SHORT STORY PROJECT

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OPTION ONE – WRITE A SHORT STORY

REQUIREMENTS:MLA FormatAt LEAST 3 pages Include 5 Vocab. Words from the Vocab.

Packet2 Literary Devices

At Least 2 CharactersSome Dialogue1st or 3rd Person Point of View NarratorA Critical Lens Paragraph

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STORY FOCUS OPTIONS

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OPTION ONE – WRITE A SHORT STORY

CHOOSE A FOCUS

A Person’s flashback to a childhood event

A Person Overcoming an Obstacle

A Community Event

A Mystery/Fear Incident

PROPOSE YOUR OWN IDEA4

CRITICAL LENS Select one quote. Interpret it and explain

how your shot story proves or disproves the quote.

“Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.” – George Santayana, Little Essays, 1920“Love is not just caring deeply; it’s, above all, understanding.” -Francoise Sagan, Le Soir, 1960“When truth is buried, it chokes, it gathers such explosive force that on the day it breaks out, it blows everything up with it.” – Emile Zola, “J’accuse!” L’Aurore, 1898“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” – Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, 1968

OPTION ONE – WRITE A SHORT STORY

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OPTION TWO – READ A SHORT STORY

REQUIREMENTS: Read an approved short story independently

• must be the appropriate reading level• must be 4-6 textbook size pages• may find in a book or online (and print it out)• cannot have been read for another class

Select and write down 5 new vocabulary words, with the sentence they are in, and define them

Complete a Lit Lingo on the short story Complete a selected essay topic

– 4 Body Paragraph minimum 6

ESSAY TOPICS – CHOOSE ONE

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OPTION TWO – READ A SHORT STORY

•Obstacles•Describe the main character.•Discuss obstacles the main character faced.•Did these obstacles produce a better or worse life for the character?•Did the character surmount these obstacles? Or How was the character destroyed by these obstacles?•What was the final outcome for the character?

Essay Topic

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OPTION TWO – READ A SHORT STORY

•Influential Person•Describe the main character•Describe and discuss a person who influenced the main character, either positively or negatively.•Explain the specific influence the person had on the main character •Explain the effects of the specific influence fully.

Essay Topic

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OPTION TWO – READ A SHORT STORY

•Turning Point•Describe the main character.•Describe the turning point(s) that influenced the main character.•Explain the specific influence the turning point had on the main character and its effects fully.•What was the final outcome?

Essay Topic

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SHORT STORY PROJECT - SCHEDULE

Friday, May 6 – Go over topics

– Stories must be selected over the

weekend.Monday, May 9 – Begin writing or begin reading (Writing Lab?)

Tuesday, May 10 – Thursday, May 12 Continue writing or begin work on

short story analysis (Writing

Lab?)

Friday, May 13 – Short Story

Projects Due – TEST GRADE Extra Credit given for oral presentation 11