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Storytelling Online: Mythology Across Time and Borders
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Online Writing
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BACKGROUND TEACHING MATERIALS
Characterization - A sheet giving brief descriptions of all of the literary devices that contribute towards character development. Use this with your students before they begin drafting their story to ensure that they develop lifelike characters or, use it after the first draft as an aid towards revising the writing.
Point of View - A sheet giving brief descriptions of the four points of view commonly used in short story writing. Use this with your students before they begin drafting their story to help them determine from what point of view they want to tell their story.Quote, Writing Process GIF - This sheet has a wonderful graphical representation of the thinking process and the writing process. It also contains directions for a brief activity around the graphic. There is a quotation from Ernest Boyer about writing and thinking. There are also directions for setting up a large group discussion stemming from the quote and ranging out to thinking about the various artforms and the various responsibilities that artists and writers have for the influences that their works have on consumers.
Setting - Everything happens somewhere and during a specific time. This sheet describes the components of a setting and how they can influence the development of a story. Go over this with your students before they begin to make sure that they include all of the necessary facets of a setting in their story.
Short Story Guide - This is really a valuable worksheet for either teaching students how to write short stories or how to analyze them. Go over the worksheet with the students prior to beginning to draft to give them an awareness of the components that a successful story should contain. Or, after reading a story, ask them to follow this outline to write a complete analysis of a short story. If a student knows how to identify all of the things contained on this sheet in a story, he or she will be able to write successful analyses of short stories or novels.
Theme - This is the most difficult component to help students to understand. Frequently, they confuse the theme with a subject or topic, or with a moral of a story. Use this sheet and the questions on it to stimulate a discussion in your class about theme, while directing the conversation to particular stories that the class has read together and their themes.
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