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Title:
Tiny Tales of Terror
Timing:
8 Weeks
Driving Question:
How can I, as an author, create a high quality story that others will read?
Project Description:
Students will read “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and various short stories within the horror genre, focusing on the author's craft and story elements. .They will collaborate through the writing process, studying published author’s (well-known and student), and revising their own narratives. This will lead to a piece of writing that will be submitted to the Scholastic Art and Writing contest, in January.
Final Product(s):
Tiny Tales of Terror (Horror Narrative)
Essential Standards:
Citing Text Evidence (8.RL.1.A)
Draw conclusions, infer and analyze by citing the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
Narrative Writing (8.W.2.A)
Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience; develop writing with narrative, expository, and argumentative techniques.
Interaction and Meaning--Story Elements (8.RL.2.D)
Analyze how literary devices are used to develop setting, reveal character, advance the plot and contribute to meaning
Craft and Meaning (8.RL.2.C)
Analyze how specific word choices and sentence structures contribute to meaning and tone.
Point of View (8.RL.2.B)
Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader create dramatic irony
Revise and Edit (8.W.3.A)
Review, revise, and edit writing with consideration for the task, purpose, and audience.
Potential Community Outreach:
Students will submit their narratives to the Scholastic Art and Writing contest, in January
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