Splinters : A Collection of Short Short Stories - Softcover

Baines, Richard

 
9780195506983: Splinters : A Collection of Short Short Stories

Synopsis

An anthology that offers students the opportunity to enjoy, investigate, respond to and write short stories by meeting them in their shortest forms. Each story is accompanied by activities: Fragments -- to inspire talk about the pieces Chips -- for consideration of the technical devices that drive the story Scraps -- a workshop for imaginative writing and creative thinking

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Synopsis

This anthology contains chilling and challenging tales that can be easily read, discussed and written about within a lesson. The stories are grouped together in six themes: Crime and Punishment, Tooth and Claw, Fact and Fantasy, Love and War, Home and Away, and Straight and Narrow. Useful indexes are included.

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