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Coonley SchoolWrite What I Read Understanding the Short
Story
Teacher___Meegan_____ Grade_____6th , 7th , 8th Writing
__Date___May 2014_______
Subject____Writing__________
Stage 1- Deired !eu"t
#tab"ihed G$a"%CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3Write narratives to
develop real or imagined experiences or events sing e!!ective
tec"ni#e$ relevantdescriptive details$ and %ell-strctred event
se#ences.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.AEngage and orient t"e reader
&' esta&lis"ing a context and point o! vie% and introdcing
a narrator and(orc"aracters) organi*e an event se#ence t"at n!olds
natrall' and logicall'.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.+,se narrative
tec"ni#es$ sc" as dialoge$ pacing$ description$ and re!lection$ to
develop experiences$events$ and(or
c"aracters.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.C
,se a variet' o! transition %ords$ p"rases$ and clases to conve'
se#ence$ signal s"i!ts !rom one time!rame or setting to anot"er$
and s"o% t"e relations"ips among experiences and
events.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.,se precise %ords and p"rases$
relevant descriptive details$ and sensor' langage to captre t"e
actionand conve' experiences and
events.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.Erovide a conclsion t"at !ollo%s
!rom and re!lects on t"e narrated experiences or
events.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8./Wit" some gidance and spport !rom
peers and adlts$ develop and strengt"en %riting as needed
&'planning$ revising$ editing$ re%riting$ or tr'ing a ne%
approac"$ !ocsing on "o% %ell prpose andadience "ave &een
addressed. 0Editing !or conventions s"old demonstrate command o!
Langagestandards 1-3 p to and inclding grade
8"ere.2CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.
Condct s"ort researc" pro4ects to ans%er a #estion 0inclding a
sel!-generated #estion2$ dra%ing onseveral sorces and generating
additional related$ !ocsed #estions t"at allo% !or mltiple avenes
o!exploration.
&ndertanding%Stdents %ill nderstand ...
T"e importance o! a s"ort stor'
Concise %riting 5 its importance to s"ort stories
6o% t"eir vie% points 0voice2 impact t"eir stor'
Importance o! !igrative langage in s"ort
stories
#entia" 'ueti$n%- What are the characteritic $( a h$rt t$ry,and
h$) are they ued by a )riter*
- +$) d$ )rite a )e"" dee"$.ed c$ncieh$rt t$ry )ith /eaning*
- What are the characteritic $( /ygenre*
- +$) d$ the ch$ice /ae a a )riteri/.act /y reader*
Stdent %ill 7no%.
At"or9s cra!t : c"oices 5 %"'
Speci!ic c"aracteristics o! s"ort stories and
t"eir selected genre 0sci-!i$ d'stopian$ m'ster'$realistic
!iction !antas'2
At"or9s vie%point(attitde(tone(mood
Exposition- tool o! detail
Con!lict and concise resoltion 0"anging
ending(sspense2
;igrative langage 0imager'$ s'm&olism$
iron'$ satire$ "mor$ sspense$ personi!ication$
Stdent %ill &e a&le to
Identi!' c"aracteristics o! t"eir sel!-selected
genre
Select and se a grap"ic organi*er as a
pre%riting tool
Create a r&ric to gide t"eir %or7
Create a s"ort stor'
Revise and o!!er !eed&ac7 to peers to improve
t"eir stories
Appl' !igrative langage to en"ance t"eir stor'
Re!lect on t"eir %or7 &e!ore$ dring$ and a!ter
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t"eme2 composition
Stage 2- e/ent #idence
er($r/ance Ta%- S"ort stor'- Sel!-selected genre researc" and
"and-ot
3ther #idence%- W"at elements are speci!ic to'or genre>
- Researc" c"ec7-points 0organi*ed &'grop-%ide "andot2
- Re!lection o! %riter9s gro%t" andimprovement
3ther #idence, Su//aried
Stage 5 earning "an
earning ctiitie%12 Introdction 06oo72 - students will be
introduced to short stories, using one of Disneys newest
shorts,Mickey in
Yodelberg(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmTor-zQXxw)to spark
previousknowledge on characteristics of short story.
a. What is structure of the story ! "tudents will co#plete a
story #ap of the short fil#.b. What were the storytelling tools
e#ployed by the writers $ "tudents will turn and talk to
a face partner.
?2 Stdents %ill ta7e Cornell notes &ased on re*i
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eac" mini-lesson t"at %ill gide t"eir %or7 in developing t"eir
s"ort stories !ocsedon t"e !ollo%ing elements@
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reading or "ave read as a mentor text !or t"eparticlar genre t"e'
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$ stdents %ill researc" t"eir genre 0realistic !iction$science
!iction$ d'stopian$ m'ster'$ "orror$ !antas'2 coming p %it" t"e
c"aracteristics o! t"at genre and agrap"ic organi*er to assist in
t"eir planning.
B2 Stdents %ill s"are t"is researc" %it" t"e class in a "and-ot
%"ic" t"e' %ill develop in t"eir smallgenre %riting grop and
present to class.2 Stdents %ill complete a grap"ic organi*er !or
t"eir genre and receive !eed&ac7 !rom t"e teac"er and%riting
grop. Stdents %ill &egin dra!ting.82 Stdents %ill create a
grading r&ric in t"eir genre grop %it" t"e 7e' elements t"at
s"old &e incldedin t"eir s"ort stor' &ased on genre.O2
Stdents %ill %rite a s"ort stor' 03-/ pages2 in t"eir speci!ic
genre tili*ing t"e c"aracteristics o! t"eirgenre.1D2 Stdents and
teac"er %ill %or7s"op 1st dra!ts$ revise and edit to complete !inal
dra!ts$ cele&rate.
Techn$"$gy ntegrati$n%Stdents %ill se a variet' o! online
resorces 0see learning activities2 to learn a&ot t"eir
selectedgenre. Stdents %ill access a variet' o! %riting spport
materials 0grap"ic organi*ers$ mentor texts andgeneral in!ormation
o! t"eir genres2 to researc"$ ma7e connections to t"eir %riting$
and !inall' create t"eiro%n s"ort stor' implementing t"e
c"aracteristics and tools o! t"eir genre.
da.tati$n 9 #:teni$n%Stdents %ill &e given c"oice in
selecting t"eir genre and %ill &e placed %it" a genre grop t"at
%ill &estspport t"eir needs. Stdents %ill se a grap"ic
organi*er to assist in planning t"eir %riting. Stdents%ill %or7
%it"in t"eir genre grops in a variet' o! roles to create and
present a genre "and-ot to t"eclass. Small grops discssions and
%riting partners %ill spport stdents nderstanding t"e
content.Stdents %it" IEs %ill receive corresponding modi!ications
to assignments 0ver&all' telling t"e stor'$t'ping or %ord
processing2 as %ell as spport !rom or special edcation resorce
teac"er. In extendingassignments$ t"e a&ilit' to se a range o!
resorces %ill allo% stdents to explore areas o! personalinterest$
%"ic" can &e inclded %it"in t"eir s"ort stories.
;uti(icati$n@ Write What !ead < &ndertanding the Sh$rt
St$ryprovides stdents opportnities tolearn a&ot t"e
c"aracteristics o! s"ort stor'$ explore a genre o! t"eir c"oice$
and %rite a s"ort stor't"rog" t"e %riter9s %or7s"op model. T"rog"ot
t"e mont" long nit$ stdents are as7ed to read a
range o! mentor texts and re!lect on t"e tools o! t"e s"ort
stor' at"or. Stdents %ill explore a genre o!t"eir c"oice$
identi!'ing c"aracteristics o! t"eir sel!-selected genre and sing
t"ose tools to compose t"eiro%n stor'. T"ese activities are gronded
in developmentall' appropriate middle sc"ool instrctionalpractice
meeting t"e needs o! t"e learners t"rog" t"eir individal reading$
researc" and gropcolla&oration. T"e mentor texts "ave &een
selected to represent a range o! s"ort stor' tec"ni#es0setting$
exposition$ voice$ point o! vie% to name a !e%. Stdent c"oice is
ta7en into consideration in!orming t"e genre %riting grops as %ell
as grop d'namics. Stdents %ill &e gided %it" exective!nctioning
spports t"rog" a %riting calendar and %ee7l' grop presentations as
c"ec7points to%ardt"e completion o! t"e !inal s"ort stor'.
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