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Student Worksheet
Level B2
I'VE JUST READ A GOOD STORY!
Serbian short stories: Singers and Roosters by Aleksandar Gatalica
Carnegie Hall by Brian Tofte-Schumacher
Enrico Caruso - Great Voices Of The Century, vol.1" by hans thijs
Pre-reading activities
1.Your teacher will read the first paragraph of the story Singers and Roosters by Aleksandar
Gatalica. Listen carefully and write down the names of two main characters.
2. What guesses can you make about the setting, characters, plot, and theme? What more would
you like to know about them? Write down as many questions as possible in the table below.
3. Swap the worksheet with your partner and answer each other's questions.
4. Discuss your answers.
Before you begin, go to www.funtrivia.com to refresh your memory about the Short Story Elements.
I've just read a good story! Student Worksheet designed by Mirjana Ljiljak-Vukajlović, Lingva-Valjevo
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My questions
My partner's answers
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Characters 1.
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Plot
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Theme
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Setting
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While-Reading activities
1. Read the story Singers and Roosters at www.gatalica.com and and write down information for the
literary elements mentioned above. This Literary Elements interactive will help you analyze the
story in more detail.
2. Print out your notes and compare them with the answers in the table above. How similar or
different were your assumptions from the actual story?
Vocabulary Work
1. Go to the site www.rewordify.com and copy the story link in the box provided in order to get
definitions for more difficult words.
2. Click on the LEARN and play three interactive vocabulary games: On-screen Flash Cards, Onscreen quiz and On-screen Word Bank.
I've just read a good story! Student Worksheet designed by Mirjana Ljiljak-Vukajlović, Lingva-Valjevo
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Aleksandar Gatalica on receiving
Mesha Selimović Award
After signing 25000th copy of Great War
Photos: www.gatalica.com
Further reading
The story Singers and Rooster comes from Gatalica's collection of short stories The Mimicries. Read
this short review at www.gatalica.com and answer the following questions:
1.What makes this collection unusual?
2.Who or what does the writer mimic?
3.What does the author say “would be the greatest honour of all” for him?
Writing
Write a review of the story Singers and Roosters. Use your notes from Literary Elements Interactive
and and the web site www.ehow.com with tips on writing a Short Story Review.
I've just read a good story! Student Worksheet designed by Mirjana Ljiljak-Vukajlović, Lingva-Valjevo
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