Monday

th 14

Oct

Unit 7 Lesson 2

Short Stories
WALT: Understand how context is established in short stories Understand plot structure in short stories

WILF: Identify the features that establish context in short stories? Identify short story plot structure.

Short Stories - Powerpoint

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8b
Damien Chelsea Jake Brody Luke Porsha Harlem Rosie Torrin Dylan W Sophie

8c
Alyssa Angela Madison Chloe Emily Brooke Bryce Bryanna Ethan Courtney Miriana Teagan Brodie Kieran James

Homework :
Evaluation of your short story powerpoint

5 Elements of a short story

Glossary
Red/orange cut out terms and match to the correct definition, glue into books
Green Group fill in the correct term for each definition Blue Group fill in the correct definition for each term

Glossary
Term
Genre Theme Character(s) Setting Plot Orientation/ Beginning Rising action/ Build up Conflict/ Complication Climax/ Peak Falling action Resolution/ Ending

Definition
Kind, category, or sort of story The central idea or belief in a short story. A person (or an animal/being) who takes part in the action of the story. Details about the time and location in which a story takes place The sequence or order of events in a story. The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting is revealed.

This is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed. Is any form of opposition that faces the main character

This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story.

The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.

Short stories
Conflict Setting

Context
Plot Theme

Characters

Context
Short stories are contextualised that is, set in a particular time and place. Context can be established through
o Vocabulary choices that express characters thoughts and feelings (including direct speech) o Characters appearance, behaviours, attitudes and values o Setting

Reflect on homework date etc.

Context

She went to school.

Context

She went to school.

Context

She went to school.

Context

She went to school.

Context

She went to school.

Establishing context
Setting: use descriptive language (emotive/evaluative)
It was hot. It was so hot that the soles of my feet were already blistered and burnt even though it was only six am. It was a three mile walk, each way, four days a week. On a Friday I had to help Momma with the chores, getting ready for the Saturday markets and look after the babies at home. I missed the calm of school on those days. The sound of chalk on the blackboard, the warm, smooth dust under my feet and the calmness of our teachers voice as he taught us how to read and write.

Dialogue: make vocabulary choices that express characters thoughts & feelings
Momma, can I aks a question? she said, Why arent the other girls allowed to come to school? Momma stretched her long, skinny legs out in front of her and tilted her head to one side, thinking. Well, Rosa, thats difficult question. Some other folks, they think girls shouldnt be gettin ideas. Girls should be working or helping their mothers or gettin married.

Characters appearance/behaviour/attitude/values
She was tall for her age, her dark skin tanned to the colour of the black mud which coated everything during the rainy season. She was a quick and intelligent child. She knew in her heart there was something more. She couldnt believe that her life would be limited to the little village where she had grown up. She longed to learn, to build a ladder for herself which would scramble up, out of this hole and into a whole new world filled with opportunities.

Choose one image:

Red/orange
1. 2. 3. What is the setting in your picture? Write 5 words you could use to describe the main female character. What might this she think about the school in this picture? (does she like it?)

Green
1. 2. 3.

Describe the school in your picture in 2 sentences - use descriptive language. In 2 sentences, describe the main female character in your picture. What might the character say about her school? write 1 sentence.

Blue

1. Write 2 sentences which establish the setting of your picture: use descriptive language (emotive/evaluative) 2. Think of 2 things the main female character might say to about her school: make vocabulary choices that express characters thoughts & feelings 3. Write 2 sentence which tell the reader about your characters
o o Appearance/Behaviour Attitude/values

Plot
Plot: the sequence or order of events in a story. Linear narratives have a beginning, a middle and an end, and these components are presented in that order, as with fairy tales.

Les Dangereux A ninja love story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=054ueNC4CPc

by Daniel Klug

In pairs
Match the images with the plot elements on the second sheet Now look at the plot graph and work out the story sequence

i
Orientation/ Beginning/ Exposition Falling Action

iv
Complication/ Conflict

vii

ii
Resolution Climax

v
Falling Action

viii

iii
Rising Action/ Build up Complication/ Conflict

vi
Setting

ix

F G H I

A B

 Watch - Funny animation about intelligent penguins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPFXW58dwnw Analyse the plot
Orientation/ Beginning Rising action/ Build up Conflict/ Complication Climax/ Peak Falling action Resolution/ Ending

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