CW: lecture notes and hw from yesterday

2-6-12

Due now: none (late work or make-up workàshow to Miss D and then attach to your packet)

1. Do now:

[ ½ pg 10 min; Ipods okay]

Freewrite (or write on a suggested topic below)

·       Describe a place you know well and have visited often

·       If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be? Describe that place in detail.

·       Imagine a fantasy world. Describe it in detail

2. Review Key Terms

Setting-

where and when the story takes place

Mood-

the emotion or state of mind that the reader feels

Tone-

emotion the state of mind or attitude the author has towards the subject

Character-

person (people) in the story

Characterization- how you get to know a character (speech, actions, reactions of other characters, explicit info from narrator, plot, setting, relationships)

Plot-

the action in the story (what happens in the story on the surface); how the conflict gets complicated or resolved

Inciting incident-

the event that sets up the story, gets action in motion, introduces problem [something at stake for the character]

Climax-

the turning point in the story; the highest point of action

Resolution-

the problem is “solved”; things even out, come together

Conflict-

problem(s) in the story that drive the action

         

Internal Conflict (person vs. self)

- problem is within the character

 (ie. Depression, grief, addiction, dealing with past)

         

External Conflict

-problem outside the character

Types of External Conflict

Person vs. person- fight w/ friend

Person vs. society- discrimination

Person vs. nature – surviving in the wild, health

Person vs. supernatural – witch, ghost, monster

Person vs. circumstance/ fate- luck

Person vs. machine- person vs. technology

computer

HW

Brainstorm: List conflicts you have in your life

Explain  or describe one of them

1/2 pg –1pg ( 20 min)

2/7/12

(4^th period)

1. Move into your new seats

2. Once seated,

DUE NOW: Brainstorm and description of conflicts 1/2p-1p

DO NOW:

1. Send one person from your table to grab your group’s folders

2. Put your HW from last night on your desk to be stamped

          3. What conflict do you think you will write this week’s memoir about? What happened in this conflict? Who was involved (who are your “characters”)? What was important or meaningful or interesting about this conflict?

3. Finish reading the excerpt from Warriors Don’t Cry

4. Discuss plot structure and conflict

How does the author build tension and suspense?

What is the inciting incident? The climax? The resolution?

Tension

Crowds (heard)

Neighbors à look mean

Crowds—traffic

Park far away (vulnerable)

Hear crowds

National guardsmen (serious)

See the crowds

Commotion in the middle

Crowd surrounds Elizabeth

Hostility towards Elizabeth

Cheering from tormentors

Someone in the crowd notices them

Narrator and mother are in danger

Following them

Get away

Followed so closely

Separation

To yell  for help

Getting closer to car

Getting more tired

Mother abandons shoes

Melba almost hit

Melba gets to the car

Mother struggling

Mother gets in the car

They’re leaving

They start attacking the car, throw a brick

They get away

5. Plot out the events in your conflict. Just write what happened (don’t worry about the details yet.

HW: look back at your conflict

What would be the inciting incident? (conflict)

The climax?

The resolution?

Create a plot outline for your story of conflict

(How will you build tension?)