Works Cited
Allen, Roberta. Fast Fiction: Creating Fiction in Five Minutes. Cincinnati: Story Press, 1997.
The bible for teaching short, short story writing as it defines the form and provides guidance for teaching it. This book will provide mini-lessons and teaching strategies for the unit.
Answers.com. "Flash Fiction." 3 July 2007 http://www.answers.com/
flash%20fiction>.
A reliable site for quick answers, especially in regard to vocabulary.
Bauman, Amy, and Peterson, Art. Breakthroughs: Classroom Discoveries About Teaching Writing.
This is where I was first introduced to episodic writing. In general, the book offers experienced classroom voices in creative writing that will generate interest and solid learning opportunities.
Earle, Jamelah. Literary Kicks: Where Literature Lives On. November 2004 7 July
2007 http://www.litkicks.com/BeatPages/msg.jsp?what=FlashFiction>.
Very knowledgeable blog reporting on anything literary. Welcomes submissions.
English, Van H. Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. 2002. 25 July 2007.
http://ezproxy.chatham.edu:2102/ehost/
detail?vid=5&hid=105&sid=ed278ba7-787f-468b-95b2- d79f2456d691%40sessionmgr109>.
Good source for information on the history of maps.
Pennsylvania Department of Education. "Academic Standards." State Board of Education 11 March 2006 20 July 2007 http://www.pde.state.pa.us/
stateboard_ed/cwp/view.asp?Q=76716>.
Direct URL to index of all Pennsylvania Education Standards.
New Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. 15th Ed., Vol. 7, Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica,
Inc.,2007.
Good resource to turn to for overall background.
Peterson, Art. The Writer's Workout Book: 113 Stretches Toward Better Prose. Berkeley: National Writing Project, 1996.
A writing teacher's must have handbook for insight into craft and the teaching of writing in the classroom. This book will provide mini-lessons and teaching strategies for the unit.
Strange Maps.com. 2006 November. 6 July 2007. http:// strangemaps.wordpress.com/>.
A great site to find strange maps which are perfect for this unit. Make sure to check out the archives.
Thomas, James; Thomas, Denise; and Hazuka, Tom. Flash Fiction: Very Short Stories. New York: Norton, 1992.
The book contains excellent examples of flash fiction with the majority of the stories not over 1½ pages.
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