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Lesson 4.6 - Genres and Subgenres

• Lesson Plan 4.6 - Genres and Sub-genres/ Creative Story Writing File

  Lesson Plan 4.6 - Genres and Sub-genres/ Creative Story Writing
  

• TODAY'S SCHEDULE Folder

  (8:00 pm - 9:30 pm)
  

  • Announcements: Unit 3 Graded Assignments, Rough Draft Assignment Due, School Holiday Party, End of Term
  • Icebreaker: Chair yoga and Check-ins
  • PowerPoint: Genres and Subgenres
  • Forum: Giving Feedback - Two Stars and a Wish
    
  • Bonus Game: Genres and Piranhas 
  • (9:30 pm - 9:45 pm)
    

  • BREAK

  (9:45 pm - 11:15 pm)

  • Work Period: Finalized Short Story
  • Wrap-Up Announcements: Unit 3 Graded Assignments, Rough Draft Assignment Due, School Holiday Party, End of Term
  • Exit Card

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• Icebreaker: Chair Yoga and Check-ins Folder

  For today's icebreaker, we will be watching a video and completing the exercises in the video simultaneously. 

  Yoga is a great way to relax and stretch our muscles. Sometimes while we work, we tend to tense up our muscles without even realizing it.  

  Here is the video:

     
  

• Glossary

  Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Folklore

  Subgenres: Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, Informational Writing, Persuasive Writing, Biography, Autobiography, Fable, Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Myth Legend 

  
  

• PowerPoint: Genres and Subgenres File
• Forum: Giving Feedback - Two Stars and a Wish

  Step 1: Select a paragraph from your short story and copy paste it to this forum. Submit your paragraph. 

  Step 2: Click on another classmate's forum post. Read your classmate's paragraph and respond to it. You will be asked to:

  • Write 2 compliments or positive statements
  • Write 1 suggestion
    
  • List the genre or subgenre 

• Bonus Game: Genres and Piranhas Folder
• Short Story - Part 3 (Final Copy) Assignment

  Your short story assignment has been divided into sections. The first section of the assignment was creating a Rough Draft of your story. 

  The second part is completing a Final Draft. 
  

  A final draft is a version of your story that is complete, revised and edited. Your story is written in paragraphs, and does not have any spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. 
  

  PART TWO: Final Draft
  

  • Your story must be written in full paragraphs and full sentences. 
  • Your story must be double spaced and typed using size 12 font.
  • Your story must include characters, a plot, a setting, a conflict, and a resolution.
  • Your story must include effective dialogue.
  • Your story must have a creative and appropriate title.
  • Your story can not be copied or translated from your first language.
  • It needs to be original
  • The Plagiarism Checker is now on!

  You may look to a teacher's Final Draft Example for reference.
  

  
  
  

• The Scholarship Jacket File
• The Scholarship Jacket-Summary & Questions Assignment
• The Scholarship Jacket-highlighted File
• Create Your Own Short Story/Rubric File