1. Sample Stories Uses: Practical and Real
The Short Short Story
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2. Real Uses Encourages multiple activities in one period
Students “read it / talk about it / write about it”
Is more likely to hold students’ attention
Enables ‘hyper-close’ focus
as an introduction to a literary element
as an introduction to a longer work
as a “reteaching” tool
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3. Real Uses 2 Advantages over poetry
for teaching elements in isolation (narration patterns…)
Advantages over poetry
More readily accessible [students and, uh, “visitors”]
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4. Practical Uses Offers a solution to scheduling problems
‘Left-over days’
Days made orphans by the school calendar
Days with a substitute teacher (o r a covering colleague)
Presents a ’viewable’ lesson
Easily identified “objective”
Clear focus on one standard, one “skill” (STAR)
Enables teacher presentation, teacher modeling, student “engagement” and assessment all in one period
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