Short Story Recipe In Sarah's Kitchen as pm Lit 1 Gets Cooking!

What are the ingredients of a good short story?  Chef Sarah has a surefire recipe that we'll be using to evaluate the short stories we read between now and Thanksgiving break.


3  cups of characters being human

2 cups of detail

2 cups of plot

1 ½ cups of dialog

1 ½ cups of action

1 ½ cups of a good ending.  * Note on this ingredient: Can leave the ending hanging only if there is a sequel.  End the story so that the reader is satisfied and feels like the story is done.  And no “The Ends”!!!

Story #1:Standing on the Roof Naked
 

ATOMIC FIREBALL DAY Lit 1

ATOMIC FIREBALL DAY
    What happens when you hold an             Atomic Fireball in your mouth as long as you can?

 

Mouth on fire. Throat is burning. I feel like I just ate fire.  This pain is going on and on and on and it won't end.  It hurts!  Caitlin

                     I am eating a Fireball now and it feels like my throat has red hot coals from a fire in my mouth.  It reminds me of a time a bee stung my tongue.
                     Dalton 

At first the Fireball was tasty.  It was a tad spicy and cinnamonny, Then it started getting spicier. My eyes started watering and my cheek went numb.The taste of cinnamon gave way to the spiciness of the hot ball and my tongue went numb. It want on like that for awhile then the pain receded and the taste came back and I enjoyed it.
                         Kyle

(Kyle came back for a second helping! Jackie )

My tongue is numb, I can't taste anymore.  When I breathe in the Fireball makes my tongue burn worse than it already does. Most of the flavor of the fireball is gone. When I swallow it burns. 

                             Brittany

   Now that's descriptive writing!

PRECISION

Thunder rolls closer.
Jays calling, clouds low, warm wind;
Last week of soft sounds.


Those three lines are an example of precision.

Precision is all about taking time.
Time to settle in your body.
Time to calm your mind.

Then, when you are more fully present, your wisdom and creativity are more available to you. You can choose exactly the words you want to say what you need to say or write.

Then you stop and feel where the words came from inside you.

You try it. Settle yourself. Feel your feet on the floor. Feel your breath ride through you. Open your heart and mind to yourself.

When ready, write a 5-7-5 poem using the words: this term

Themes we can see....and feel in our hearts

Have a look at this slide show and see how each photograph makes you feel.

picasaweb.google.com/jkaufman073/Ttgg1FinalProjectThemes?locked=true#


How many of us respond with similar feelings to the same image?

How many of us have more in common than you may have thought when you first walked into this classroom?

First day of class.....be INSPIRED

Please view this link and write a response of 300 characters. What does this video have to do with the beginning of the school year?

http://www.safeshare.tv/v/64A_AJjj8M4