Short Stories
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Types of Micro Fiction that are graded:
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Micro Fiction: Tell a story with just two sentences!
The Paragraph Story
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The Paragraph Story Handout
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The Paragraph Story Directions:
- You are going to write a paragraph that tells a story.
- Your paragraph will be a response to the questions below.
- Any sentence you write is OK, but you must follow the sequence of questions.
- You can ask for help while you are writing.
The Paragraph Story Questions:
- How long have you been on the planet?
- Why did you go there?
- Describe the two people who are with you.
- Why is your spaceship damaged?
- When you decided to leave your ship, how far did you walk?
- What were you looking for?
- When did you realize that someone was following you?
- Describe the creature.
- While you were running away, you tripped and fell. What happened?
- What was the big surprise at the end of your story?
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Fractured Fairy Tale Directions:
A step by step way to create your original fractured fairy tale. The rubric is also included in this document. |
Fractured Fairy Tale Links for Stories
Common Elements of Fairy Tales
• Do NOT need to include fairies.
• Set in the past—usually significantly long ago. May be presented as historical fact from the past.
• Include fantasy, supernatural or make-believe aspects.
• Typically incorporate clearly defined good characters and evil characters.
• Involves magic elements, which may be magical people, animals, or objects. Magic may be postive or negative.
• May include objects, people, or events in threes.
• Focus the plot on a problem or conflict that needs to be solved.
• Often have happy endings, based on the resolution of the conflict or problem.
• Usually teach a lesson or demonstrate values important to the culture.
• Do NOT need to include fairies.
• Set in the past—usually significantly long ago. May be presented as historical fact from the past.
• Include fantasy, supernatural or make-believe aspects.
• Typically incorporate clearly defined good characters and evil characters.
• Involves magic elements, which may be magical people, animals, or objects. Magic may be postive or negative.
• May include objects, people, or events in threes.
• Focus the plot on a problem or conflict that needs to be solved.
• Often have happy endings, based on the resolution of the conflict or problem.
• Usually teach a lesson or demonstrate values important to the culture.
Re-telling a Tale Book Examples:
- A Frog Prince by Aliz Berenzy
- Extra! Extra! Fairy-Tale News from Hidden Forest by Alma Flor Ada
- Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by A. Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka
Sometimes the general story stays the same, but elements like setting and character names change.