Page 35 - Point 5 Literature Program Option 1 Teachers Guide (2) (1)

Let’s Think – Generating possibilities

Generating possibilities suggests that if we have understood the characters and their
motivations, we can create additional outcomes for the story. Being able to project future possibilities
based on existing knowledge is a very important life skill that helps us to make choices and decisions.
It is important to stress to the students that the new outcomes must relate to who the characters are
and how they have behaved so far in the story.
Answers might include:
14. The narrator could have spilled some wine on the table to distract everyone and change the topic of
conversation, or even on Mrs. Ramsay so she would have to leave the table to change her dress.

15. Accept any credible responses.

16. At the beginning of the story, the narrator looks at all the external features of Mr. Kelada and decides he does
not like him. Mr. Kelada’s behavior regarding the bet and Mrs. Ramsay shows the narrator a different and noble
side of him. This enabled the narrator to change his perspective regarding Mr. Kelada.
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used the skill of Distinguishing different perspectives to show the narrator was able to look at Mr. Kelada differently
at the end of the story.

(Accept other logical choices and explanations.)

Bridging Text and Context
The questions relate to the prejudice and discrimination the author suffered as a child and how this
might have affected the writing of the story. Use Rubric 3 on page 88 to mark written answers.

Answers might include:
1. People made fun of how Maugham spoke and how he looked. Perhaps he used the Kelada character,
who also looked different and spoke differently from the narrator and many people on the ship to show that
prejudice is wrong.

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2. don’t think he would try to show that prejudice is wrong if he himself were prejudiced, although he does make
fun of the narrator a bit.
3. can understand why it was important to show that even someone whose looks and behavior are not like
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everyone else’s can be a good and even a noble person.

Post-Reading Activity
Let students choose one of these activities. Use Rubric 4 on page 88 to mark written answers.

Reflection
Students should answer these questions in writing.

Summative Assessment
Photocopy page 36 and have students answer the questions in class. Decide if you wish to let them
look at the text of the story in their coursebook.
Possible answers appear on page 37 of this guide, but remember to accept any well justified responses.

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