Short Story Plan / Storyboard

Name:

Publish Your Own Story! -THE PLAN

1) Write what your story is about in one to two sentences.

2) What will your “working title” be? (Be clever and fun! This is subject to change.)

3) Write a bumper-sticker slogan or a movie poster slogan for your story. Example: Prince of Tides:“The memories that haunt us; and the truth that sets us free.” Hobbit: “There and back again.”

4) What is the genre? (fantasy, mystery, adventure, comedy, romance, biography, suspense, science fiction, etc.)

5) What is the point of view? (first person, second person, third person objective, third person omniscient, third person limited omniscient, multiple perspectives)   

SETTING

6) What is the setting(s) of your story? Be specific with exactly where it takes place (building/forest/ocean/planet/city/state/country/planet/universe/etc.) 

Location(s):

Season(s):

Time period (time in history, future, or present-day):

7) In a paragraph or two, describe your setting. This will very likely be the beginning of your story, so take your time here. Write with beautiful language, sensory imagery (sight, touch, sound, testes, etc), unique colors, metaphors, similes, and detailed, descriptive language.

CHARACTERS

List each character and give a brief description of what they look like and how they act.  Note which characters CHANGE, GROW, or DISCOVER SOMETHING throughout the story. (These are called the “dynamic” characters.) Then note which characters remain the same. (These are called “static” characters.)

List characters below:

Protagonist:

Physical description: 

Personality description:

Basic life story:

Role in the story:

Antagonist:

Physical description: 

Personality description:

Basic life story: 

Role in the story:

Secondary Character 1:

Physical description: 

Personality description:

Basic life story: 

Role in the story:

Secondary Character 2:

Physical description: 

Personality description:

Basic life story: 

Role in the story:

PLOT / CONFLICT

1) What is the central conflict or problem in your story? 

2) Write the kind of conflict it is (character vs. character, character vs. nature, character vs. society, character vs. itself) and then specify what is verses what. (e.g. character vs. nature – Johnny vs. the avalanche)

3) Draw a storyline of your story. Include the exposition (set-up including the setting description), at least three to five events in the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. 

4) Write a paragraph describing the rising action in detail.  “The conflict begins when…”

5) Write a paragraph describing the climax in detail.  “The climax occurs when…”

6) Write a paragraph describing the falling action and the resolution in detail.  “The conflict gets resolved when…”

7) What is the value of your story? Is there a lesson or moral to your story? Does it teach or show the reader something? How does it enrich the reader? What?

STORYBOARD ROUGH DRAFT– Title:

Mini Storyline or Plotline:	1.	2.
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6.	7.	8.

NAME:

ILLUSTRATION STORYBOARD ROUGH DRAFT:

COVER:	1.	2.
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6.	7.	8.

The Gift of the Magi Text

The Gift of the Magi 

List of Prepositions

• aboard
• about
• above
• across
• after
• against
• along
• amid
• among
• around
• as
• at

• before
• behind
• below
• beneath
• beside
• besides
• between
• beyond
• but
• by

• concerning
• considering

• despite
• down
• during

• except
• excepting
• excluding

• following
• for
• from

• in
• inside
• into

• like

• minus

• near

• of
• off
• on
• onto
• opposite
• outside
• over

• past
• per
• plus

• regarding
• round

• save
• since

• than
• through
• to
• toward
• towards

• under
• underneath
• unlike
• until
• up
• upon

• versus
• via

• with
• within
• without

INFO RE: Grammar Test on Thursday Feb. 13, 2014

The grammar test tomorrow will consist of the following:

1. Identify in a sentence: 

• linking verb, predicate noun 
• linking verb, predicate adjective
• appositive

2. Write your own sentences using an appositive with correct punctuation (set off by commas or set off by dashes).

• REMEMBER: An appositive is a second noun or a noun phrase renaming/specifying the first noun. Example:  Gone with the Wind, my favorite Civil War novel, is also a great movie. 

• An appositive is NOT a clause describing a noun in an adjective manner.

Such as:  Gone with the Wind, which is very long, is also a great movie. 

In this case, that extra clause is behaving like an adjective, adding more information "adjective style," not "noun style".  You still set it off with commas, but it's not an appositive. 

House Reading Log Ch. 11-14

House of the Scorpion
Reading Log Chapters 11-14
Due Friday at the end of class

1. Identify three different interactions between Matt and Maria at the El Patron’s birthday party.  Examine the cause effect of each action:

A) Cause:


Effect:



B) Cause:


Effect:




C) Cause:


Effect:

2. Compare and contrast El Patron and El Viejo’s physical conditions and moral beliefs. What is your opinion of El Viejo’s choices?











3. Describe the kinds of gifts El Patron receives. What is his relationship with these gifts? What does this imply about his nature?






4. What is the significance of Matt’s educational trips with Tam Lin? What does he learn, and what does this possibly foreshadow?










5. How do Matt and Maria end up in the hospital?








6. What does the clone look like in the hospital bed? How does Matt view himself after this discovery?










7. What is ironic about Maria’s reaction to the clone, given her first concern when she thought they were cats that needed her help?










8. In Celia’s Story, what were the circumstances that lead to Celia’s position at the estate? (139-143)










9. Use bullet points to log the events of Matt’s plot to reconnect with Maria.











Vocab Words: Copy the sentence where the words appear in the text.

ensconced (103)


jovial (109)



cravenly (119)



servile (122)



grovel (123)



laudanum (127)

House Vocabulary List 8

House of the Scorpion Vocabulary List 8

1. ensconced (103)





2. jovial (109)





3. cravenly (119)




4. servile (122)





5. grovel (123)





6. laudanum (127)
















In addition to finding definitions, copy the sentence context of the book.

7. theological (159)







8. indignation (163)







9. abomination (163)






10. nationalist (176)








11. ethics (177)








12. pillaging (184)

House of the Scorpion Reading Log Ch. 6-7

House of the Scorpion Reading Log

Chapters 6-7
Due Monday, January 20 at the end of class

1. Analyze the inference of Rosa’s eviction from the room on page 56. What do you think are the implications of this event?










2. Analyze Matt’s instinctive attraction to El Patron (p. 56-57) Why is this such a complex phenomenon?









3. Analyze Celia’s reaction to El Patron’s health (p.60)






4. How do Matt’s circumstances change with El Patron’s involvement? What is Matt’s reaction to his new experiences?  (52-61, 66-67)











5. Characterize the following family members of the Alacran family. How do the following character react to Matt? (These can be fragments)

a. Mr. Alacran (El Patron’s great-grandson)


b. Felicia (Mr. Alacran’s wife)


c. Benito, Steven, Tom (El Patron’s great grandsons)




6. How do all of the residents in the estate behave towards Matt after El Patron leaves?





7. Analyze the metaphor comparing El Patron to a tree on p. 70. What does this reveal about El Patron’s character?








8. What is Tam Lin’s view of Matt’s potential future? (69-70)





9. Why do you think Matt responds positively when Celia calls him a “good boy” but negatively when Teacher does the same?







10. Prediction: Where do you think Tam Lin will take Matt?