Thursday 19/5/16

9MD

P1

Class Reading Task.
"Oakley Creek" by Kate Paris.

Today we are going to learn how to use SCASI to help us identify and describe the elements of a short story.

We are going to read  the story, "Oakley Creek" by Kate Paris, when we have read it we will discuss these elements in the story and work together to complete the SCASI table with supporting detail.

Setting - The setting tells when and where and about the social climate

Characters - The characters are the people in the story.

Action - The action tells what happens in the story.

Style - The style is  the skill of the writer, and the way they have written the story.

Idea - The idea/theme is the meaning of the story. It is something for us to think about.

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We will continue to listen and read the short story," Flowers for Algernon"By Daniel Keyes.

Click here for the link to the text of the story.