Zombie-Unicorn Stories!

For the next round of Independent Reading, 

I want you to read from an anthology of short stories, Zombies vs. Unicorns. 

Here is the worksheet that you will need to complete in two weeks time. You will have two full days in class to read the story and work on your worksheet. We will spend an additional day for the "Research" section of your work. I think you will really enjoy these stories!

55-Fiction: Quality Stories

I asked you to give me what characteristics must be present for a story to be a story. You seemed to boil down the qualifications to four main things: characters, setting, plot, and meaning. After establishing these qualifications, I shocked you with 55-Fiction!

So with these "Shortest Stories" we have completed a rotation of Independent Reading so that I can answer your questions and guide you through the process with a short, easy text before you launch into reading full short stories, novels, or other texts.

Be thinking of novels, stories, or other texts that you have always wanted to read!

The Simple Life

Walden Pond

We began reading all our Transcendentalists today and are now on the journey be an independent, self-reliant soul who is in touch with the natural gifts of life, leaving behind all the material things in the world...

"Sell your clothes, keep your thoughts."

The Cabin at Walden Pond 

Here is the checklist for this unit, due November 20: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12QFrTZWiNsMFqtgySvA7PqNW86VMYSnJboAvtJSaUWk/edit?usp=sharing

Here is a copy of the chart that will be due on November 20:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByVKpn2OdpFAOHFvVnF6Wlh2TFU

Here is a Transcendentalist PowerPoint:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByVKpn2OdpFAYW1EcU41OGhwWm8

Here is your Poetry Independent Reading: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8PA3j2jVtKIcEVJV1JnZ0lvcUk/edit?usp=sharing

Tomorrow we will begin your Transcendentalism Project!
http://egheck.blogspot.com/2012/11/transcendentalist-playlist.html

Halloween Independent Reading

It’s time for our favorite spooky, creepy, and imaginative time of year: HALLOWEEN! To celebrate, our Independent Reading will be chosen from two magnificently scary authors, Edgar Allan Poe (Eng III) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Eng IV).

Once you choose a short story by your course’s author, you may choose to EITHER (1) complete the assignment below OR (2) complete a typical Reading Log with Creative Role, Research, and Log. Both choices will STILL REQUIRE you to complete a Vocab Mini Project, as found on the blog.

Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories:

http://poestories.com/stories.php

http://www.americanliterature.com/author/edgar-allen-poe/bio-books-stories

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Short Stories:

http://www.online-literature.com/doyle/

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/cgi-bin/read_db.pl?search_field=author_id&search_for=ArthurConanDoyle&order_by=author_id,title&page=1

Create a visual representation of the plot using the plot diagram that you have known since elementary school. I want you to take this basic literature analysis tool and expound upon it to create a high-school-level interpretation and presentation of your short story. This means that I will be looking for AT LEAST the following elements to be added to your plot diagram storyboard:

• 30 points: Each of the categories found in adjacent picture in legible and detailed accuracy

• 25 points: Identify AT LEAST FIVE literary devices used in the short story by creating a flipbook to go along with your plot storyboard. Each device should have a definition, an example from the text, AND one to three sentences explaining the device’s use in the story.

• 20 points: Images, film clips, sound recordings, or drawings to represent the plot for each moment of action on the chart

• 15 points: Five-question quiz for your classmates to complete. Must be typed. Put two quizzes on one page, please.

• 10 points: Presentation to the class over Halloween Week