Short Story Project

Today we continued our work on our Short Story individual task.

A rough copy of your personal response should be done for Monday. Here is an organizer if you need it:

Personal Written Reflection Organizer

Here are the steps:

Here is a link to "Literary Terms - Grade 8"
Literary Terms Grade 8

1.    Read a short story. Pick ONE of the list below.

2.    Find a partner who is reading the same story and follow the “Dialogue with a text” handout.

3.    Identify key literary elements and theme using the organizer provided below.

4.    Write a personal response based on your short story

5.    Present it in a Book Talk Format

6.    Answer questions from your classmates

Genre	Title	Author	# of Pages	Audio (if avaliable)
Sci-Fi	The Lottery	Shirley Jackson	7	The Lottery Audio
	All Summer in a Day	Ray Bradbury	4	All Summer in a Day Audio
Horror	The Tell-Tale Heart	Edgar Allen Poe	4	The Tell Tale Heart
	The Monkey’s Paw	W.W. Jacobs	6	The Monkey’s Paw
Ethics	A Sound of Thunder	Ray Bradbury	10	A Sound of Thunder Audio
	The Bet	Anton Chekov	4	The Bet
Plot Twists	The Story of an Hour	Kate Chopin	2	The Story of an Hour
	The Most Dangerous Game	Richard Connell	14	The Most Dangerous Game Audio