English 3101A - Department of Advanced Education and Skills

Unit 1 Short Story and Related WritingNotes for Teaching and LearningSelecting and Reading Short Stories1. Students should be encouraged to selectshort stories from both Echoes 12 and Land,Sea and Time, Book Three based on personalinterest. Instructors should note that Land, Seaand Time, Book Three does not list texts bygenre, so students will need guidance in theselection of short stories from this anthology.For a list of short stories, and a commentary oneach, see pages 37-39 in the Land, Sea andTime, Book Three Teacher’s Guide.Instructors should be aware that there isadditional material in the Land, Sea and TimeTeacher’s Guide to support teaching (AuthorInformation, Commentary).2. Students should be encouraged to re-readstories for different levels of understanding3. Students should be encouraged to read morethan the minimum required texts to extendtheir exposure to fiction and commitment to alifelong reading experience.Viewing4. Both Echoes 12 and Land, Sea and Time,Book Three provide visuals which are linked toshort fiction. If students are guided to select avisual which is linked to a story they arestudying, this will increase the educationalvalue and reduce the amount of work they arerequired to complete. Both Teacher’s Guidesalso provide background information onvisuals and, where they are linked to stories,there is support material for the linkage.Suggestions for AssessmentGeneral Assessment GuidelinesThrough completion of the Required Workfor this Unit, students will be working towardsthe attainment of the three categories ofspecific learning outcomes concurrently:Reading and Viewing, Speaking andListening, and Writing and Other Ways ofRepresenting.Instructors will find that the Land, Sea andTime, Book Three Teacher’s Guide andEchoes 12 Teacher’s Resource provide ampleresources for the assessment of outcomes. Ineach case, the organizing concept of both thetext and teacher’s resource is the achievementof those specific outcomes. Both providetools for the direct assessment of learningthrough reading and viewing, writing andrepresenting, and speaking and listening.They also provide valuable materials forextension activities (author information,related visuals, etc.).Instructors will have to provide students withquestions on the short stories selected fromLand, Sea and Time, Book Three. They areprovided in the Teacher’s Guide, along with“Multi-Dimensional Exploration” activities.In general, assessment for this Unit shouldinclude:•asking students to read sections of storiesaloud to demonstrate their understanding ofmeaning and the conventions of prose writing(Continued on following page)English 3101A Curriculum Guide Page 13