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Write a Story 2
In this creative writing instructional activity, students use the picture to generate ideas for a story. Students also incorporate the elements about the plot and setting for their story.
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Storytelling
Eighth graders retell stories to peers and the entire class. In this storytelling lesson, 8th graders research short stories and select a short story to retell. Students rewrite the stories in their own words and tell it aloud.
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Bottom of the Ninth and Down by Four
In this writing prompt worksheet, learners use the prompt 'It was the bottom of the ninth and we were down by four runs,' to write a short story.
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School-Home Links 75
In this writing stories activity, 1st graders make a list of some of the words they know. Students then write a story using two or more of these words.
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Elements of Short Stories Vocabulary
In this literature worksheet, students match the correct word from the first column to the best definition found in the second column. There are twenty words and definitions to match.
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Creating A Different Point Of View
Students explore Indian marriage customs and culture.They connect and compare their own experiences with the experiences of characters from the short story Diamond Dust and rewrite a scene from the story from another point of view.
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Elements of a Short Story
Students read a short story, The Tell-Tale Heart and create a story map identifying the elements of a short story included in the selection. Students complete an Accelerated Reader test on the selection.
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Creating a Short Story
Learners examine how to outline their story, to write a story and then edit their work. They illustrate their story using drawing features like squares, circles, and other shapes or a drawing program if they have it on the computer.
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Illustrating and Writing a Short Story
Middle schoolers use their art materials to go outside and draw a picture of a scene. They can also write down specific notes in a small spiral notebook about the scene they want to remember so they can write their stories. They complete...
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Writing a Short Story - Weather
Students use the information they wrote about on the topic they chose in studying About Weather. They then write a short story using the information choosing a theme, setting, characters, and the plot.
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Standing Woman
Students explore a Japanese science fiction story that deals with the dangers of technology, failed attempts at utopia, mind control, and loss of loved ones through the reading of Yasutaka Tsutaka's "Standing Woman."
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Buddy Stories
Students write and illustrate short stories. They read their original stories to younger Buddy Readers.
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Thumbs Up to a Good Book!
Second graders read a short story and discuss whether they would give it a thumbs up or down and why. students write a group review on that story supporting why they gave it the up or down thumb. They choose and read a short story and...
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STORY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH JAPANESE ART
Eighth graders create a story to explain the art object being studied. The story displays students knowledge of writing conventions, elements of a short story, literary conflict, and the use of descriptive text.
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A Picture's Worth 500-700 Words
Middle schoolers write a narrative or short story of 500-700 words based on an assigned work of art.