Writing a Humourous Story

Expected Outcomes

Stage 3
Unit 3 Assignment 3, 5
Unit 4 Assignment 4

Stage 4 Employment
Unit 7 Assignment 3
Unit 8 Assignment 1

DescriptionPen and Paper Method

1. The students will recall a humourous incident that happened to them. Some humourous incidents may be events that originally seemed embarrassing to the student but they now seem funny, or they may be stories that were just funny. We have all laughed at ourselves at some point.

2. The student will then write about the incident in the form of a narrative.

3. The students should use the five steps in the writing process to complete this assignment (prewriting, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing).

4. Upon completion of the assignment, the instructor may wish to create a class anthology or have the students share their stories with the class.

Sub-skills Needed:

1. Writing strategies

Materials Needed

1. The instructor should share a funny story that happened to him/her in order to make the class feel more comfortable with the assignment.

Resources

Computer IntegrationComputer Integration

The students will progress through the steps of the writing process using the word processing program. The students may enhance the final draft of the story with any of the creative features that they like. The story should include a title and the author's name at the top of the story. The teacher will collect all the final drafts and create a class anthology of humourous stories. One of the students may wish to create the cover page for the anthology using the different creative features in the word processing program.

See Computer Curriculum Guide:

Start Microsoft Word Section One, Pg. 1
Enter Text in a Document Section One, Pg. 11
Check Spelling and Grammar Section One, Pg. 18
Apply Bold, Italic or Underline Section Two, Pg. 5
Change Font, Font Sizes, and Colours Section Two, Pg.15
Draw Objects Using Drawing Tools Section Three, Pg. 1
ClipArt Section Three, Pg. 6
WordArt Section Three, Pg. 9
Save a Document Section One, Pg. 13
Preview and Print a Document Section One, Pg. 14

Evaluation

Writing Rubrics and Checklists
  • Narrative Analytic Rubric
  • Writing Evaluation Rubric
  • Writing Assessment Rubric
  • Student Writing Assessment Checklist
  • Painting a Picture with Words
  • Descriptive Writing Rubric
  • Telling a Story: Narrative Writing Rubric

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