Today we began the process of writing the short story. Please see the handout description below.
Homework: Pictures (if you are using Storybird) / typed rough draft due Friday. Final project due the following Friday.
Create a Short Story!
You are going to create a short story to show us that you
know what a good short story takes. Once
you create your story, you need to share it with us in one of three ways:
1)
By creating a Storybird using
www.storybird.com (you turn it in through
that website)
2)
By creating a picture book using Keynote (and
emailing it to me through the app)
3)
By recording it with Garage Band to make an
audiobook (and emailing it to me through the app)
Word Count:
Academic:
Minimum of 300 words (Storybird = 10 pages)
CP: 400 – 500 words (Storybird = 16 pages)
Honors: 500
+ (no maximum, but try and keep it under 700 please!)
The Writing Process:
The way you go about doing this depends on what you want
your final product to be. If you are
making a Storybird, you would be best to start choosing your pictures first,
and then writing the story to go along with them. Then, go the STORY WORKSHEET and make sure you’ve hit everything before revising
your Storybird.
If you are going to make a Keynote book or Garageband
audiobook, then you should start by outlining your story (see the STORY WORKSHEET). That way you will have a basic idea of where
to go. Then, go ahead and type out your
story. After that is finished, you can
add pictures through Keynote, or just read it aloud on Garageband.
Short Story Rubric
Elements you must
demonstrate in your story
(50 points)
Your teacher fills out the
following!
______ / 5 A
consistent and describable narrative tone (intelligent, innocent and naïve,
dark and pessimistic, matter-of-fact) and point of view for your narrator
(1st pers., 2nd person, 3rd
pers. omniscient, 3rd pers. Limited, 3rd pers. Objective)
______ / 5 A
Protagonist (or two protagonists, maximum) that is ROUND and DYNAMIC
______ / 15
Each of the parts of the plot diagram is obviously addressed, including
inciting incident and climax, there is a sense of a complete/whole story, and
you clearly chose ONE of the 36 PLOT LINES
______ / 5 An
object, color, name, or season that has obvious symbolic meaning and fits into
your story
______ / 5 Some
obvious foreshadowing early in your story to the resolution of your primary conflict.
______ / 5 At
least ONE type of irony obviously used (verbal, dramatic, or situational)
______ / 5
A repeating phrase, image, object, sound, or idea as a clear motif
______ / 5 It
is professionally edited for spelling and punctuation
