short+story

questions and activities for story "The Landlady"by Roald Dahl

questions & activity for 'Appointment with Love"

questions & activity for 'Roog' Questions & activity for the story The Moustache Questions & activity for 'Amanda Jones'

Questions & activity for the story A Clean Sweep found by Alice 'the book worm'!

short story //'The Necklace'// by **[|Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)]**
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Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work

Read More [] Do you remember loosing a tooth as a child? What did you do with it? Read the story, answer the questions & write you own. students Teeth stories Are cupids really cute? read the story by Laurell K. Hamilton ' //The Lust of Cupids'// from her book of short stories 'Strange Candy' Thanks to Alice for finding this one!

a bizarre story! [] animal stories

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general questions about a text

elements of a short story in a short story or novel: What is plot? setting? style? characterisation? theme? Point of View? more Literary Terms personification analysis of humour http://cgea.wikispaces.com/what+is+humour%3F analysis of visual texts

compare & contrast on line activity- http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/compcontrast/map/

stories found by students

read short stories http://www.abc.net.au/shortstories/

Myths & legends
Legend and activity from the Orkney Islands what is the difference between a legend, myth and fairy story? more myths & legends http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm [] [] scroll to the bottom & listen to some stories and legends.

students choice of legends

Urban legends http://urbanlegends.com [|www.alt.folklore.urban]

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Fairytales & activites DVD questions fairytales exposed

[|GiggleIT Fractured Fairy Tale example] modern networking story

fable activity

Folk Tales http://muw.edu/~kdunk/folk.html

[] [|GiggleIT Acrostic Poem] [|GiggleIT Free Verse] [|GiggleIT jokes] [|GiggleIT Limerick] [|GiggleIT Personal Anecdote example] [|GiggleIT Shape Poem] [|GiggleIT Tall Story example] [|GiggleIT Culturalised Story sample]
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Traditional stories [] http://www.acs.uclagary.ca/~dkbrown/cinderella.html

What are features of a text?

You will often be asked what is the purpose of the text or story, and no it is not always to make money! it is important to understand the purpose of text and how this influences the style of writing, format, target audience and point of view. why tell stories?

read & listen to short stories from the ABC http://www.abc.net.au/shortstories/stories/s2074843.htm