Use a graphic organizer of your choice to take notes. Read the story, look up the words you do not understand. See our Google Classroom for more details.ĭO NOT USE: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. This will allow the students to find your quote quickly using CTRL-F (the find tool)Įach section (plot, setting, character, POV, theme, symbolism, style and tone) should be under 5 minutes. Please provide the class the first three words of your quote, and the last three words. You need textual proof to support your ideas. Prepare to present your findings to the class. If you need a refresher on Literary Terms, review the document. Note which words were new to all of you.Īs a group, answer the questions provided in the Analysis Questions document. Use the word map graphic organizer for words you do not recognize or are unsure about.Īs a group, share the words together. Individually look up all the words you cannot define as they present themselves.

Individually reread the story you have been assigned. See our Google Classroom for more details. Your group will be assigned a story from the The List of Short Stories for the Activity. I would probably move to a web or a concept map afterwards.

For short stories, I recommend the Reading and Viewing Guide in the Teacher Tools document as a start. Talk about which graphic organizer you want to use as you read. It will also help you prepare for the Short Stories Assignment.įorm even groups so that we have 6 total. The short story activity will allow you to review what you have learned in this course, and in previous years.

The Singing Silence by Eva-Lis Wuorio