Writing skills - short story II

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Welcome!

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Road map
  • Watching and listening
  • Short story - writing


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W&L
  • watch the clip 
  • take notes  

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Amelia Earhart
1. Name two 'firsts' that Earhart achieved.
2. What was the ultimate goal of Earhart's final flight?
3. Where and when did Earhart's plane disappear?
4. Why did she become 'a legend'?
5. What is meant with 'a false dawn' ?

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Short story
'a relatively short work of prose fiction, approx. 500 to 10,000 words, that, according to Edgar Allan Poe, can be read in a single sitting of two hours or less'.

The short story works to create a single effect.

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Short story
1. Introduction
2. Rising action
3. Climax
4. Falling action
5. Resolution 

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Do
  • Create a framework for your own short story.  Use the five-act structure.     Use between 150 and 200 words.
  • Finish the short story 'The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim'
       The introduction, rising action and climax are given. Use a        
       minimum of 250 words. 

Ready?
  • read your English book
  • work on your literature assignments                                                      no talking!

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Friday
Watching and listening


pubquiz

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