Read about the different literary GENRES and TYPE OF CONFLICT in the GLOSSARY OF TERMS.
Read the short story "Talk- An Ashanti Folk Tale."
In Google Classroom, complete Assignment #6A: Literary Genres
In Google Classroom, complete Assignment #6B: Types of Conflicts
Read "Stones" by Sandra Birdsell
Read "The Nest" by Robert Zacks.
In Google Classroom, complete Assignment #7: Comparing Genres
Read "The Mistake" by Isaac Asimov.
Read the excerpt from "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare
In Google Classroom, complete Assignment #8: Understanding Conflict and "The Mistake"
Read "Borders" by Thomas King.
In Google Classroom, complete Assignment #9: Understanding "Borders"
Read "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl.
In Google Classroom, complete Assignment #10a: Understanding "Lamb to the Slaughter"
Identify different stories that you like (could be movies) and categorize those stories into different genres.
Choose a genre that you like the most and choose a story from that genre.
Brainstorm the plot structure of the story you chose.
Emulate the story you chose and draft your own short story. This could be a kind of "fan-fiction" type of short story or it could be a unique short story in the same genre.
In Google Classroom, complete Assignment #10b: Short Story Genre
In Google Classroom, complete Week 2 Assessment: Genres and Conflict