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?
"Exploding Baby"
"Lifted"
Activities:
- As a class, look at the "Writing a Short Story" package and focus on "The Snapshort: SHOWING Pictures in Your Writing" and "Thoughtshots: A Peek Into a Character's Mind."
- Students continue writing their short story.
- By this point, students should be nearing a finished draft - have a classmate peer-assess your work using the Short Story Conference Form (in the "Writing a Short Story" Package).
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