Intensive Reading: Short Stories (Class Reader)

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 8 English | Theme 1.0 Human Rights | Sub-Strand 1.4.1 Intensive Reading: Short Stories - Class Reader (2 Lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Outline the sequence of events in a short story that you have read
• Use contextual clues to infer the meanings of words
• Answer direct and inferential questions from a short story
• Acknowledge the role of reading in communication

Summary

Intensive reading means slowing down and reading closely, rather than skimming for a general sense. This topic covers outlining what happened in a story and in what order, working out unfamiliar words from the clues around them, and the difference between a question with an answer stated directly in the text and one you must infer.