprehension and vocabulary development
    • For EFL and E2L language acquisition and development
    • For EFL and E2L Advanced Reading Comprehension practice and development
    • Especially useful for EFL and Chilean National Curriculum programmes
    • E2L and E1L Literature and Lang&Lit
    • GCSE, IGCSE, AS-Level, A-Level, IB MYP, IB Dip, AP
    • One-hour Guided Discussion
  • B = Response to and Analysis of the work
    • This session is appropriate for E1L and English Literature students, for students G9 and above
    • For teachers new to or considering this work
    • Focus on lilterary elements and thematic considerations
    • For E2L and E1L language acquisition and development
    • For E2L and E1L Literature and Lang&Lit
    • GCSE, IGCSE, AS-Level, A-Level, IB MYP, IB Dip, AP
    • We recommend completing Part before taking Part B.
    • One-hour Guided Discusssion
  • C1 = Assessment activities typical of external examinations
    • For teachers new to or considering this work
    • Analysis of tasks and expectations of examiners
    • Tasks taken from or typical of GCSE, IGCSE, AS-Level, A-Level, IB MYP, IB Dip, AP
    • One-hour Professional Conversation*
  • C2 = Practice and feedback
    • For students G9 and above
    • Review of evaluation task attempts with feedback
    • "Mock" evaluation(s)
    • One-hour individual and group sessions as requested
  • D = Methodology and unit-planning
    • For teachers new to or considering this work
    • Strategies for using and teaching this work
    • Guidance and suggestions for planning a teaching unit based on this work
    • One-hour Professional Conversation*

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