The Regret Short Story | Advanced Lesson Plan
Advanced C1 ESL lesson built on an original short story, The Regret, about a woman reflecting on giving her daughter up for adoption.

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- ESL, Language Development, ELA
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- Short Story, Reading Passage
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The Regret Short Story | Advanced Lesson Plan This advanced English lesson plan helps students improve their reading comprehension skills. Educators can use this resource with individual students or small groups who would benefit from more challenge. The central text is a short story titled "The Regret." Learners will analyze the themes and literary devices utilized in the story. The exercises guide students to make inferences, identify cause and effect relationships, chronologize events, and more. With answer keys included, teachers can easily implement this lesson or assign it as independent practice. The engaging short story and variety of tasks help high-level students analyze literature more critically. This resource is available as a PDF printable or through Google Apps for learning flexibility.
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Learning objectives
Explain the meaning of advanced vocabulary as used in the story
Identify accurate and inaccurate statements about the plot
Express and defend an opinion on regret in discussion
Teaching tips
The story centres on adoption and a mother's regret, so preview it with your learners in mind before using it.
Skills covered
Vocabulary research — students look up and discuss five words such as thriving and pecking before reading
Speaking — students argue a position on the Chatterbox prompt about regret
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