Short Story-----Assigned Writing
Your assignment is to write a short story (fiction). You have already taken notes on what makes up a short story (journal) and
read Walter Dean Myers’ short story The Treasure of Lemon Brown. Now it is your turn to write one.
Write a story being sure to include all of the elements of a believable, relatable plot (characters, setting, conflict, theme) .
Writers use ideas from real life to gather character information, themes, settings, conflict, etc. Look at the topic banks in your
journal to get some ideas (Topic Banks: My Collage, My Bookshelf of Ideas, Heart Mapping, List of Threes, Experience Chart).
Be sure that your story has the following:
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Point of View (from one of the characters or third person- whichever tells the story most effectively)
Setting (place, time, specific descriptions, sensory details)
Conflict (internal or external)
Theme (there should be a central message to your story to give the reader a purpose)
Characters (believable characters who serve the theme of the story)
Literary Devices (figurative language, flashback, foreshadowing, unique style and tone)
Your length requirement is two lined pages front and back, skipping lines for the draft. You will have two class periods for
Prewriting and Drafting, three class periods for revising, which we will do together, and one class period for Final Copy. If you
need extra time, you must complete it as homework.
Short Story-----Assigned Writing
Your assignment is to write a short story (fiction). You have already taken notes on what makes up a short story (journal) and
read Walter Dean Myers’ short story The Treasure of Lemon Brown. Now it is your turn to write one.
Write a story being sure to include all of the elements of a believable, relatable plot (characters, setting, conflict, theme) .
Writers use ideas from real life to gather character information, themes, settings, conflict, etc. Look at the topic banks in your
journal to get some ideas (Topic Banks: My Collage, My Bookshelf of Ideas, Heart Mapping, List of Threes, Experience Chart).
Be sure that your story has the following:






Point of View (from one of the characters or third person- whichever tells the story most effectively)
Setting (place, time, specific descriptions, sensory details)
Conflict (internal or external)
Theme (there should be a central message to your story to give the reader a purpose)
Characters (believable characters who serve the theme of the story)
Literary Devices (figurative language, flashback, foreshadowing, unique style and tone)
Your length requirement is two lined pages front and back, skipping lines for the draft. You will have two class periods for
Prewriting and Drafting, three class periods for revising, which we will do together, and one class period for Final Copy. If you
need extra time, you must complete it as homework.