6 th Grade English October 6-10, 2014

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1 6 th Grade English October 6-10, 2014

2 Understand the content and structure of a short story. Imagine an important event or challenge in the future. Plan, draft, revise and edit a short story.

3 Writing Focus Stories Poems

4 Work with a partner. Read the meanings and share answer to the questions. People who work together cooperate with each other. What do you do at home to cooperate with family members? A flashback is part of a story that tells about an event that happened before the story s beginning. If you wrote a flashback of your day, what would it include? Something believable seems true. Something believable seems true. Something unbelievable does not. Name on believable thing and one unbelievable thing about you

5 Create a main character for a story by combining traits from three different people. One should be a family member another should be a famous person, and the final one should be a character from a story or novel you have read. Choose which details you want your character to have. Now, NAME your character based on his or her traits.

6 Pg. 353 Writing Guidelines Subject: Future event Purpose: To entertain Form: Short Story Audience: Classmate

7 A Short Story uses characters, actions, and dialogue to engage and entertain the reader. Name your favorite stories. Think about stories that you have read. Heard, or watched. Why do you enjoy these stories? What were the most memorable aspects of the stories.

8 Lets think about all the stories everyone just shared How did the character face the problem or challenge? Did the character change in some why because of that challenge?

9 Pg.: 354 Beginning: The beginning introduces the name characters, the setting and clearly defines the focus of the story. Rising Action: The rising action adds a conflict, increases the suspense, and moves along the defined plot. A flashback with background details can help keep the plot clear and defined. High Point: At the high point in this story, the main character succeeds. Ending: The ending tells how the main character has changed.

10 Review the story and answer the following questions. Discuss your answers with a partner. Development of ideas - How does Sarah make the idea clear that climbing Mount Everest is very important to her? - What details make her climb believable? Organization - Explain why the first paragraph logically leads to the second paragraph. - Voice - How does the writer use voice and words to show the main character s mood change?

11 Development of ideas - How does Sarah make the idea clear that climbing Mount Everest is very important to her? - Sarah says, I ve been ready since fifth grade. - What details make her climb believable? - May legs felt like lead. - My throat started to tighten up - I couldn t breathe. - I calmed my hear and relaxed my throat.

12 Organization - Explain why the first paragraph logically leads to the second paragraph. - In the first paragraph, Sarah awakens. In the second paragraph, she dresses and goes outside the tent.

13 - Voice - How does the writer use voice and words to show the main character s mood change? - Calmed my heart - Relaxed my throat - Feet soon fell into a regular pace - Heart burned with joy

14 Characters experience both inner conflicts and conflicts that arise from external causes. These conflicts may be from external causes. These conflicts may be generated by my sources, including people, natural phenomena ( such as changes in the weather), and accidents.

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