Aim: What are the elements of the short story?

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Students will be able to:

Identify the elements of the short story

Establish working definitions of the elements of a short story

Discuss a well known fairytale

Apply elements of short story to the fairytale

Do Now

What is a short story? Explain.
What are the characteristics that define a short story?
How can we use what we have come up with to create a definition for the short story?

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“The Three Little Pigs”

Listen (and read along) to this short story and write down anything you notice the story having.

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“The Three Little Pigs”

What did you write down?

title

introduction

characters

setting

point of view

plot

rising action

conflict

climax

falling Action

conclusion

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Create a New Story by Changing the Elements of the “Three Little Pigs”

Divide into groups of 4
Each person within the group will be given a different element of the story to change

Character
Setting
Plot
Point-of-View

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Name: _______________________

Date: _______________________
Subject: _______________________
Identify the various sections of plot development in __________________________.
Name of Story
Exposition
(Opening Action) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rising action
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Climax
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Falling Action
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Denouement
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Each element of the story is very important to the whole story. As you can see, changing any one part of these elements can give you an entirely new story. This shows us how important each part is.

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