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Planning and Drafting Characters and Dialogue
3. Think of how a main character in the story would change. Copy and use the Characterization graphic organizer used earlier to help develop this character.
4. With your class, write and role play dialogue that reveals characterization and moves the plot forward. If needed, revisit the story to see how Peck uses dialogue for these purposes.
Drafting
5. Revisit the class list of possible events in this story. Refine the rising action, climax, and resolution.
6. You and your class will now write a first draft of your class-constructed story. Use your notes and your graphic organizers to guide your writing.
Check Your Understanding
After you have drafted your short story, use the following checklist and the Scoring Guide to evaluate your story and consider revisions.
• Does the story include a clear, well-paced sequence of events?
• Are main characters believable? Do they seem real?
• Have you included descriptive, sensory details to make the setting and characters
clear?
• Have you created dialogue that reveals the characters and moves the plot
forward?
Revising
Revising for Figurative Language and Word Choice
7. Reread the first draft of your class-constructed story. Where might you add figurative language and allusions to other stories from books, TV programs, or movies? What effect would these achieve?
8. What tone would your class like to convey? Revise your word choices, or diction, to achieve the tone your class agrees upon.
9. Using Peck’s short story as a model, find places to add foreshadowing or hints about the ending to your class-constructed story.
Writing Workshop 4 • Narrative Writing: Short Story 9
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