Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Do Now(Entry Slip):
Students will be given a multiple choice quiz in which they answer a personal survey. These
questions relate to the lesson on five elements of a short story but they do not know this as they
are taking the quiz.
Name: _______________________________
Date: ________________________________
1. If you could go back into any historical era, which would it be?
a. 1980s
b. 1950s
c. 1920s
d. 1860s
2. If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?
a. On a California beach
b. Up in the Colorado mountains
c. Right here, obviously!
d. Backpacking through Europe
3. What conflict bothers you the most?
a. Fighting with a friend
b. Not liking the way your body looks in comparisons to magazines
c. Your phone lost charge, again!
d. Missing college classes because of hurricane alerts
4. What is your favorite time of the day?
a. Right when I wake up
b. After the coffee hits
c. After my classes are over
d. Right when I am about to go to sleep
5. What characteristic do you look for most in a friend?
a. Trust
b. Adventure
c. Humor
d. Induvituality
6. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
a. Dressing up with friends on Halloween
b. Fireworks and hotdogs on Fourth of July
Kahoot quiz! This quiz is not graded but tests the students knowledge on the
summary of the short story as well as the five elements within the short story.
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/20f6cfd4-2a0d-4290-9764-0a14c7f21c30
Direct Instruction:
The class will be broken into 5 groups and will be assigned a specific character from the story.
With the focus on a singular character, they will be asked to identify the characters situation,
conflict, and personality traits. These questions will be in the form of a worksheet to help guide
them
Name:
Date:
1. What was your characters conflict?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________
2. What was your characters personality?
_____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________
3. What was your characters
_____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________
4. What type of character is your character?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________
5. What was the resolution for your character?
_____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________
P- Be as detailed and creative as possible so the readers and your editor enjoy the piece
S-Detailed recounts of the event, interviews with other characters, and proper grammar and
spelling.