I Am a Writer Week 9 - Story Wheel SST: structure of a narrative, elements of a narrative, characteristics of a short story, orientation, complication, series of events, climax, resolution, coda, style, theme, point of view, plot, setting, characteristics, unity, limited setting, reduced time frame, small number of characters Learning intention: To Know: The structure of a narrative, elements of a narrative and characteristics of a short story. To understand: How the structure and elements of a narrative and the characteristics of a short story work together to create an effective narrative. Construct a title page in your workbook for this unit “I Am a Writer” Please complete a before and after web about short stories. You need to collect one of these from your teacher and paste into your workbook. Look up the definitions for this week’s SST and write your own definition for each in your workbook. Go back to the weebly site and open the Story Wheel document. Copy this into your workbook. We will discuss the Story Wheel next lesson where you will be making notes in your workbook. “The Letter” Read “The Letter’ by Sally Morgan. Annotate this narrative by identifying the:  elements of the narrative  structure  characteristics of a short story  language techniques Mirror Task Due Week 2 - 29th April Compose an orientation paragraph for the stimulus below. Remember to ‘hook in’ your reader as well as using the five senses. Mirror Task Due Week 4 – 13th May Compose a short story consisting of 800 words using a stimulus provided. Informal Task Due Week 5 – 20th May “Short stories use many different techniques to engage an audience.” How does one of the stories studied in the unit prove this statement? Construct a PEETEEEL analysis table where you identify at least three techniques from your chosen story. Complete this on the analysis table handout. Formal Task Due Week 4 – 13th May and Week 6 – 26th May Wednesday 13th May – come to class prepared to write the first draft for your short story. Tuesday 26th May – under exam conditions you will write an evaluation of the short story you have composed. You will also submit your first draft and final copy of your short story. Success criteria: I have created a title page for this unit. I have completed a before and after web to demonstrate my current knowledge of short stories. I understand the subject specific terminology and have written definitions for each in my own words. I have copied the story wheel into my workbook and have made notes from class discussions. I have read “The Letter” and made necessary annotations. I have noted in my student planner when my tasks are due in Week 2, Week 4 and Week 5.