Students write a rough draft of their story in class, based on their completed graphic organizer and student feedback from Lesson 2. Students see new activities modeled before working on them in groups, and work in groups before working individually.īy the end of the lesson, students are prepared to write their own final drafts, benefiting from numerous opportunities to apply what they have learned to a specific story, as a class, as a group, and individually.įocus Question: How do you revise a short story draft in order to have a polished final draft? Students have the opportunity to discuss and compare their responses and creations to those of their classmates and to determine the revisions necessary in their own stories. Students examine the elements of their own short story and practice analyzing them with the rest of the class, in groups, and individually.Īlternating the analysis and revision of story elements and practicing writing techniques allows students to strengthen their own final drafts. Students work on their own stories and have the opportunity to evaluate the stories of their classmates as well as give and receive constructive feedback. Students will work on revising their first story drafts for characterization, plot, conflict, setting, showing instead of telling, and theme. Scaffolding, Active Engagement, Modeling, Explicit Instruction W:
Setting: The time and place in which a story unfolds.Rising action leads up to the climax, or turning point. Rising Action: The part of a story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated.The resolution of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is neatly summed up in the following sentence: “Henry and Catherine were married, the bells rang and everybody smiled.” Resolution: The portion of a story following the climax, in which the conflict is resolved.The plot may have a protagonist who is opposed by an antagonist, creating what is called conflict. The structure often includes the exposition, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. Literary Elements: The essential techniques used in literature (e.g., characterization, setting, plot, theme).Literary Devices: Tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the writing (e.g., dialogue, alliteration).Imagery: Language that appeals to any sense or any combination of the senses.
The falling action leads to the resolution or conclusion of the story. Falling Action: All of the action in a story that follows the turning point or climax.Exposition: Writing that explains something, often in the beginning of a story.Conflict/Problem: A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions.Typically, the structure of stories, novels, and plays is one of rising action, in which tension builds to the climax. Climax: The turning point in a narrative the moment when the conflict is at its most intense.Characterization: The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities.
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