2. Short Story Unit February 2016
For every class students will need:
exercise/binder/paper
Pen/pencil
Short Story definitions handout
Stories will be provided in class
Assessment: unseen short story test end of February

3. Setting Time, place and circumstances For example:
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Summer 1914
Many young men have enlisted in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and are shipping off to war in Europe

4. Setting (cont’d)
Time, place and circumstances Examples 2: Divergent Tell me the time place and circumstances? Time: an unknown future Place: an imaginary dystopian city, fenced in, seems to be much like Chicago. Crumbling buildings and old abandoned areas. Circumstances: with a strict government and strict rules for citizens life in this novel is very much predetermined. Individuality is not encouraged.

5. How to respond to a constructed response question
State: In a full sentence, restate the question use the title and author Define: the term in the question Answer: respond to the question Support: use a quote or specific detail from the text to support and explain your answer

6. Sample Constructed Response answer
Q: Describe the setting of the poem Dulce et Decorum Est. Support your answer with two references to the poem.
State, Define, Answer, Support
A: The setting; or time, place and circumstance; of the poem Dulce et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen is during a war as men walk away from a battle field and are caught in a gas attack. The men in the poem are tired from fighting, “Men marched asleep” and are described as “blood shod” or worn out. They are then attacked by gas, “Gas! Gas! Quick boys – an ecstasy of fumbling!” They are clearly close to a battle field as they hear the “hoots” of shells dropping behind them.

7. Story 1: “The Ninny” by Anton Chekhov p. 43 Sightlines
Describe the setting of the story using three (3) references to support your answer.
I will be coming around to check your response.

8. The Ninny (continued)
2. Providing three (3) arguments, explain which character is strong in this short story.