Tuesday, 2.16--Begin Short Story Unit!

As we start the short story unit, we're going to take a look at some excellent examples of short stories and what makes them work.

Within your group, you'll read the short story together and put together a Google Presentation identifying the key elements to the story.

You'll have Tuesday and Wednesday to do this, and it's due by end of the hour on Wednesday. We won't present them this year

EVERY person in your group needs to contribute. There are 8 elements that need to be included; most groups have 4 people. So if everyone does 2, that's a fair amount of work.

The following needs to be included in your presentation, and you need to turn it in ON THIS LINK. In addition to these elements, you will also be graded on overall effort and overall appearance.

Elements in presentation:

1. Characterization--briefly describe the characterization--examples of direct and indirect characterization, what does the author do WELL with his/her characters, what is lacking in his/her characters. 
2. Setting--briefly describe the setting. What does the author do WELL with setting, what is lacking? What makes the setting stand out?
3. Plot--Summarize the plot, but don't just summarize it. Tell us what works to move it forward, how do the characters work together, how does the setting contribute to the plot?
4. Conflicts--what the are major conflicts? Who is involved?  How are they resolved?
5. Theme--What is the message the author wants you to learn? What is overall
6. Mood/Tone--what is the mood or tone of the story? 
7. Structure--is it 1st person or 3rd person? Present or past tense? What is unusual about it? 
8. Figurative Language--find two examples of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, allegory, allusion, alliteration, etc.) How does the figurative language add to the overall story?