Grade 9 Short Story

GRADE 9 SHORT STORY

NAME: DATE: PERIOD: 1 2 3 4

REQUIREMENTS:

FIVE PAGES MINIMUM – typed, DS, page number, FCAs STRONG SETTING FIVE different literary devices UNDERLINED AND LABELED TWO twists in the story Strong character developoment – background, some dialogue No swear words or gratiuitous violence or killing Mechanics

CLIMAX

RISING ACTION FALLING ACTION/DENOUMENT

EXPOSITION RESOLUTION

CHARACTERS

SETTING

1 SHORT STORY PRE-WRITE GRADE 9

EXPOSITION:

SETTING

TIME – (Year, month, day, age – Medevil times, etc.)

PLACE – (Country, city, urban or suburban, type of building, etc.)

MOOD – (Happy, sad, scary, worried, etc.)

CHARACTERS CHARACTER AGE/APPEARANCE BACKGROUND CONFLICTS 1)

2 CONFLICT TYPE

CIRCLE THE CORRECT ONE(S)

Man vs. man ROCKY,

Man vs. nature TWISTER, THE PERFECT STORM

Man vs. himself A BEAUTIFUL MIND,

Man vs. supernatural GHOSTBUSTERS, MEN IN BLACK, etc.

Man vs. society LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, SCHINDLER’S LIST

Man vs. machine CHRISTINE (car), THE MATRIX, TERMINATOR

YOUR CONFLICT IN THREE SENTENCES:

TWISTS

TWIST 1 –

HOW YOU SET US UP TO THINK OTHERWISE:

TWIST 2 –

HOW YOU SET US UP TO THINK OTHERWISE:

3 DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHARACTERS

CHARACTERS:

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FAVORITE LINES/CHARACTER

LINES:

CHARACTER:

4 SHORT STORY RUBRIC

EDITOR GETS ______/ 25 POINTS

WRITER: ______

EDITOR: ______

FORMAT CHECKLIST

______No. 2 centered at top ______FCAs single spaced on left ______Name, date, period single spaced on right ______Double space to title, then center title ______Indent, double space paragraphs ______Page numbers are centered at the bottom ______Writer uses 12-point Times New Roman font ______Literary devices are underlined and labeled – 5 different ones ______Two twists are underlined and labeled

BEGINNING/EXPOSITION

______Writer establishes setting location/place WRITE IT HERE:

______Writer establishes setting time WRITE IT HERE:

______Writer establishes setting mood WRITE IT HERE:

CONFLICT (check appropriate boxes and write the example from the story after each type.)

______Man vs. man ______Man vs. himself ______Man vs. nature ______Man vs. machine ______Man vs. supernatural ______Man vs. society/world ______Man vs. animal/beast

5 ENDING

It is a surprise because …

You were set up to believe otherwise because the author …