Category Archives: English 9

Short Story Writing Process

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My Story

Brainstorm

Core Competency Reflection

An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is the different parts of a story. The Introduction, Initiating Incident, Rising Action, Climax and Denouement.

When it seems the good ideas just won’t come to me, I write out and expand on some of the ideas that I had come up with to help create space and ideas in my mind which could help develop the story.

Some skills I have developed to make my creative activities better are I have learned to brainstorm better. Before I didn’t usually brainstorm, I would just try to write, and that didn’t work very well. Now first I think of many ideas before I try writing them.

Act III Dialogue Collaborative Project

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The Script

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Following the Script Format

Instead of trying to write the script and format it later, Kalani and I wrote the script in the correct format. To do this we would consult the script format document for each different part we were doing. For example, when we were writing the title, date and act we checked with the example script to make sure that we had set it in the right spot on the page and had it properly bolded or underlined. We did that same thing for the rest of our script. It somewhat effected how we wrote the stage directions/script as well, because we chose to just write the script in the correct format we wrote, and chose how we were going to do the stage directions before we wrote the next thing that they were going to say.

Core Competency – Collaboration

I can work with others to achieve a goal.

During this project I worked with a partner to create a small section of script that sounded more modern. We both contributed ideas and wrote lines to create this script.

I can take on roles and responsibilities in a group; I do my share.

Instead of splitting up the work and working on the script ourselves, Kalani and I worked on the script together. I wrote lines, as well as gave ideas and gave my thoughts on the lines Kalani wrote.

I can encourage others to share their voices and value diverse perspectives.

When I came up with an idea for a line, I would check with Kalani before writing it down. I would also ask him if he wanted to add anything else to the line.

A Goal for Myself

I can apply constructive strategies to navigate misunderstandings and conflicts.

I am working on this goal because it is a useful skill to have in my life. There will always be misunderstandings and conflicts no matter where you are. If you are able to solve these then you and your team or group or family or set of office workers can work more efficiently and will be able to understand other’s point of view better.

To achieve this goal I will; communicate clearly, this will help remove any misunderstandings me and my peers may have, and I will try and look at both sides of the conflict, this will help in finding what the root of the conflict is and finding a solution for it.