1. Creative Writing: Short Story Mini-Unit
6th Grade
Language Arts
Mrs. Frantz

2. Today’s goals 4/28/14 Bell Ringer #69
Preposition Practice - Scholastic Article
Preposition Test – MOVED TO WEDNESDAY!
How to Write a Short Story
Pick out Quest picture

3. Today’s goals 4/29/14 Bell Ringer #70 SAR Time – 15 Minutes
Preposition Test Review–Test TOMORROW!
Preposition Helper Card
Review How to Write a Short Story
Short Story Rubric
Write Rising-Action – Short Story due Monday, May 5th

4. Today’s goals 4/30/14 Bell Ringer #71
Prepositions Test – Work on short story while you wait for others to finish
Review Short Story Rubric
How to Write Dialogue
Continue Writing Story – Climax – Short Story due Monday, April 5th

5. Today’s goals 5/1/14 Bell Ringer #72
Introduction to Conjunctions Notes
Review How to Write Dialogue
Continue Writing Story –
Falling-Action– Short Story due
Monday, April 5th

6. Conjunctions
A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases, and sentences together.

7. Conjunctions
and but for nor or so yet
A conjunction joins words or
word groups that are used in the
same way.

8. Examples:
* beans and rice
* movies or television
* go for a walk or read a book
* I wanted to call, but it was late.

9. Today’s goals 5/2/14 Bell Ringer #73
Review Introduction to Conjunctions Notes
Finish Conjunction Notes
Finish Writing Story – Resolution – Short Story due Monday, May 5th
HOMEWORK: Finish Writing your Short Story

10. Joining words-
* sad but true
* Egypt, Italy, and Spain
Joining phrases-
* after breakfast but before lunch
* cooking dinner and fixing breakfast
Joining clauses-
* The deer ran, for they smelled smoke.
* We knocked on the door, and they
answered.

11. You can remember the conjunctions as
FANBOYS.
For
And
Nor
But Or
Yet So

12. The word for can be used either as a conjunction or as a preposition.
The zebra turned toward the watering hole, for it was getting thirsty.
For joins the two sentences.
PREPOSITION
The zebra walked to the stream for a drink.
For shows the relationship between the object drink and the verb walked.

13. Today’s goals 5/5/14 Bell Ringer #NONE
Computer Lab 4 – Type Short Stories

14. Today’s goals 5/6/14 Bell Ringer #NONE
Library Computer Lab – Finish Typing Short Stories