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‘Secrets of Short Story Suspense’ English Short Stories : Assignment Two Download document here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15An2gS7LUBdSWOWghIKIUj6pHZ2AOphju1-Nst9C9p8/edit?usp=sharing Focus question: "What makes a great short story?" 1) Collaboration Story: Using your notes on short stories you’re going to write a short story in a group of three. Make sure that it follows the short story structure. This will be peer evaluated and marked by the teacher. 3pts structure / 3pts suspense / 3pts word choice 2) Evaluation: Evaluate one other  groups short story using the following criteria: 3pts structure / 3pts suspense / 3pts word choice How to make predictions: ************************************************************************************************************ 3) Short Story Research: Read the following four short stories and answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper . Alternatively you can search out ...

‘Stupendous Short Story Structure’ English Short Stories : Assignment One Focus question: "What makes a great short story?" Download this worksheet here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1itqjzyYlFOwOdrUETWiLmVJIPSQwrHH-81uN4M-YX3g/edit?usp=sharing All types of writing have a basic structure, and short stories are no different.  Your job is to find three reliable sources of information that suggest what the structure of a short story is, but first complete the following chart: 1) Pre-research : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UuShwtYpGg Reliable website traits? Keywords to enter in Google Possible Websites 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2) The Research Short Story Structure Three sources of information exact URL English Short Stories Assignment: Assignment One / Page 2 3) The Report : Using a visual means please display your understanding of the structure of a short story. You c...

In My Day We all know of or have seen depictions of the “typical old guy/gal” who is always talking about, “back in the day when…”. Your creative writing task is to create an “in my day” paragraph where you take the point of view of this “old guy/gal” and tell how things were for you, ‘back in the day”. The topic(s) are up to you but it must be school appropriate and, should connect. In other words, while we may “suspend our disbelief” a little, there should be a healthy dose of verisimilitude in your writing. REQUIREMENTS:   A paragraph of 8-10 complete sentences. Give lots of detail and be specific. Do not use quotation marks/dialogue unless you know how to do it right. A narrative paragraph does not require quotation marks. You may have to read your paragraph aloud. Prompt for Writing Activity: In MY Day . . .From a Washington Post Report, in which readers were asked to tell Gen-Xers how much harder they had it in the old days: Runner-Up : In m...

Here is the English nine exam outline and review 2014 for Chester Area Middle School. Print a copy by following this link :  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ynAIByZb-PmZKYzGpAmviU4SRLErdqxGjhM4FLN38JE/edit?usp=sharing English Nine Exam Outline Exam Time January 29th, 2013 Part A) Students will read a short story and answer three different levels of short answer questions . 1) Literal questions can be answered by searching the text 1) What age is Ponyboy Curtis? - For full points they should be answered correctly in a full sentence. 2) Inferential questions : Compare and contrast Ponyboy’s brothers Sodapop and Darry? - For full points answer the question in 2 to 3 sentence explaining your answer 3) Interpretive questions : A question where you take your knowledge from the text, and life from outside the text to create an answer. Will the Socs and the Greasers ever stop fighting? - For full points answer the question in three to four sentences ...

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Please check PowerSchool for missing assignments. Download the assignments here: Unit One: Motivation and Goals 1) Q and A Introduction Questions 2) Motivational Quotations 3) My Ideal Day Unit Two: Staying Connected 4) Elections Presentation 5) 'Drone On' Summary -  Video Here  -  Assignment Paper Here  - Simply watch the video and complete the summary.

Please check PowerSchool for missing assignments. Download the assignments here: Unit One: Motivation and Goals 1) Q and A Introduction Questions 2) Motivational Quotations 3) My Ideal Day Unit Two: Citizenship and the future 4) Elections Presentation 5) 'Drone On' Summary -  Video Here  -  Assignment Paper Here  - Simply watch the video and complete the summary.