Write Your Own Short Story Project

You MUST complete a satisfactory short story in order to pass this marking period!

Be prepared to type your story in class on Thursday and Friday! Stories that are not typed will lose 10 points. Any stories turned in after Friday will be considered late and will lose 5 points a day for each day they are late.

Your story should follow the structure of the plot pyramid.

• Paragraph 1: Exposition (Tell us who the characters are, what the conflict is, where they are)
• Paragraph 2: Rising Action, Event #1 (small conflict)
• Paragraph 3: Rising Action, Event #2 (big conflict)
• Paragraph 4: Rising Action, Event #3 (bigger conflict)
• Paragraph 5: Climax (conflict explodes!)
• Paragraph 6: Falling Action (consequences of the climax)
• Paragraph 7: Resolution (how it ends)

Come after school Wednesday and/or Thursday if you need help! I'll be hanging around after school from 2:55 - 3:55.