Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Source Books 2
Charcoal Drawings 3
Choosing Stories 5
Main Lesson Activities/ A Typical Main Lesson 8
The Elements of the Short Story 9
Descriptive Setting 10
Descriptive Settings and Atmosphere 13
Character Description 20
Developing Character Voice 23
Plot Development 25
Some Common Plots 27
An Example of Plot Development 31
Literary Technique 34
Examples of Foreshadowing and Symbols in "Flight" 35
Beginnings and Endings 37
Guidelines for the Second Draft 40
Bibliography 45
Included in the this book are lessons for teaching charcoal drawing