“I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live. They are what our friends tell us, in their pain and joy, their passion and rage, their yearning and their cry against injustice.”
― Andre Dubus
― Andre Dubus
1. Discuss Journal
2. Activity: Each student reads aloud the very first sentence of their story.
Evaluate beginnings: Consider which are most engaging. Identify Strengths.
3. Activity: Share your short story with a partner. Read each other's story. Prepare a short (yet creative) synopsis to read to the class. *Imagine the story is being published, and you are prepaing a kind of
"press-release" about it.... *10 mins - Share
4. Invite students to read selected excerpts from their short stories.
Articulate : The context
Significance to narrative
Thematic implications
5. Fiction Powerpoints
