"A Difficult Customer" serves as an engaging and thought-provoking resource to teach reading comprehension skills to students. Through the story's intriguing plot and relatable characters, students can practice critical thinking, analyze character motivations, improve vocabulary and develop a deeper understanding of narrative elements. By actively engaging with the story and participating in various activities, students will enhance their reading comprehension abilities, becoming more proficient readers and thinkers. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Give/explain the meaning of words in context. Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. Retrieve and record information/identify key details from the text. Summarise main ideas from the text. Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. Make comparisons within the text. Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader. Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text. This download includes: SESSION 1: SETTING Pair-Share: Vocabulary check Ask-Write: Identifying setting elements of the given story Write-Advance: Describing the setting of the story Differentiated Tasks: Setting related comprehension questions Plenary: Selecting best option to answer setting questions SESSION 2: CHARACTERS Pair-Share: Identifying one of the main character’s elements in the story Ask-Write: Making a character sketch Write-Advance: Making a character description Differentiated Tasks: Characters related comprehension questions Plenary: Selecting best option to answer characterisation questions SESSION 3: PLOT Pair-Share: Identifying plot elements of the story Ask-Write: Identifying plot description elements in the story Write-Advance: Developing the plot of the story Differentiated Tasks: Plot related comprehension questions Plenary: Selecting the best option to answer plot questions SESSION 4: STORY ANALYSIS Pair-Share: Identifying story elements by answering questions Ask-Write: Identifying story elements of the story Write-Advance: Making a critical appreciation of the story Differentiated Tasks: Story analysis related comprehension questions Plenary: Selecting the best option to answer story components questions SESSION 5: SUMMARY Pair-Share: Identifying summary elements Ask-Write: Writing the summary of the story Write-Advance: Identifying RTC elements for the given lines Write-Progress: Explaining the line with reference to context Differentiated Tasks: Finding the context of the famous quotes Plenary: Summary related comprehension questions Home Learning: Answering inferential questions More Reading Prose Resources by the same Author: After Twenty Years by O. Henry The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde Harry by Rosemary Timperley The Last Leaf by O. Henry Two Geniuses The Woman on Platform No 8 by Ruskin Bond The Dinner Party by Mona Gardner A Difficult Customer by William Roland Lee The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy This is what teachers say about these resources: CLARITY AND AGREEMENT IN NOUNS, PRONOUNS, SUBJECT-VERBS: 14 GOOGLE SLIDES - Comment from Michaelyn Reichwein: "Excellent resource for independent practice. Very Engaging" Rating: 4/5 (very satisfied) ADJECTIVE CLAUSE OR RELATIVE CLAUSE - GOOGLE SLIDES - Comment from Creation Station Resources: "Great resource to use in the virtual classroom!" Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied) SUFFIXES: WORDS ENDING IN -CIOUS AND -TIOUS - 14 GOOGLE SLIDES - Comment from Fanny Pack Friday: "A great help for teaching word study!" 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