lunes, 13 de julio de 2015

ENGLISH SHORT STORY

And They Lived Happily Ever After...

Short story,  brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters.
The short story is usually concerned with a single effect conveyed in only one or a few significant episodes or scenes. The form encourages economy of setting, concise narrative, and the omission of a complex plot; character is disclosed in action and dramatic encounter but is seldom fully developed. Despite its relatively limited scope, though, a short story is often judged by its ability to provide a “complete” or satisfying treatment of its characters and subject.



domingo, 12 de julio de 2015

ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORY


WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY?



Short stories are a whole different way of writing. It contains much less details than a normal story, thus forcing the reader to think and wonder more and make his/her own conclusions.
Short stories are often used to teach some kind of lesson. 




Elements of short story:

     
CONFLICT
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

CHARACTER
     

               

sábado, 11 de julio de 2015

Short StoriesTypes



Characteristics of a short story:


! Short enough for us to read through it at one sitting without interruption
! Streamlined—aims at a single, unified effect; one main plot, generally no sub-plots
! Limited number of characters and covers only a short span of time
! Relates a highly dramatic or crucial time in the lives of the characters and then usually ends quickly
! Fiction


Short Stories Types


Anecdote

Is a short and amusing but serious account, which may depict a real/fake incident or character.  An anecdote is always presented as based in a real incident involving actual persons, whether famous or not, usually in an identifiable place. However, over time, modification in reuse may convert a particular anecdote to a fictional piece, one that is retold but is "too good to be true".

Fable

Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized (given human qualities, such as verbal communication) and that illustrates or leads to an interpretation of amoral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a pithy maxim.



Flash fiction 
Is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category. Some self-described markets for flash fiction impose caps as low as three hundred words, while others consider stories as long as a thousand words to be flash fiction.


Flash prose
Is brief creative writing, generally on the order of between 500 and 1500 words. It's also an umbrella term that encompasses various short format works such as prose poetry, short essays and other works of creative fiction and nonfiction.



Irish short story
Has a distinctive place in the modern Irish literary tradition. Many of Ireland's best writers, both in English and Irish, have been practitioners of the genre. It has been argued that its origins lie in the ancient Gaelic tradition of story-telling, though it conforms to the conventions of the genre elsewhere.
Minisaga 
A minisaga, mini saga or mini-saga is a short piece of writing containing exactly 50 words, plus a title of up to 15 signs. However, the title requirement is not always enforced and sometimes eliminated altogether. Minisagas are alternately known as microstories, ultra-shorts stories, or fifty-word stories.
Molbo Story
A Molbo story is a Danish folktale about the people of Mols, who live in eastern Jutland near the town of Ebeltoft. In these tales the Molboes are portrayed as a simple folk, who act foolishly while attempting to be wise.
Short story cycle

Is a collection of short stories in which the narratives are specifically composed and arranged with the goal of creating an enhanced or different experience when reading the group as a whole as opposed to its individual parts.

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Parable

A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters.

jueves, 9 de julio de 2015

WHAT IS YOUR STORY?


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How to write my own story?

*Collect ideas for your story.
*Start with the basics of the story
   Introduction
   Initial action
  Climax
  Descendant action
  Resolution
*Know your characters.
*Limits the extent of your story.
*Decide who will tell the story.
*Organize your thoughts.
*Start writing.
We enjoy creating our own stories.

miércoles, 8 de julio de 2015

WHICH ONES ARE YOUR SUPPORTS?

Why is important to investigate?









martes, 7 de julio de 2015

READER'S THEATRE

Creative Stories


THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Aesop's Fable
Parts (5): Narrator 1 Narrator 2 Narrator 3 Ant Grasshopper
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Narrator 1: On a beautiful summer day a grasshopper sat and sang a sweet song.
Narrator 2: The grasshopper saw an ant working hard carrying grain to his house.
Grasshopper: Look at that silly ant. All day long he works hard and never enjoys the
 sunshine.
Narrator 3: The grasshopper laughed at the ant and then he continued his song. He
 basked in the warm sun all summer long without a care in the world.
Narrator 1: As summer turned to autumn the grasshopper continued to sing his song and
 enjoy the sunshine. The ant, on the other hand, continued to gather food
 and store it in his house.
Narrator 2: When winter came the cold winds blew hard and the snow covered the meadow
 with a thick blanket of white.
Narrator 3: The grasshopper tried to find food, but of course he found nothing.
Narrator 1: It didn't take long for the grasshopper to knock upon the ant's door and beg...
Grasshopper: Please help me! I have nothing to eat! I shall starve without your help.
Ant: My dear Mr. Grasshopper, all summer long I worked hard carrying food to my
 home while you played in the sunshine. I will not share my food with someone
 who is so lazy.
Grasshopper: I was busy singing my song. I was making beautiful music. What should I
 do now?
Narrator 2: The ant thought for a moment and then said...
Ant: I suggest you dance.
Narrator 3: And the moral of this fable is...
Ant: You must do the work before you take the time to play.
All: The End.

Scripted by Lisa Blau