Think-Pair-Share

Recall a recently watched movie with a

partner.

Tell the most unforgettable scene

from the movie with your partner.
 Answer the following
questions:
1. Were you able to discuss the movie
with your partner?
2. Did he or she enjoy your story about
the movie?
3. What made the story you shared
unforgettable?
4. If you were to change any part of
the story, what would it be, and
why?
 Pictionary
In this activity, you have to work again
with your partner. You will draw
images based from your teacher’s
posted word on the screen but your
partner will close his/her eyes to
avoid seeing the word because
he/she will guess the word from the
drawing that you have drawn.
She will keep on guessing until she
got the correct word.
Now, let’s begin!

1.Crazy
2.Mom
How do you find the
activity?
Elements of a
Short Story
 OBJECTIVES
• Identify the function of
elements of a short story,
• Define elements of a short story,
and
• Write a striking scene for a
• story.
 Story Time!
• How does a simple idea turn
into real and successful?

• Read the short story carefully and

identify the precious elements that
make up the story in 3 minutes.
 Crazy Mom
Please stop reading and listen to me!
 Answer the following
questions:
1. Who are the characters in the
story?
2. What was the problem?
3. How was it solved?
4. How did it end?
 Interact!
• Your answers to the questions
constitute the magical world of
fiction. In fact, the piece that you
have just read is an example of a
short story. This story is made up of
different elements.
T H E M E A B Q S D A
C S E T T I N G T U I
I P C L I M A X L X A
L P O I N T OF
V I E W
F S P L O T D F G H K
N V B N M X S D R T Y
O R E S O L U T I O N
C H A R A C T E R X D
• Theme • Plot
- exposition statement
• Setting
- rising action
• Characters - conflict
• Point of view - climax
- falling action
• Characterization
- resolution
 THEME
• The main idea of a literary work,
usually expressed as a generalization.

SETTING
•The time and place in which a
work of literature happens.
 CHARACTERS
• are the people who or animals that
make things happen in fiction.
POINT OF VIEW
• The story teller from whose
point of view the story is being
told, the narrator.
CHARACTERIZATION

The description of the

personalities of the
characters in the story
and the way in which an
author reveals their
personalities.
 PLOT
• The sequence or order of events in a story. The
plot includes:

- Exposition Statement - The part of the plot

that tells how the story begins.

- Rising Action - The action in the story

leading up to the climax.

- Conflict - Struggles or problems between

opposing forces.
 More PLOT

- Climax - The point of crisis in the plot. It

may be the reader’s point of highest interest.

- Falling action - The action in the story after

the climax is revealed.

- Resolution - The part of the plot that reveals

the final outcome.
 PLOT DIAGRAM
Climax

Conflict

Exposition Resolution
 Evaluation
Now that we have
identified and defined
the elements of a short
story, let us use the
elements to analyze a
familiar fairytale.
• At this point, you will group yourself
into 6 groups. Each has its own part.
Every group will have one element of
the short story. Then, you will read
another story entitled “The Necklace”
by Guy de Maupassant. After reading
on it, you will carefully analyze the
given task and write the striking scene
for a story. After that, they will
report their simple work in front of
the class.
•
Thank you for your participation and
cooperation!!!!

The END