Lesson 3.1 - What is Fiction? What is Short Fiction?
Specific Expectations:
Reading for Meaning - 1.2; 1.3; 1.5
Understanding Form and Style - 2.2
Reading with Fluency - 3.2
Learning Goal(s):
In this lesson you will make the transition from analyzing poetry to analyzing short fiction. The additional new skills you will learn in this lesson and those that follow will add to your current “bag of analytical tools.” Together, they will give you even more confidence to understand longer forms of fiction such as novels and plays.
In this first lesson you will read several fairly short stories and apply your knowledge to writing about them and discussing them at the end of the class in the Discussion Forum with fellow students.
- These are the key words you will need to learn that are related to this Lesson.
This is your homework for Tuesday, March 21.
Before starting this activity, read Essentials of the Short Story, p. 210 by Thomas Byrnes.
After you complete the reading (annotating as you go along) answer the seven (7) multiple choice questions
Before starting this activity, read The Legend of the Panda – A Chinese Legend which is available in Unit 3 - Resource Folder
After reading answer the Multiple Choice Questions to check your understanding and thinking.Activity 3.1.4 - ANSWER KEY Page
Please take 5 minutes to answer the questions in the Exit Card. This is a requirement after every lesson.