Enjoy reading your USSR books tonight. Tomorrow, we will be reading a story by the great Canadian writer, Alden Nowlan. If you were absent today, pick up the 5 handouts. Thanks.
Short Story Unit Outline
Read and make notes on each story: character, conflict, setting, theme, language. These stories are examinable so keep the notes clear so that you will understand them again in January while preparing for your final exam.
Keep asking How? How did the author keep or not keep my attention?
How do we show characters in action?
How is dialogue used? Could the dialogue be cut? Why?
How does the story end and begine? Why?
How would a different point of view change it? Different verb tense?
How is language used? Sentence length? Beginnings?
Diction?
Evaluation: Demonstrate your ability to . . .
1. Write an in-class essay discussing any three stories studied.
2. Write a literary paragraph discussing one key aspect of a story.
3. Choose a story not studied in class and examine it in detail. You choose the way you wish to present your analysis: essay, video, poetry, presentation, etc
4. Write your own short story.
5. Literary terms, vocabulary, quizzes
6. USSR: based on the variety and quantity of the books read.
