Unit 2: Storytelling

Nowadays there are lots of books about mini sagas and microstories, which are included in a new genre called flash fiction. It all started in 1988 when the Telegraph newspaper organized a mini saga competition. Mini sagas are complete stories in exactly 50 words. Some microstories can be even shorter.


Read these examples of minisagas from students at secondary school which I found on www.talkingpeople.net

By Beatriz (Y5B, 2007-08)
The water is disappearing and I cannot breathe. I am being carried out and the tube is so narrow my bones crack. I am dying. A light blinds me and the noise is deafening. My lungs burst. Somebody beats me in the bottom and I cry. I have been born!

Winter 2006 Mini-saga Project for Y5B and Y5C students 

The comfortable room was ready. The clock struck five. She stopped ironing. The same music. She looked at him and waited for his reaction. He invited her to sit down beside him. The same music. Some words. The same music. Brandy again. This time the cyanide would do the rest.

Winter 2006 Mini-saga Project for Y5B and Y5C students

Hello darling! It has been so long time since we last met. Perhaps a year…
Nothing has changed here but coldness.
Wait! If my memory works it was a November 1, like today.
One year, darling!
You don´t have to bring anything!
Why flowers?
Why are you crying?
Darling?

Which story did you like most? Why? You can write your ideas clicking on comments. 

Now watch this traditional fairy tale called Little Red Riding Hood. After that you can read it clicking on the link below.


Little Red Riding Hood

Although it's not a mini saga. These are the Titanic stories we wrote in class. I hope you like them.

Titanic NB2 H
Titanic NB2 J

Finally, try these activities about linking words.

Linking words I
Linking words II
Linking words III