a. Yangtze b. Nilec. Amazond. Mississippi

RIVER

Nile

Amazon

Yangtze

Mississippi

WHERE

Africa

South America

Asia

North America

LENGTH

6,695 km

6,516 km

6,389 km

3,709 km

Warm Up Review of last lesson Short story knowledge check Breaking down a theme intoa short story outline

End of this lesson: Understand how to make a short

story from a theme

Today we will be competing group to group Every group activity, you will receive points

towards a prize: 1st group – 5 points 2nd group – 4 points 3rd group – 3 points 4th group – 2 points 5th group – 1 point

For answers to some questions your group can also earn a point

Group with the most points at the end of the listen wins!

PREFIX

Re- Inter- Hydro- Poly- Bi- Mis- Post- Tri- Trans- Pre-

ROOT WORD

After Two Many Across Between Before Water Wrong Three Again

Prefix Connecting…. Meaning

Re- After

Inter- Two

Hyrdo- Many

Poly- Across

Bi- Between

Mis- Before

Post- Water

Tri- Wrong

Trans- Three

Pre- Again

Pre-

Hydro-

Trans-

Poly-

Mis-

After

Between

Two

Many

Again

What did we learn last lesson?

What is a theme?How do we break down an article?

What elements do we look for?

What is the purpose of a short story? What is the layout of a short story? What tense can be used to write a

story? What are the different points of view? What is the difference between a

protagonist and an antagonist? What is the element of writing you will

have to build your story on? (Hint* what have we been looking at?)

Text Structures

Purpose To communicate ideas and to entertain

Structure • Orientation • Complication • Climax • Close or ‘denouement’

POV • 1st person – “I felt it crush pin me to the wall”

• 3rd person – “He was forced against the wall behind him”

Language Features

Unity of purpose

• Every word should contribute to the develop of purpose – no waffling – ‘active voice’

Dialogue

Example 1:

Example 2:

• Use dialogue to advance action and the character

I heard a shout from behind me and slowly moved to my head to see who might have been the source.

“Danny what the hell are you doing?” It was Rick’s voice. He knew this was wrong.

I move to face him.

Figurative Language

• Vivid description • Consider all your poetic devices and use

them well!

Suffering in the Third

World

Complete the

storyline

1. Select a theme

2. Brainstorm a story

3. Fill in the story outline

4. Justify how it links to the theme

SpeakerThe person who will

present your information

ScribeThe person who will write

your answer on the board

We will be looking for: Creativity Ties to the theme

What are the possible purposes of news sources?

What is a theme? Do all news sources follow a code of ethics? What do you look for in a news piece to

draw out a theme? What are the different news sources? Which do you think you will most enjoy

writing – a short story, a script or a journal?