Short Story Study

Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to:

1. Explore thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences
2. Comprehend literature and other texts in oral, print, visual, and multimedia forms, and respond personally, critically, and creatively.
3. Manage ideas and information
   • determine inquiry or research requirements
   • follow a plan of inquiry
4. Create oral, print, visual, and multimedia texts, and enhance the clarity and artistry of communication
5. Respect, support, and collaborate with others

Specific Outcomes:

1. Students will produce a body of evidence in response to 6 stories.
2. Students will internalize focus questions.
3. Students will infuse ICT outcomes.
4. Students will write a 5 Paragraph Argumentative Essay Exam in response to a teacher selected focus question.
5. Students will improve their “TIC” (Technique, Insight, Communication)
6. Student writing skills will emphasize an increase in personal voice and a decrease in X=X errors

Learning Activities and Strategies:

• Group A: BC, AP, JB, BG
• Group B: JC, CA, MM, CM
• Group C: AN, JPo, MP, SdJ
• Group D: NC, KW, CS, JM
• Group E: DL, BR, OH, KY
• Group F: JP, APr, TS, SG

Students will plan a reading/response strategy.

• select 6 stories
• select focus questions
• map out a response/reading plan to produce a body of evidence
• must be approved by a group leader and teacher.
• consider features in the texts/blogs for response ideas

Resources and Materials:

• Crossroads 10
• Inside Stories 1
• Short Story Anthology

Assessment/Evaluation:

• 33% Group Process
• 33% Body of Evidence (3 submissions)
• 34% Exam

Timeline:

• May 9: first submission
• May 13: second submission
• May 15: final submission
• May 15: Exam

Notes:

• smaller groups should yield an increase in on-time/on-task behaviours
• peer support should emphasize development of voice in error-free writing

Rubric:

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