Short Story due Tuesday 18/3 - on Google Docs
Y9 English Personal Recollections
PR #1 Short Story
Planning Sheet
Y9 English Personal Recollections
PR #1 Short Story
1. The incident/ memory
Outline what happened in 3-4 sentencesWhen?
Where?
What? Why?
How? Who?
2. Why are you sharing it?
1-2 Sentences
To entertain? To share a significant event? To create an emotional response? To tell about yourself?
3. Elements of interest:
Why is this story interesting? List points of interest.
Why would people be interested in this event? How can you make this most interesting to readers who don’t know you?
4. Multisensory description
What does this mean? How will you include this? List ideas.
Touch? Taste? Smell? Sight? Sound?
PR #1 Short Story
1. The incident/ memory
Outline what happened in 3-4 sentencesWhen?
Where?
What? Why?
How? Who?
2. Why are you sharing it?
1-2 Sentences
To entertain? To share a significant event? To create an emotional response? To tell about yourself?
3. Elements of interest:
Why is this story interesting? List points of interest.
Why would people be interested in this event? How can you make this most interesting to readers who don’t know you?
4. Multisensory description
What does this mean? How will you include this? List ideas.
Touch? Taste? Smell? Sight? Sound?
Q: How can we make our writing more interesting??
Add;
eg: The zombie came at me - BORING!!
The glass eyed monster staggered towards me - BETTER
The glass eyed monster staggered towards me with his arms reaching for me. How could this be? It was the worst zombie cliche but real, how could this be? My mind was trying to process this living nightmare and failing miserably, I was cemented to the ground while all the time he was getting closer. Move, move, move! - BEST!!
Add;
- depth - don't skim over bits - go deeper
- description - describe what is happening in detail - you have to create the world for the reader.
- detail - more more more!
eg: The zombie came at me - BORING!!
The glass eyed monster staggered towards me - BETTER
The glass eyed monster staggered towards me with his arms reaching for me. How could this be? It was the worst zombie cliche but real, how could this be? My mind was trying to process this living nightmare and failing miserably, I was cemented to the ground while all the time he was getting closer. Move, move, move! - BEST!!
What do we do when we are reading?
Making assumptions, predictions, looking ahead = FORESHADOWING
Making assumptions, predictions, looking ahead = FORESHADOWING
- Find and copy the definition of foreshadowing
- PREDICT: What do you think will happen in your book?
- How can you use foreshadowing in your short story?
- You know how it will end, so how can you give hints and clues to the reader?
PR #1 Short Story
Using your planning sheet, start writing your short story!
Remember;
Remember;
- Full sentences
- capitals
- describing words
- paragraphs
- Check your work - edit as you go!
- Spelling - choose your words from the spellcheck carefully!
- 3/4 - 1 page, size 12 font, headings etc
- My Proof-reading ChecklistWeek 4
Copy the text below and add in your own table with proofing errors you make as a checklist reminder.
Read your work, thoroughly!
Check for;- Spelling - does it sound/ look right?
- Sense - does it make sense when I read it out loud?
- Grammar - have I picked the right word, does my sentence flow?
- Punctuation - have I included this?
- Structure - does it have a title?
- Spelling - does it sound/ look right?
- (Personal Recollections #1 Short Story Name Class)
- Paragraphs
- Size 12 font