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    This document provides instructional materials for an assignment asking students to write short stories ending with cliffhangers. It includes objectives, assignment details, and a 3-week scaffolding plan with minilessons, mentor texts, peer review, and an assessment checklist. Students will analyze examples of cliffhangers, discuss their purpose and effect, and write their own 6-page short stories ending in a cliffhanger to leave the reader with unanswered questions.

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    Creative Fiction:

    Cliffhangers
    Baylee Harding
    Objectives & Relevance
    ◦ AFTER DIRECT INSTRUCTION, CLOSE READING, AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING,
    SWBAT EVALUATE AND IDENTIFY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLIFFHANGERS AS A
    CONCLUSION STRATEGY BY WRITING THEIR OWN CREATIVE SHORT STORIES WITH
    CLIFFHANGERS.
    ◦ ASSIGNMENT RELEVANCE:
    ◦ STUDENTS RECOGNIZE CLIFFHANGERS IN LITERATURE AND POPULAR MEDIA.
    ◦ STUDENTS LEARN WHEN TO USE A “WRAP THINGS UP NICE AND PRETTY” CONCLUSION AND
    WHEN TO LEAVE THINGS AMBIGUOUS.
    ◦ STUDENTS BEGIN TO LEARN THE ELEMENTS OF WRITING CREATIVE FICTION.
    Assignment Description
    Overarching Goal:
    • Students will write a short story(maximum 6 pages) that ends with a cliffhanger.
    • The short story should contain elements of creative fiction, such as characterization, setting, and plot.
    The story should end, leaving the audience with remaining questions about one or more of these creative
    elements.
    For Students:
    • In a world where we often have the tendency to wrap things up with a nice bow when writing, how do
    “cliffhangers” or open endings change reader perception and interpretation of the text?
    • Your assignment will be to write a short story where the ending is a cliffhanger. The conclusion should
    avoid the desire to wrap things up with a nice bow—instead, it should leave readers with questions,
    anticipating what could possibly come next. The story will be a maximum of 6 pages.
    Instruction & Scaffolding

    Week 1 Week 2 Week 3


    Minilessons: Minilesson: Peer Review
    • What are cliffhangers? • What effect do cliffhangers have on Inferencing:
    • Why do authors and writers use audiences? • Students will switch stories with a
    cliffhangers? Mentor Text: partner. They will then write a paragraph
    Informal Writing: • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens about what they expect from the story
    • What is an example of a cliffhanger you (Ch. 4-5) based on the short story their peer
    have seen in a TV show, movie, or book? Inferencing: wrote. They will also write 2-3 questions
    Tell me about it in 2-3 sentences. Then • What do you think is going to happen in they are left with after reading their
    explain why you define it as a cliffhanger. the next chapter? Why do you think this? peer's story.
    Collaborative Learning Compare/Contrast:
    • Students will create plot charts in groups • Students will write a paragraph about
    over one of four short stories with how the ending of chapter 4 did or did
    cliffhangers: not meet their expectations, and how
    • “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury they felt as a reader waiting to hear what
    • “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson would happen next.
    • “The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank Writing & Teacher Conferences
    Stockton
    • “A Rose for Emily” by William
    Faulkner
    Assessment: Checklist
    Content: Grammar/Mechanics/Craft:
     My title is original and creative.  I use vivid details to describe events, the setting, and
     My paragraphs are structured appropriately; I use the characters.
    transitions to begin new paragraphs.  I use dialogue that moves the plot forward by
     My beginning has a “hook” to engage readers. revealing feelings, interactions between characters,
     I introduce and explain my narrator and the and/or reactions to settings/events.
    characters clearly.  I use tone appropriately to convey an attitude or
     I maintain the point-of-view (1st or 3rd) throughout perspective of a character.
    the piece.  I check my mechanics for accuracy—spelling,
     I clearly establish the setting. punctuation, and capitalization.
     I sequence the events in a clear manner.  My grammar is correct.
     I build suspense throughout the story to keep
    readers engaged.
     I conclude my story with a cliffhanger—leaving
    readers with questions about what will happen
    next.

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