CyberEnglish9

Short Story Unit Plans

 

 

Unit	Elements	Stories	Assignments	Themes
1	Plot	The Most Dangerous Game	Worksheet Packet	Power Survival
2	Character & Point of View	Barba Nikos & Thank You Ma’am	Worksheet Packet	Clash of Generations Perspective Taking Power of Love
3	Setting, Atmosphere, Tone	Train Time & Chrysanthemums	Worksheet Packet	Change Decision Making & Goal Setting
4	Irony, Symbol, Theme	The Red Dress & The Scarlet Ibis	Choose one story and complete a short story guide (get handout).    Also, participate in a  CyberDiscussion on your story.	Choices & Decisions Identity Coming of Age
Test	Choose Unit Test A or B; see description below. Evaluation rubric for this essay

 

Other Assignments:

1. Lit terms: you are responsible for knowing all of them by end of year.
2. Unit Test A: Read the short story, The Sniper, and complete the test that goes with it.
3. Unit Test B: Reflect on the stories we’ve read. Then, write and publish (in webfolio) an essay that meets the requirements for one of the prompts below:
1. Choose a main character that you believe is a dynamic character. First, identify what it is he/she learns. Next, show how he/she comes to learn it. Conclude by making some statement about the value of what he/she learns. In other words, is what the character learns and important thing for all people to learn and if so, how and why. Give examples to support this conclusion.
2. Choose one character you’ve read about that you identify with (you know how he or she feels, you understand why he or she behaved in a certain way or made choices he or she made). Show how you are both like and unlike this character. Make references to events in the story and in your own life.