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Course Summary
Course Summary
This course is designed to introduce English 9 students to the essential elements of short stories and thinking about what makes a great story. Students will write an original short story and publish it to a wider audience by applying their work to a national writing publication contest.
Course Learning Objectives
Course Learning Objectives
Demonstrate an application of literary elements to an original short story.
Produce an original short story containing the elements of story.
Use academic discourse to assess peer work and provide feedback.
Knowledge to navigate technology in education.
Publish a Short Story to a writing publication or contest.
Instructor
Instructor
Hi! My name is Mrs. Smith and I am an English 9 teacher at Escondido High School. I love sharing my passion for reading and writing by helping students find their voice and their story. I truly believe that everyone has a story to tell. In this course I will help you tap into your creativity to bring out your unique story to share with the world.
Standards Covered
Standards Covered
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
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