Ms. Gokturk
Trends in Lit
Short Story Unit Group Work
Directions. Your
group has been assigned one of the short stories we read (Clarke’s “The Star,”
Clarke’s “The Nine Billion Names of God,” Ellison’s “I Have No Mouth, and I
Must Scream,” Lewis’ “Mimsy Were Borowgroves,” or Asimov’s “Nightfall”).
Working together as a group and searching for text-based evidence (TBE), create
an “educational poster” that illustrates the story. Be sure to include THEME, CHARACTERIZATION
[of main characters], SETTING, & CONFLICT. Direct quotes and specifics from
text are a must. Your final product might look something like this:
“TITLE OF STORY” by AUTHOR
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THEME:
This is important! What is the author message(s)? How do you know? Ask
yourselves WHY the author wrote this piece. Find supporting TBE to prove.
You may have more than one theme.
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SETTING: Where does the story take place? When? If you
can illustrate the setting in the background of your poster, do so!
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CONFLICT: What kinds of conflict do you see in this
story? Identify the conflicts and give
specifics from the story to illustrate. [Man vs. Man, Man vs.
Nature, Man.
vs. Society or Environment, Man vs. God or Fate, Man vs. Supernatural, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Machine or
Technology, Man vs. Time
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