<p> Short Story Planning</p><p>Date: ______</p><p>Name:______</p><p>Create a story adding the elements learned in the speculative writing genre. Each page will be taken as a classwork grade. The completed packet will be taken as a major assessment. Use the following checklist as a reminder of what you can use in your story. (Use Your Notes!)</p><p>Checklist: (Extra Elements Will Improve Your Grade) ___ 5 new vocabulary words Choose a Motif from the Following List: ___Metaphor ___Simile 1. Anti-Bullying ___Personification 2. Overcoming Adversity ___Alliteration 3. Reaching a Goal or Achievement ___Hyperbole through Hard Work ___Climax 4. Trust: Gaining or Losing ___Resolution 5. Overcoming Anger ___Dynamic Character 6. Learning Respect ___Protagonist 7. ___Antagonist 8. ___Mood 9. ___Vivid Imagery 10. ___Theme ___Dialogue ___Onomatopoeia</p><p>Theme: What is a theme in your story? You may have more than one, and this may be filled out at the end of the planning. Name: Character Planning (Protagonist)</p><p>Character Feelings Character Physical Description</p><p>Character Behavior Character Personality Traits</p><p>Character Secrets, Quirks, Unique Characteristics: (How do they change?) Name: Character Planning (Antagonist or Supporting Character)</p><p>Character Feelings Character Physical Description</p><p>Character Behavior Character Personality Traits</p><p>Character Secrets, Quirks, Unique Characteristics: Planning for Conflict</p><p>What type of conflict(s) will your story involve? External Internal c vs. nature c vs. society c vs. character c vs. self Considering Theme/Motif: How will your theme/motif’s be represented in your conflicts?</p><p>Briefly explain the major conflict of your story.</p><p>What three complications will occur in your story to delay the characters from overcoming the conflict or achieving their goal?</p><p>1.</p><p>2.</p><p>3.</p><p>What is the climax of your story? Resolution</p><p>Resolution – the portion of the story in which the conflict is resolved.</p><p>Example: Good (or evil) triumphs, the characters live happily ever after (or not). In the resolution, the reader is also shown how the characters feel now that the conflict is settled.</p><p>Review the conflict and complications that you’ve previously planned for your story. What are three possible resolutions for your story? (Write down both happy and not-so-happy possibilities).</p><p>1.</p><p>2.</p><p>3.</p><p>Evaluate the resolutions above. Which one (number 1, 2 or 3) do you think makes the most sense for your story? Briefly explain your reasoning. *You may find that you want to change part of your conflict, a complication, etc. in order to get a certain resolution. That’s okay! Changes are a welcomed part of the writing process! Story Board Setting Graphic Organizer See Hear</p><p>Where:</p><p>Touch When: Smell/Taste </p>