1. 8th Grade English:
Short Stories
By Samantha Smith

2. Analyze the Learner
•There are 25 students in my 8th grade English classroom
•14 girls and 11 boys
•Races: White, African American, Asian, and Hispanic
•50% of the students are average learners, 20% are below average, and 30% are above
average.
•Learner: Visual, Tactile

3. Main Objectives
The 8th grade English students will learn about the elements of a short story by
reading a short story, analyzing, diagramming, and completing a creative activity.
Students will identify the 5 elements of a short story, analyze the short story, plot
diagram a short story, and analyze theme. Using a various media and resources, the
students will recognize and show the elements of short stories. Students will have a
95% understanding about short stories by the end of a five day learning period.

4. Day by Day Breakdown
•Monday- 5 Elements of a Short Story
•Tuesday- Read “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
•Wednesday- Plot Diagram
•Thursday- Themes
•Friday- Writing Short Story

5. Technology
•YouTube
•Blog
•Images
•Facebook
•Poster
•Glogster
•Podcast
•QR
•Second Life
•Twitter
•Voki
•Pinterest
•WebQuest

6. Work cited
•http://www.pinterest.com/samantha1852/
•https://twitter.com/SamantaSmith173
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbi4wWyks10
•http://smith1733.edu.glogster.com/ci-350-poster-1949/
•http://vashonsd.org/hello/images/plot_diagram.pdf
•https://msvrburton.edublogs.org/literature-themes/
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5alkW6mnFA

7. Work cited continue
•http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=237314
•https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5302222928641101606#overview/src=d
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