Reading Initiative Workshop

By: Fitch O’Connell

Using Narratives With Young

Learners
Short Story: Survival
Pre-reading Activities
 1-This a part of a picture. Guess what is it?
Here is the whole picture .
2- What animals do you see? Can you figure out?
3-What are the features of the lion?

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4-Listen to the sound,
elicit the setting and talk
about the kind of life in
such a setting.
5-Use the swats to hit the names of the animals you
hear their sounds.

Elephant
Monkey

Lion
 
Parrot Hare
6-Watch a short clip video (The Lion King) & elicit the main topic of the story. ( link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zLx_JtcQVI )
7-Comment upon the title.
What does the title suggest? Can you think of
a survival story?

 Survival
 8-Answer the questions below.
 Why did Lino leave his community?
 How did Lino avoid being killed?
 Why was Lino lonely?
 Why didn’t the hare trust Lino?
 Why did the hare sound courageous when responding to
the lion?
While reading
Activities
1-Focus on the marked and guess what is
coming next.

The marked stops are:

“Once upon a time… the prey.”
“…end up dead.”
“…become my friend.”
“…becoming your dinner.”
 
Post Reading Activities
1-Here are a series of 4 pictures to elicit different
parts of the story. Order them.
Post-reading activities:
 

 2-Fill in each gap with a sentence/a statement from the list

below. Mind the chronological order.

1-Lino became fatter and lost his hunting skills. He lost the
loyalty of the members of the community. They thought he
could not protect them any more and he just ate the prey and
spent the whole day napping.

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3-Suddenly, he heard a noise. He stepped back and hid between
the bushes. Soon he saw a hare. He jumped but the hare’s jump
was much longer and faster.

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6-Those were the last words Lino heard from the hare.
Alternatives:
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 1-Lino tried to deceive the hare by requesting his

friendship.
 2-The hare ran away far from the hunters.

 3-“Would you ask the hunter to be your friend?”

 4- He sneaked out of the community to avoid the

confrontation
 with Boldin. After a very long walk, he lay down a

tree to rest.
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3-Reorder these events chronologically.

____ Lino tried to deceive the hare.

____Lino couldn’t catch the hare.
____ Lino was likely to be killed.
____Lino was powerful.
____Lino became an outsider.
____Lino lost his power.
____Lino left his community.
4- What would you do in the following situation?
Complete the spidergram.
5-Complete the table below with the appropriate adjectives to describe both Lino and the
hare.
6-Think of a survival situation and tell how you used your wit to manage to get out safely.
7-Imagine a different ending by answering the following questions.
What did the lion do when the hare had escaped?
8-Put “True” or “False” in front of each statement.

 Lino participated in the hunting missions. (………)

 Bolden was Lino’s main rival. (………)
 Lino had to face Bolden to survive. (………)
 The hare accepted Lino’s friendship. (…..)
 The hare was so villainous that he tried to play tricks

on Lino. (….)
 The two animals were indifferent when they heard the

gun shots. (…..)

 
9-Draw the main events of the story
then retell it to your peers.
( group work)
10-Design the cover of the story. Do not forget to include a synopsis and some biographical
notes.
Thank you all!