Short Stories: Things A Map Wont Show You

Read a short story from the book Things a Map Wont Show You and complete the following activities.
You must complete a minimum of 30 points. The activities you select are your choice, however you must complete an activity from each
column.
Analyse/ Fact

Reflection

Create

5 points

Identify the Orientation,

Complication and
Resolution in the short
story.

Write 100 words on how

this story made you feel
and why? (happy, sad,
angry, ect)

Draw 1 character in the

story you just read. Paying
attention to words that
describe their features.
Then list the adjectives on
why you think they look like
this.

10 points

Research the author and

find;

Write 75 words about

the complication in the
short story and;

75 words on how you

would deal with that
situation and how you
would feel.

15 points

Where they live

3 other stories they

have written

A significant moment in
their life

Identify anything from

the authors life that
may link to the story
you have just read.

Research and find the

following background
information for the story
you have just read.

Where is the story set?

How did the author

come up with the
story?

Create a 100-word
character profile for the
main character in the
story (include
appearance, interests
and relationship with
others in the story).

Identify all the features of a

short story that you have
just read (eg, the
orientation, complication
and resolution). Refer to
the short story handout.

Draw the Orientation,

Complication and
Resolution of your short
story. Explain each picture
with one dot point.

Write your own creative

story in no more than 500
words. This story must
have similar themes to the
story you have just read.
Making sure the
Orientation, Complication
and Resolution are
included in your story.