Students read three short stories about women; discuss the development of female characters, gender differences, and society' s expectations; and write scripts in which the characters discuss their similarities and differences.
Students identify, explore and apply the elements of circle plot structures to their own stories by using graphic organizers, reading and writing stories, and using checklists to assess their work.
After reading a short story, students use freewriting as a catalyst for a literary analysis essay.
Students read Raymond Carver's story "A Small, Good Thing," focusing on characterization in order to develop one of the static characters: the hit-and-run driver who causes ScottyŐs death: more fully.
Students keep a doodle journal while reading short stories by a common author. In small groups, students then combine their doodles into a graphic representation of the text.
Explore reading strategies using Edgar Allan Poe's ĺĽThe Raven_ŕ and other works. Students read Poe's works in both large- and small-group readings then conclude with a variety of projects.
The following resource contains the assets (or resources) to accompany the Sask DLC Creative Writing 20 course. Please note that this is not the content of the course, but the assets used to support and deliver it. The files are organized in a zip folder and a collection.
This activity, inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper and the stories of Raymond Carver, challenges students to get inside contemporary life and characters through the creation of monologues.
This workbook contains checklists, text organizers, writing frames and more for: short stories and informational texts. These work with any text.
In this activity, students read short stories and create presentations in multiple media to share in a Short Story Fair. At the fair, students explore and respond to the displays.