Short Story Elements
Pre-Assess short stories with a Kahoot
What makes a good story?
Elements of a Story: Plot and Setting
Plot Mountain for “Kitbull”
Discuss what you experienced and why capturing setting is so important?
____________________________________________________________________________________
The following resources are also listed under Writing Resources on the navigation bar
Elements of a story:
Theme
"Snow" by Julia Alvarez
Review plot, setting, characterization
Theme introduction
Plot, setting, character, and theme in
Because of Winn Dixie
__________________________________________________________________
Theme video activity:
Write down steps in folder
How To Annotate handout
“Interlopers” handout
(on paper)
Theme in “The Interlopers”
Elements of a Story: Theme and Inferences
"The Leap" by Louise Erdrich (the text)
Handout to track inferences in the story