Good morning.
We will get started at 8:30.
Wednesday- mid week slump, low energy
IDIOM: Hump Day
hump – a small bump to get over
Monday “I hate Mondays.”
MY ADVICE: Don’t wish your days away.
Where the light
is brightest, the shadows are deepest. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Today’s Agenda:
· Quiz#3
compound sentences
· “Characteristics
of a Short Story”
· Begin
“What Happened During the Ice Storm”
Small group discussion, notes ready
· HW Finish reading “I Confess” and finish making
talking notes
Thursday
· Review
paragraph form and structure
Grabbers
Quoting text “ “
· Discuss
goalmaking and scheduling
· Begin
complex sentence- adverb clauses
· Begin
“I Confess”
· HW Read “Dead Man’s Path” for Monday. Make notes
for
discussion
Friday
· Continue
adverb clauses
· Continue
“I Confess”
· Continue
quoting text “”
Monday
· Quiz#4
adverb clauses
· Begin
“Dead Man’s Path”
Characteristics
of short stories
These are some general characteristics of
short stories. They may not apply to
every short story you read, but they will to most.
1)
A short story is short enough to read
in one sitting. In fact, it is
designed to be read in one go. You
should strive to sit down and read it in one period of time. Usually a short
story will be well under 10000 words, sometimes as little as a few hundred
words. I am surprised when a short story
is longer than ten or twelve pages.
When you read a
short story in one go, you get experience ‘unity of effect’. The story will
exist in your mind as one entity. You want to avoid fragmenting the story by
breaking it into pieces. It‘s not a good or satisfying way to read.
MY ADVICE: Defend
time to do your reading.
2)
A short story normally has one
physical setting. That is, all of the
events of the story happen in one place.
3)
The time frame of a short story is
normally very short. Sometimes a story
may take place over the course of a few hours or even a few minutes. Rarely a short story will be segmented into
events that take place over several days.
Usually, however, a short story will take place over one fairly abbreviated
span of time.
4)
A short story deals with one plotline
and does not diverge far from the main story.
There are rarely subplots or secondary plots (threads). Everything that
happens in the story focuses on one incident.
NOTE:
Plot is the sequence of related events or actions
in a story. A plot can usually be
broken down into a traditional five-part plot structure. These parts are as follows:
1.
exposition -
an introduction to the main characters, settings, and situations of the plot
2.
rising action
- the events and complications that lead to an important and dramatic point in
the plot
3.
climax - the
point of greatest interest and emotional involvement in the plot
4.
falling action
- the events that develop from the climax and lead to the conclusion
5.
resolution or
denouement - the final outcome which ties up any loose ends left in the story
This structure
can be depicted as a lopsided pyramid, with two base lines.
Next time you watch a movie, pay attention to how the plotline is
delivered.
5)
A short story has very few characters,
sometimes just one or two. Normally a
short story has only one or two main characters.
6)
A short story often addresses a moral
issue or central theme. The issue or
theme is often ambiguous and designed to provoke thought and debate.
7)
A short story ends abruptly.
“What Happened During the Ice Storm”
Small groups (4-5)
Chat/Discuss Thought Questions, make notes of
new ideas
Relaxed, fun talking, sharing ideas, sharing
knowledge, collaborating, co-learning
New vocab:
crouching(v) crouch(v)
blindfolded(a) blindfold(v)
huddle(v)
pounce(v)
clinging(v) clingy(a)
flake(v)(n)
ditch(n)(v) She ditched her useless idiot
husband. dump
barn(n)
‘But” – pivot point in the story, change in
tone, conflict
-
what follows is a mix of beauty and
danger/menace
Why is the writer showing similarities between
the pheasants and the boys?
empathy, sympathy – understanding of another
creature’s suffering/experience
concluding – uncertainty
Have you ever been in a situation like this?
euthanasia
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