Who Am I Story Lesson Plan for Advanced Students

Advanced ESL readers at CEFR level C1 work through the short story Who Am I?, in which Tom, adopted as a baby, describes losing his sense of self to bullying, then research five vocabulary terms, answer true/false questions and discuss prompts.
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Updated Sep 20, 2026

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ESL, Language Development, ELA
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Short Story, Reading Passage
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Who Am I? Short Story - Advanced Lesson Plan This resource guides advanced students through analysis of the thought-provoking short story "Who Am I?". Learners will read the narrative then complete reading comprehension and grammar exercises to demonstrate their understanding. Educators can implement this lesson plan in multiple ways - as an individual assignment, small group activity, or full class discussion. The questions and tasks promote critical thinking skills as students analyze the themes around identity and self-discovery. This advanced English lesson comes as a PDF packet with the literary passage and corresponding student worksheets. An answer key is included for educators. The engaging story and focused questions are designed to strengthen secondary or post-secondary students' reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar proficiency.

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Learning objectives

  • Answer true/false comprehension items about a short story

Skills covered

  • Reading comprehension — judging true/false statements about Tom's story

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  • Short story

  • Identity

  • Reading comprehension

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