Short Story Writing Unit Grade 9

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Short Story WritingUnitGrade 9

• Andita Parker Lloyd
• June 24th, 2008
• Dr. Dils

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Short Story WritingLesson OneSetting the
Impression

• Andita Parker Lloyd
• June 24th, 2008
• Dr. Dils

Lesson One
Lesson Two
Lesson Three
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Get out your journals. Write down your
responses to the following questions.
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What kind of story can happen here?
Picture 1
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What types of things happen in a place like this?
Picture 2
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What kinds of emotions does this place make you
feel?
Picture 3
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What do you notice about this place?
Picture 4
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What are some things you think about when you
think about a city?
Picture 5
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Why would you care about what images these places
evoke in our minds?
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Because most stories have a setting which adds to
the overall effect of the story.
Think of the stories we read in the last unit.
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Objectives -- Setting the Impression

• Students will be able to generate ideas for a
  setting of a short story using a visual aid from
  the teacher selected photos.
• Students will be able to write two thru five
  paragraphs on the setting they selected for their
  story.
• Students will be able to use technology to gather
  ideas for their short story scene.
• Students will be able to work in groups of four
  to foster constructive criticism of what
  Impression they are making with their setting.

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Places
So
Many
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Setting is so much more than where the action of
a story takes place. It can also determine how
characters behave and even influence the mood of
the story.
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Writers describe the world they know. Sights,
sounds, colors, and textures are all vividly
painted in words as an artist paints images on
canvas. A writer imagines a story to be happening
in a place that is rooted in his or her mind. The
location of a story's actions, along with the
time in which it occurs, is the
setting. --http//www.learner.org/interactives/li
terature/read/setting1.html
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Now Lets Practice
Complete a Setting map for your story
http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/dramamap/
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Now Lets Practice Some More
Create a Web for your story.
There are several you can use. Remember we are
working only with our scene of our story.
http//interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx
?id127title
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Last time to Practice
http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/storymap/
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Lets Wrap this up

• What does the scene of a story do?

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Lets Wrap this up

• Why is the scene of the story important?

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Lets Wrap this up

• How is the scene like a painters canvas?

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Remember

• Setting creates the overall effect of a story.
• Setting can determine how characters behave.
• Setting can influence the mood of the story.
• Setting also takes into account time period of
  the story.

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Standards -- Pennsylvania

• 1.4.8 A
• 1.5.8 A
• 1.5.8 B
• 1.6.8 A
• 1.6.8 E

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References - Photos

• Picture 1
• www.irishstonehouses.ie/images/pict0333.jpg
• Picture 2
• http//lh5.ggpht.com/_XTt5pDP1o3I/RjKzCjpwN0I/AAA
  AAAAAAzk/9w6tzqVY66E/EarlySpringinDennyPark00
  3.JPG
• Picture 3
• http//www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson/v/e/wassaic_m
  illerton/photos/jun-04/i/ss/05-Millerton_gazebo_80
  0x547.jpg
• Picture 4
• http//content.breederoo.com/users/NauvooHorses/i
  mages/content/Farm_2.jpg
• Picture 5
• http//luminouslens.baltiblogs.com/whitelight/ima
  ges/Philadelphia_Skyline.jpg

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References - Sounds

• Wooded area sound
• http//www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/water_soun
  ds/water_river1_wav.html
• Farm sound Wind
• http//www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/weather_so
  unds/wind_wind1_wav.shtml
• City sound
• http//www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/citysounds
  .shtml

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References - Information

• Description of Setting Definition
• http//staff.fcps.net/tcarr/shortstory/plot1.htm
  Setting
• Activities
• http//www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student
  _material.asp?id12
• http//interactives.mped.org/webbing127.aspx
• http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/storymap/
  

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The End

• Happy Writing

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• Lesson Two
• Lesson Three

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Short Story WritingLesson TwoCharacters with
Character

• Andita Parker Lloyd
• June 24th, 2008
• Dr. Dils

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Journal Prompt !!!

• Write down your responses to the following
  questions.

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Whos Who

• Who are these characters?
• Write down their names
• Write down something about them you remember?

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Whos Who

• Who are these characters?
• Write down their names
• Write down something about them you remember?

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Whos Who

• Who are these characters?
• Write down their names
• Write down something about them you remember?

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Why Care About these Characters?
Because without them the story would not be the
same.
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Characters are defined as

• c the complex of mental and ethical traits
  marking and often individualizing a person,
  group, or nation ltthe character of the American
  peoplegt
• 7 a a person marked by notable or conspicuous
  traits ltquite a charactergt
• b one of the persons of a drama or novel 8 a
  short literary sketch of the qualities of a
  social type

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Objectives --Characters with Character

• Students will be able to create four thru ten
  character descriptions.
• Students will be able to conference with another
  to improve character development through the use
  of suggestions, questions, and statements.
• Students will be able to organize their ideas and
  present them in a clear, reasonable fashion.
• Students will be able to correct punctuation,
  spelling, grammar, and usage errors.
• Students will be able to apply their knowledge of
  short stories through hands on experience by
  writing one.

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Types of Characters

• Main Character The character that is represented
  in the story the most. The plot usually revolves
  around this character.
• Minor Character One of the characters represented
  in the story, but not the main character.
• Static Character A character that changes very
  little from the beginning to the end.
• Dynamic Character A character that goes through a
  significant amount of changes from the beginning
  to the end.

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Lets Make Our Main Character(s)

• Complete at least two Characters using this
  interactive activity

http//readwritethink.org/materials/trading_cards/
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Lets make some Character(s) Photos for our book

• Create a picture of your main character and any
  other characters youd like in the time allotted.
  
• Make sure you print them or they will not be
  saved.
• Use your short story title as the book name.

http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook
/
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Lets make some more Character(s)

• Use the drama map sections
• Character Map
• Conflict Map
• Resolution Map

http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/dramamap/
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What can a Character do for a Short Story?
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Review Again The Types of Characters include

• Main Character The character that is represented
  in the story the most. The plot usually revolves
  around this character.
• Minor Character One of the characters represented
  in the story, but not the main character.
• Static Character A character that changes very
  little from the beginning to the end.
• Dynamic Character A character that goes through a
  significant amount of changes from the beginning
  to the end.

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Worksheets to Go Over

• Worksheet 1
• Worksheet 2
• Worksheet 3

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Pennsylvania Standards

• 1.4.8 A
• 1.5.8 A
• 1.5.8 D
• 1.5.8 E
• 1.6.8 A
• 1.6.8 D

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References

• Definition of character
• character. (2008). In Merriam-Webster Online
  Dictionary.Retrieved June 20, 2008, from
  http//www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/characte
  r

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The End
Lesson Three
Lesson One

• Make your Characters as memorable as those you
  have read about.

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• Lesson One
• Lesson Two
• Lesson Three

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Short Story WritingLesson ThreeOutlining the
Plot

• Andita Parker Lloyd
• June 24th, 2008
• Dr. Dils

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Time To Write in Your Journal

• Get out your journals.
• Write down your responses to the following
  questions.

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Bell Ringer

• The King Died. The Queen Died.
• The King Died. The Queen died of grief.

OR
The Correct Answer is 1.
The Correct Answer is 2.
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The Elements of Plot Development
If an author writes, "The king died and then the
queen died," there is no plot for a story. But by
writing, "The king died and then the queen died
of grief," the writer has provided a plot line
for a story.
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What is the plot to this story?
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What is the plot to this story?
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Objectives -- Outlining the Plot

• Students will be able to use organizational
  strategies to plan writing.
• Students will be able to establish a main theme
  for their story.
• Students will be able to Apply the steps of the
  writing process
• Students will be able to use the ideas generated
  and organized through prewriting to develop the
  main idea(s) with supporting details.
• Students will be able to outline the story in a
  specific order

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Plot Defined

• the plan or main story
• (as of a movie or literary work)

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Why worry about Plot?

• All plots center on conflict.
• Conflict in stories can be of four different
  kinds
• 1. between people
• 2. between a person and society
• 3. between a person and nature
• 4. between different aspects of the self

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The Elements of Plot DevelopmentContinued
A plot is a causal sequence of events, the "why"
for the things that happen in the story. The plot
draws the reader into the character's lives and
helps the reader understand the choices that the
characters make.
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The Elements of Plot Development
A plot's structure is the way in which the story
elements are arranged. Writers vary structure
depending on the needs of the story. For example,
in a mystery, the author will withhold plot
exposition until later in the story. In William
Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" it is only at the
end of the story that we learn what Miss Emily
has been up to all those years while locked away
in her Southern mansion.
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Freytags Pyramid
Resolution
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Circle Plot interactive tool
How to begin?
Just brainstorm a start to your story and Print
out a copy
How to End?
What hapens next?
Conflict!
http//readwritethink.org/materials/circle-plot/
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Plot Diagram interactive tool

• Using this tool Create paragraphs using your
  circle plot as a starter for each aspect of the
  pyramid
• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Resolution
• Make sure you
• Print your diagram

http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/plot-diagr
am/
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Creating a timeline

• Use the tool to show how your story evolves make
  sure you expand on what you have already written.

http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/
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In Conclusion

• All plots center on conflict.
• Conflict in stories can be of four different
  kinds
• 1. between people
• 2. between a person and society
• 3. between a person and nature
• 4. between different aspects of the self

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Pennsylvania Standards

• 1.4.8 A
• 1.5.8 A
• 1.5.8 B
• 1.5.8 D
• 1.5.8 E
• 1.5.8 F

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CORRECT
Go Back
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TRY AGAIN
Go Back
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References

• plot. (2008). In Merriam-Webster Online
  Dictionary.Retrieved June 20, 2008, from
  http//www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plot
• Information on plot http//www.learner.org/interac
  tives/literature/read/pov2.html

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• Lesson One
• Lesson Two
• Lesson Three