Story telling and short stories

1. Content Reading
&
Short Stories
Luis R. Torres Cotto
EDUC 704 The Teaching of
Writing Theory and Practice
Prof. Philip Murray

2. Reflection
“Life,
is about using all the crayons on the box”
RuPaul Charles

3. Table of Content
• Content Reading
▫ Methodology
▫ Activities
• Demo Class – Short Story
▫ Lesson Plan
▫ Activities

4. Objectives
• Review the best way possible to incorporate
content reading in our classroom.
• To demonstrate one of various ways to teach he
elements of a short story to students.

5. Content Reading

6. Content Reading
• Give strategies to improve reading.
• Help students understand what they read.

7. Problems with Content Reading
• Time consuming.
• Alignment with curriculum.
• Concentration “from the student”

8. Reading Strategies
Pre -
Reading
• Infer
• Ask
questions
During
Reading
• Read
• Use context
clues
Post
Reading
• Reflect
• Answer
questions

10. Activities for the classroom
• Read alouds
• Story analysis
• Sequence of events

11. Conclusion
Take our time and mix and match
different skills with our reading.

12. Class Demonstration
Short Story

13. Background
• This is the third class on the short stories topic.
• What constitutes a main character has been
explored.
• The plot elements has been described.
• A short story exercise has been presented.

14. Main Character

15. Main Character Problem
• Who?
• What?
• Where?
• When?
• Why?
• How?
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Nature
• Man vs. Himself

16. Plot
•Exposition
•Rising Action
•Climax
•Falling Action
•Resolution

17. Lea wants a Rabbit
• Students read the story with the teacher.

18. “Steven Universe Episode”
• https://youtu.be/GA8YB8OabAg
▫ “Giant Woman”, episode 11

19. Reference
• Sugar, R. (2018). Steven Universe [Cartoon]. In YouTube. Cartoon
Network. Retrieved May 3, 2018, from:
https://youtu.be/GA8YB8OabAg
• Ulusoy, M., & Dedeoglu, H. (2011). Content Area Reading and Writing:
Practices and Beliefs [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Teacher
Education, 36(4), 1-18. Retrieved May 2, 2018, from
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?art
icle=1546&context=ajte=1546&context=ajte