Planning a Setting - Scholastic
W H F RITING UMOROUS ICTION
Name ___________________________________________________ Date ____________
Planning a Setting
The setting is where and when the story takes place. For example, the setting of "Elephant Crackers" is a house in today's suburbs. The setting of "The Glorious Whitewasher" is a front yard in the American Midwest a hundred years ago.
Plan a setting for your story characters to move around in and react to. Jot down as many details as you can. 1. Where does the story take place? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. When does it take place? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. List any objects, animals, or other things in your setting that will be important in your story. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. To help you visualize your setting, include the details that will be important as the story moves along below. Then draw a map of it on a separate sheet of paper. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
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Teaching Genre: Humorous Fiction / Scholastic Professional Books
W H F RITING UMOROUS ICTION
Name ___________________________________________________ Date ____________
Writing a Draft
Write a rough draft of your humorous story. As you write, keep these questions in mind: 1. Does my story tell about an ordinary problem being solved in an unexpected, funny way? 2. Have I concentrated on a special kind of humor, such as poking fun, exaggerating,
or dramatic irony? 3. Do my main story characters have very definite personalities? 4. Does my dialogue sound natural? 5. Is the setting clear? Are there enough details to make it come alive for my readers? When your draft is finished, write a title for your story. 6. Check your draft. Is it clear enough for a writing partner to read it easily? 7. Write some questions and concerns about your story that you would like your
writing partner to help you with. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
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Teaching Genre: Humorous Fiction / Scholastic Professional Books
W H F RITING UMOROUS ICTION
Name ___________________________________________________ Date ____________
A Writing Conference
Exchange stories with a partner. Read your partner's story carefully. Use the questions on page 42 to evaluate your partner's work. Also read what your partner has written about special questions and concerns. 1. What parts of your partner's story are funniest?
__________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Are there any parts of the story that you don't understand? If so, write your questions here. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What are your answers to your partner's specific questions? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. One way to evaluate a humorous story is to decide if it reminds you of something that's happened in real life. What real-life events are you reminded of as you read your partner's story? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
X Get together and discuss each other's humorous stories. Remember to make specific suggestions, not vague ones. Vague: Fix the part about the alarm clocks. Specific: Maybe it would be funnier if you had all the alarm clocks going off at slightly different times.
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Teaching Genre: Humorous Fiction / Scholastic Professional Books
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