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Short Stories
SHOW don't TELL!
Group Short Story
Generating a short story
GET IN A GROUP OF 7!
- decide on a plot
- pick first line
use descriptive language to explain a feeling, an object, a sound, etc.
Short Story Unit
get with a partner
they can create ONE character! Ask them the questions on the sheet
ex:
The horse jumped over the obstacle.
The brown horse used every muscle in his large, hind legs to clear the red and white bar that was three feet off the ground.
1st half: decide on the plot and where the story will go
2nd half: WRITE YOUR PART!
Assign each group member to the following elements:
1. characters (must include 1 man 1 woman)
2. exposition
3. conflict
4. climax
5. rising action
6. falling action
7. resolution
ex: the used water bottle was in the trash.
- Notes- elements of a short story
- Reading Together (5-6)
- Create own story
characters
plot
etc...
Activity #1: Charades
Short Story Elements
This assignment is graded
- pull a picture: try to SHOW it without saying the name of the object.
- Elements of Prose?? (8)
- Short stories have a limited number of characters
- restricted settings
- narrow range of action
- BUT! They still contain the 8 elements in prose writing
ex: The rainbow colored triangle soared high in the air as I released the string, inch by inch, from my firm grip
Activity #2: Packet
fill out 8 of the 15 options available.
4. Summarize
How to read a short story
5. Pull it Together-
What was the central idea? Theme?
2. Predict
1. Question-- formulate questions as you read
3. Clarify
Short Story
12 minutes writing your short story
A brief work of fiction; a prose story based on the imagination of the author
Characterization
- a work of fiction that develops a single idea
- EACH DETAIL COUNTS
Direct - tells the reader the personality
Indirect- shows the reader
Speech
Thoughts
Effects
Actions
Looks
design by Dóri Sirály for Prezi