Thursday-Friday,+November+11-12

Bell Ringer (10 min)

 * Quiz yourself! Here is a list of all the terms we covered throughout this unit on short stories. Write a definition or description for each term. Use your notes or the computer as a last resort! [|Review for Test on Short Stories.doc]

Review Activity (25 min)

 * Discuss terms briefly. Use list of terms as a study guide for a test next class.
 * Play Short Story Jeopardy as a class review!

Mini Lesson (50 min)
**Pacing Guide Objective:** W.5.10.2, W.4.10.1- to plan and compose a short story with a focus on setting, characters, plot, and point of view.
 * Explain that we will be traveling to a cemetary to look for a tombstone that could inspire an interesting short story. Look for a tombstone that is old, and not connected to any person that a classmate may know. The older the better! Look at names, date, ages, inscriptions, etc.
 * Do a rubbing of the tombstone using butcher paper and crayons.

Share (5 min)

 * Share some of your grave rubbings with the class. Begin brainstorming stories that might go along with these rubbings.