Portrait of a piano tuner: character through detail in a story
A story reveals a piano tuner through action, speech and detail. Students analyze indirect characterization, then write a character-driven story.
C2Adults60 minStory
About this lesson
A C2 writing lesson (story). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Story
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 60 minutes
- Topic
- Describing people
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- temperamental, a pronouncement, evident affection, knotted, border on, surrender, faintly vulgar, diagnose
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Analyze how a writer reveals character indirectly through action, dialogue and detail
- Use precise, nuanced language to describe personality and manner
- Write a 300–350 word character-driven short story