F3 - Short story: plot

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

A short story

part two

Previous lessons

You learned about the main ingredients of a  short story.

You wrote your own short story 

Today

- Introduction

write about the first short story in your booklet

- vocabulary (EV in use)

Now, let's read together! 

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What is 'Exposition'?

1. The beginning of the story
2. When the story is at it's most exciting
3. When the main problem has been solved

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When the story is at it's most exciting and the battle between the protagonist and antagonist is decided

1. Rising action
2. Climax
3. Falling action

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"And they lived happily ever after."

1. Falling action
2. Resolution
3. Exposition

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What is the right order?

1. Denouement, raising action, exposition, climax, falling action
2. exposition, raising action, climax, falling action, denouement
3. Exposition, climax, falling action, raising action, denouement

How well do you understand your short story so far?

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Harry Potter

You have all probably watched Harry Potter. If you haven't, you should! 

😉

On the next slide the plot of the first movie - The Philosopher's stone - has been divided in text fragment.

Drag and drop the plot phase to the correct text fragment. 

INTRODUCTION

RAISING ACTION

CLIMAX

FALLING ACTION 

RAISING ACTION

RESOLUTION

Write your own short story in a maximum of 10 sentences and 60 words using what you've learned.

Well done!

Which theme in Short Stories appealed to you most and why?

Mention 2 differences between book/short story

TENSES RECAP 

+ I brush my teeth every morning

- She doesn´t go to Spain every year

? Do you listen to music very often? 

+ Mrs Damman is talking to her students right now 

- The students are not paying attention 

? Is she wearing the same dress as yesterday? 

What´s the difference between Past Simple & Past Continuous?

Creative Writing 

The aim of this project is to

- learn about the different elements in short stories

- practise recognizing the elements in two short stories 

- show you can use the elements in writing your own short story

Website Creative Writing