Short Stories
-Read your story and answer the Critical Thinking Questions at the end
(including the Big Question.) These can be done as a group on one sheet of
paper. This will count for 25% of your total grade.
-Complete the writing assignment for your story (see the back of this
paper.) This has to be done individually; not as a group! It will count for
25% percent of your total grade.
-Create a presentation of your story. This will count for 50% of your grade.
Read the following directions VERY CAREFULLY!
-Your presentation will be a summary of your story. You are going to
present it to the class so that we will be able to understand what your
story is about. Be sure to include title, author, plot, characters, genre,
setting, a few vocabulary words, ending, and anything else you feel is
important! *Bonus points for correctly identifying any literary
elements in the story and telling us about them (alliteration, simile,
metaphor, hyperbole, imagery, etc.)
-This presentation has to be interactive! Do NOT make a boring
PowerPoint with boring slides that tell a boring story......
You can make a PowerPoint if you want to, but it needs to be fun!
Show a video, play a game, ask questions, etc. You can make a script
and act out part of the story. Or create a TV talk show and interview
the characters. Whatever you want to do as long as it is creative!
-You will receive an individual grade for this, so make sure you are
participating in the group!
Raymond’s Run
Imagine you are a newspaper writer covering the May Day events at
the park. Write a brief newspaper article that will appear in the next day’s
paper. Be sure to tell where and when events took place, who
participated, and what happened.
The Medicine Bag
What does the medicine bag symbolize to the Sioux culture? To Martin? To
Grandpa?
The White Umbrella
The theme of this story is “always listen to your parents.” Do you agree or
disagree that this is theme? Why?
Who Can Replace a Man?
In this story, the machines are trying to deal with the fact that their
human operators have disappeared. What do the machines’ actions tell the
reader about the relationship between the machines and humans?