Short Story Unit Learning Targets - Allen County Schools
Short Story Unit Learning Targets
Purpose – in this unit we will explore how writers craft suspenseful and interesting short stories. We will learn the characteristics of short stories and how writers manipulate skills in order to write awesome stories.
Essential Question – How do writers craft effective short stories?
**Student learning targets: (Check when you have mastered them)**
When reading I can ……
1. Identify the characteristics of a short story. _______
2. Explain the relationship between the events in a story and a character’s behavior. _____
3. Identify the main idea of a short story. _____
4. Describe HOW a conflict in a passage is resolved (character motivation). _____
5. Identify irony, paradox, symbolism, analogies, imagery, foreshadowing, and figurative language in text. _____
6. Use literary elements (setting, atmosphere, characterization, plot, theme, and point of view). _____
7. Interpret meaning of dialect and voice. _____
8. Engage thinking strategies as you read. _____
When making writer’s craft decisions about my own short story, I can…..
1. Create an effective short story based on the short story elements I’ve learned. _____
2. Entertain my reader. _____
3. Write so that my voice is identifiable in my short story. _____
4. Create effective sentences and use sentence variety. _____
5. Use better word choice to give my writing vivid language. _____
6. Identify literary devices (figurative language) and use them in my own writing. _____
Essential Vocabulary
Setting Character Characterization
Character traits Flat Round
Dynamic Static Main
Minor Comedy Irony
Suspense Paradox
Literary devices Foreshadow Flashback
Imagery Problem/Conflict Internal
External Man vs Man Man vs Self
Man vs Nature Man vs Society Incidents
Ordering of Events Impressions Dialogue
Point of View First person Limited Third
Omniscient Third Narrator Cause/Effect
Plot Exposition Rising Action
Climax Falling Action Resolution/Solution
Conclusion Theme Symbolism
Predict Conclude Infer
Connotation Denotation
Unit Assessments
Pretest ……………………………………. __________
Pause Quiz #1…………………………. __________
Pause Quiz #2…………………………. __________
Open Response …………………..…… __________
Post Test …………………………..…….. __________
Short Story …………………….……….. __________
Reflection of Learning _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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