Short+Stories

INTRODUCTION LESSON: Read aloud short story about Data Mining and complete each of the story element centers as a group.

GROUP MODEL

=**Centers:**=

You are going to become a data miner! You will compile data on one of the characters in your short story.

 * === You need to select one short story and decide which character you would like to investigate. ===
 * === Complete each center and compile the information as you go. ===

PLOT/CONFLICT (Story Element)

THEME

CHARACTERS (Story Element)

POINT OF VIEW (Story Element)

[|Short Story Unit]

[|6 Word Essays]

[|55 Words]

Create your own six-word essay: -Find 6 pictures and create a six-word essay for each picture. -Create a presentation for your pictures and six-word essays using prezi, glogster, sliderocket or another presentation tool of your choice (NOT POWER POINT) ***REMEMBER*** This is a story: Think about the elements of a short story you already learned. All six pictures AND six-word essays need to form a story.

You will be presenting these to the class!

TELLING YOUR OWN SHORT STORY