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For UP TO 15 points, you can write a short story (fiction)!
Here's what you need to accomplish:
Length: 3-5 pages (or more, if you want!) double-spaced in size 12 Arial font. At the top of the first page, include your first and last name, the date, and the title of your story.
Must be word-processed, with indented paragraphs, correct spelling, and punctuation.
Dialogue is correctly formatted (see Google doc below).
Plot has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
All writing is SCHOOL APPROPRIATE. (If swears are used in dialogue, use the first letter and then asterisks, like s***).
Character Development is used.
When you've written a rough draft, GET HELP editing it for correctness (other classmates, Ms. O, Angie).
Make the corrections and either print it out, staple the pages, and give to Ms. O, or share the whole document as a Google doc with kolson@onamia.k12.mn.us.
Have fun!
I've provided some links to help you with making this a great story!
plot pdf.pdfbasic plot structure.pdfplot_chart_2.pdfPlot!
Plot!
A short story's plot structure has FIVE main parts:
Exposition: Learn the main character(s), some minor characters, and the setting (time and place of the story, like "1800s Texas")
Rising Action: The bulk of the entire story! This is the longest! We learn the main overall conflict the protagonist is facing, plus all the little complications along the way.
Conflict types: person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. themself, person vs. God/fate., person vs. the Supernatural. Internal conflict is within the character; external are those between the character and another force/person/entity/event.
Climax: The turning point, where everything changes, the most intense point. This comes toward the END of a short story...there's not a whole lot after this. The conflict reaches its end: happily, unhappily, or mixed results.
Falling Action: Very short in short stories. Just what's a direct result of whatever happened in the climax, right afterward. Keep it short.
Resolution: The ending...where things settle into. Think of it as the beginning for a sequel. Things are calm. Conflict is resolved (for good or bad). Also very short in a short story.
Plot Mountain Song video (it might help you remember!!)
Plot Mountain! _ The Plot Diagram Song _ Scratch Garden (1).mp4Writing Dialogue (8).pdf
Good Sentences!
Good Sentences!
This is a great graphic that shows different ways of making very interesting, non-boring, artsy and literate sentences, especially if you're writing creatively! Check it out and start incorporating some of these into your writing!
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