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using the fields 

that are on the 

Short Story Wrap-Up 

handouts.  

The database should be available on each machine for the students to 

add entries to.  The database should have 

one sample record 

for 

students to review (use “

The Gift of the Magi

”.  A copy of this 

database should be available on each machine.  This database is 

referred to as “shortstories.fp5” in the student handout. 

 

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Prerequisite 

Skills in Subject 

Area One 

[Language Arts, 

English I] 

Students have completed reading all the stories in their Short Story Unit.  

While studying the short stories, students have developed an understanding of 

characterization [protagonist, antagonist], setting, plot [including 

foreshadowing, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, 

denouement, internal conflict, external conflict], point of view [first-person, 

third-person limited, third-person omniscient], and theme [stated and 

implied]. 

 

Prerequisite 

Skills in Subject 

Area Two 

[Information 

Skills, Grade 9] 

As ninth graders, students will be building on earlier skills in using and 

organizing information.  They have organized information for papers they 

have written, for example, the Literary Analysis paper that they did in week 

four of the Short Story Unit.  They’ll also be building on the analysis of the 

stories we have done in the class. 

 

Prerequisite 

Skills in 

Technology: 

Students have already spent time using the computer for earlier assignments 

in the school year that have addressed the following skills: 

- 

Entering data into a database earlier in the school year with an activity 

where they have entered their personal information into the database 

for a “class portfolio.” 

 

Learning 

Objectives in 

Subject Area (s) 

[Language Arts 

and Information 

Skills]