Une adaptation à l'histoire d'Anton Tchékhov: Le numéro gagnant (Immersion 5e-8e

This package is a perfect introduction for junior and intermediate immersion students (grades 5 to 8) to classical literature, more specifically the short story genre.

The story highlighted in this package is an adapted version of Anton’s Chekhov’s short story “The Lottery Ticket”. The adaptation is faithful to the storyline of the short story, but its vocabulary has been simplified.

In this package, students have the opportunity to write a brief biography of Chekhov, to explore the short story genre, and they also have comprehension/reflection questions at the end of various sections of the story. In order to render this package more cross-curricular, there is a Visual Arts task and a drama task for students to do. There are also 3 rubrics included: 1) for the comprehension questions, 2) for the Visual Arts component, and 3) for the Drama component.

I use this package in conjunction with my “La Parure” adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s short story as it provides the students with choice in reading.