genre using mini sagas
DESCRIPTION
50 word mini sagas - good for picking out key factsTRANSCRIPT
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GenreWe are going to play a game.
Someone will read the words that appear on screen.
As soon as they finish you must SILENTLY act out the genre that you think it belongs to.
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It was a dark spooky night, weird shadows danced on the eerie pond below. Loud screeches echoed all around them.
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Being the man of courage that I am, I only screamed for half a minute:AUGHHHHHHHHHH! (I could have gone on longer but I ran out of air.)From My Life as Crocodile Junk Food by Bill Myers
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The air was still, slowly Mo and Bashtar crept across the deserted air strip. In front of them they could see the plane standing isolated. If only they could get to it and rescue Kim.
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It was love at first sight.
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Paul: We need to go now.
Andy:(distracted) No..wait! I see her. (Moves DSL)
Play script
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In you book write the Heading
GENREThen the sub heading
50 Word Mini saga
We are going to look at some mini sagas in different genre. They are all less than 50 words. Then you will attempt to write your own.
She walked into the ball looking radiant. Immediately the Prince saw her and they danced the night away. Midnight. She must rush home: a shoe slips off her foot! A desperate Prince searches for the owner of the glass slipper. Eventually the shoe fits - they live happily ever after.
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Bond glanced around; Darkmaster was out of sight. A faint click alerted him to the whereabouts of his enemy. Darkmaster was stealing the diamond! Turning slowly Bond aimed high. Darkmaster was perplexed, he couldn’t move, gazing downward he realised that he had been defeated once again! His feet were tied.
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The Doctor raced up the stairs cursing himself for forgetting that Darlek’s had evolved. It rose steadily to meet him. Reaching to his right he grabbed the red cylinder he found there and fired. The Darlek, sparked, shorted and fell silent. “Nothing a good wash can’t cure,” concluded the Doctor.
Commonly known as
Sci-Fi
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Think of a story you know well.
Write 4 short sentences.
Shrek
Shrek is an orge who lives in a swamp.
Lord Farqua is banning all fairytale creatures.
Sherk is befriended by an annoying talking donkey. He meets Fiona and falls in love with her; they marry.
Count the words in your sentences.
This has 35 so far, but doesn’t read well.
•1 to summarize the beginning •2 to summarize events that happen in the
story • 1 to summarize the end.
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Shrek
Shrek is an orge whose swamp is invaded because Lord Farqua has banned all fairytale creatures. Shrek has to kidnap a Princess to get his swamp back. Befriended by an annoying talking donkey they set out. The Princess is Fiona and Shrek falls in love with her. Farqua is deafeated. Shrek and Fiona marry.
Use it to build up a story. Like this…
54 words – too many!
Delete 4 of the less necessary words. Use
punctuation to help you.
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Now in your books write the title
of a story you know well.
Write 4 short sentences
•1 to summarize the beginning •2 to summarize events that happen in the
story • 1 to summarize the end.
Count your words and write the mini saga
Adjust your words so that you end up with a
mini saga with < 50 words.
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If you need a bit more help- read these.