WEDNESDAY:
- Revise your Bang-Ending Short Stories that you wrote last!
- Write a new short story of 1-3 pages that is:
- Told in 3rd Person Objective Point of View
- The narrator describes what he/she sees of the main characters, but does not actually know what is going on inside the minds of those characters. All he/she has to go off of is what he/she sees.
- Think about the emotions the main character may be feeling: Sad, happy, angry, insane, downtrodden, etc.
- Instead of saying these words (because how would an objective narrator know that the character is feeling these emotions?), the narrator must describe what the main character is doing that implies these emotions.
- Instead of saying "The girl was sad…" say:
- "The girl slowly lifted her hands to her eyes and rubbed her palms into them. She pursed her lips tightly and scrunched up her nose. Suddenly, a high-pitched, animal-like wail escaped her throat."
- Instead of saying "The boy felt anxious…" say:
- "The boy paced back and forth across the room, and then, after a while, he sat on the edge of the bed and kicked his foot up and down several times. When he heard the sputter of a car roll past on the road, he took in a deep breath and held it until finally the zoom of the engine had disappeared."
- Still try to start as close to the climax as possible, with as little background gabbing as possible :D
THURSDAY:
- Peer review Jaydn and Isaac's How-To essays with at least 6 comments each
- Find and read three short stories from one of the following links:
- https://americanliterature.com/middle-school-short-stories-ii
- https://americanliterature.com/middle-school-short-stories
- https://americanliterature.com/100-great-short-stories
- Write a brief 1-3 sentence synopsis for each short story.
- We will be writing literary analyses after the break!
FRIDAY:
- Revise your Bang-Ending Short Stories that you wrote last!
- Write a new short story of 1-3 pages that is:
- Told in 3rd Person Objective Point of View
- The narrator describes what he/she sees of the main characters, but does not actually know what is going on inside the minds of those characters. All he/she has to go off of is what he/she sees.
- Think about the emotions the main character may be feeling: Sad, happy, angry, insane, downtrodden, etc.
- Instead of saying these words (because how would an objective narrator know that the character is feeling these emotions?), the narrator must describe what the main character is doing that implies these emotions.
- Instead of saying "The girl was sad…" say:
- "The girl slowly lifted her hands to her eyes and rubbed her palms into them. She pursed her lips tightly and scrunched up her nose. Suddenly, a high-pitched, animal-like wail escaped her throat."
- Instead of saying "The boy felt anxious…" say:
- "The boy paced back and forth across the room, and then, after a while, he sat on the edge of the bed and kicked his foot up and down several times. When he heard the sputter of a car roll past on the road, he took in a deep breath and held it until finally the zoom of the engine had disappeared."
- Still try to start as close to the climax as possible, with as little background gabbing as possible :D
