Short Story Unit

 

Here are the short stories that we are reading in class:

 

Here is the plot line. Most stories follow this plot line, more or less.

 

Here is the plot line worksheet we use in class.

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The Test

The test will not be what you can remember about each short story. Instead it will cover what we have learned about each story. You will be given a short story to read in class. It is an abridged version of Ray Bradbury's "Marionettes Inc." You can read it ahead of time by clicking here.

Reading the short story itself will test your focus. We have been working on staying focused with your reading by reading for 20 minutes three days a week.

Then we will test your comprehension by given a few questions on what happened in the story.

After that, there will be several questions applying what we have learned. Here are some things you'll be applying to "Marionettes Inc.":

 

 

 

The Retest:

Our test will look very similar to the first one. Here is what you should know:

1. The Plot Line - it is right here on this page. Just be able to repeat it. Simple enough.

2. Basic Understanding - you will read "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." Be able to answer questions that happen. If you had trouble on this with the first test, try reading the story before. Download it here. you can also read the questions (NOT THE ANSWERS) before you read the story.

3. Beyond Understand and Context Clues - these require you to think. You must make a connection that is not stated in the story. For example, if I see a student run down the hall with a water balloon and then later see our principal wet and mad, I can make the connection that the student may have had something to do with that. many short stories require you to make that connection.

4. Literary Terms - go over your literary term sheet again. Pay close attention to metaphor, simile, character types, irony types, and point of view types.

 

 

 

 

 

The Official Ending to "The Lady or the Tiger"

2009 Winner: Juan Jorgenson

As the young man opened the door, the door went, "creak." In the room there was only darkness. He heard a soft voice say, "My love, is that you?" Boldly he said, "Yes it is me."

As they both rushed to meet each other, the door shut with a "boom." With his future wife in one arm, he broke the door off the hinges with the other. The king, with a look of disappointment, said, "bah-humbug."

Now as the princess saw that putrid, one of a kind woman with her boyfriend, a scheme grew in her mind like a seed of evil and she couldn't shake it off her mind. She decided that on the day of their wedding, she would put poison in woman's drink. As the princess had a smug look on her face, she started walking to the dungeon. Little did she know that the soon to be bride had plans of her own to poison the princess!

As they both worked day and night to create the same potion, the king decided to hire a mercenary. The mercenary decided he was going to stick an arrow through the man's heart. As the day of the wedding grew nearer and nearer, everyone was getting more excited! Finally the day arrived, the church itself seemed to thrive with excitement, but little did they know that things were about to get fidgety. As the reception began, both ladies put the poison in each other's drink and the assassin got into position across the street. He aimed his arrow.

I finish this story with what I know, I shall continue to seek who lived and who died...