Short StoryDrafting

9th Grade MYPThursday, September 10, 2015

Greek Roots Quiz

•You will have a quiz over Greek roots 1-8. You may have 2 minutes to study.

•After the 2 minutes, please put your notebook under your desk.

•You will have approximately 4 minutes to complete the quiz. When you are finished, please turn it face-down.

•We will NOT score it together this week.▫You will focus on drafting instead.

Objective, Agenda, & Homework:

Objective: I will begin drafting/writing my Short Story Formative Assessment while incorporating a variety of narrative elements/craft tools in my narrative.

Agenda: Greek Roots 1-8 Quiz Greek Roots 9-12 Notes Focus Lesson: Telling vs. Showing Drafting Your Short Story

Homework: Work on your short story at home. Study Greek roots 1-12 for quiz next week

Greek Root #9: syn, sym

Root:syn, sym

Meaning:together, with

Visual: Word List: •Symphony•Symmetry•Synonym•Synchronize •Symbol•Sympathy•Synthesize•Synopsis•Syndrome

Greek Root #10: philRoot:phil

Meaning:love

Visual: Word List: •Philanthropist•Philosophy•Philanderer •Philharmonic•Philology

Greek Root #11: mis, misoRoot: mis, miso

Meaning: hate, bad

Visual: Word List: • Misanthrope• Misogamy• Misogyny• Misology• Misoneism• Misadventure• Misunderstanding

Greek Root #12: phonRoot: phon

Meaning: sound

Visual: Word List: • Phonics • Phonetic• Microphone• Megaphone • Phonograph

Yesterday: Paragraphing & Dialogue

• Dialogue: a conversation between 2 or more characters.▫Begin a new paragraph each

time the speaker changes.▫Put quotation marks around

what was directly said.▫Use taglines to tell who is

speaking, but do not use quotation marks around them. He asked, “….” “….,” she said.

Focus Lesson: Telling vs. Showing

•You can use figurative language too!▫ Simile: comparison using

“like” or “as”▫ Metaphor: comparison

where one thing is the other

▫ Personification: human-like qualities for an object/animal

▫ Hyperbole: over-exaggeration

▫ Onomatopoeia: sound noises

By the END of class you should have…

Complete Plot Diagram in Notes if necessary

Draft your Short Story on loose leaf paperPeer Review Tomorrow!

What should be included in your final Narrative Q1 Summative Assessment?

(5) Content: “The What” (2) Craft: “The How”

• Point of View: 1st or 3rd Person

• Theme: Lesson Learned• Setting

▫ Time▫ Place▫ Mood▫ Environment

• Plot Development• Conflict: External/Internal• Methods of Characterization

▫ Author describes physical traits and characteristics

▫ Words/Actions of character ▫ Reactions of other characters to

the individual ▫ Thoughts and feelings of the

character 

• Symbolism• Imagery• Foreshadowing• Dialogue• Irony• Diction/Word Choice• Figurative Language

▫ Simile▫ Metaphor▫ Personification▫ Allusion

• Sentence Structure• Structure/Form• Sound and Rhythm