ENGLISH 9: Short Story Writing Part 2

Unit: Creative Writing ("How do our decisions affect ourselves and others?") - Short Story Writing

Introduction:

• Watch these short films by Pixar as inspiration to writing your short stories.  How do they grab your attention right from the start?  What elements make them effective?  How is the plot developed?  What is the conflict?   

"For the Birds" 

"One Man Band"

Activities:

• As a class, look at the "Writing a Short Story" package and focus on "The Climactic Moment" and "Short Story Leads."
• Students continue writing their short story.