September 18, 2014plot map

Homework: Library on Friday! Look back over your notes on setting, character and plot!

Objective: I can identify and evaluate the parts of a story's plot.

Warm Up (in your composition book)Look up the definition for PLOT in the red glossary section of your Lit. book and copy it into your notes.

Parts of a story

setting  characters  conflict

setting - the time and place of the action.

characters the people, animals or creatures who take part in the story's action.

Turn in your Literature book to pg. 29

Let's read the excerpt from Trouble River together.

1. In what ways does the setting add to the woman's anxiety? Find two details that describe her surroundings.

2. What do you learn about the woman from the way she reacts to her grandson's absence. Support your answer.

conflict the problem or struggle a character faces in the story.

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conflict can be...

internal

external

Turn in your Literature book to pg. 29

Let's read the excerpt from Zlateh the Goat together.

1. Find three details that convey the dangers of the weather.

2. In your own words, describe the conflict that Aaron is facing. Whom or what is the conflict with?

So now let's see how well you all captured these three elements in your story starters from yesterday.

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but...the power of a story comes from the action - what happens as the story develops. This is known as the... plot - the series of events in a story

the plot map

exposition

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exposition

the plot map

central conflict

exposition

rising action

the plot map

central conflict

exposition

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climaxthe plot map

central conflict

exposition

rising action

climax

falling action

the plot map

central conflict

exposition

rising action

climax

falling action

resolution

the plot map

central conflict

exposition

introduces settingmain characterhints at central conflict

central conflict

the main problem carried through the entire story

Turn in your Literature book to pg. 31

Let's read the excerpt from The Bracelet together.

1. Where and when does this story take place?

2. Reread the boxed details. Explain the conflict that the girl's family has. How does the setting influence the situation?

rising action -

conflict growsbuilds suspense

Turn in your Literature book to pg. 31

Let's read the excerpt from You're Not a Winner Unless Your Picture's in the Paper together.

1. Describe what you learn about Billy's conflict in the boxed lines. What is Billy's initial reaction?

2. In lines 8-9, Billy concludes that his problem is worse than he first realized. How does the conflict become more complicated?

climax - the turning point of the story makes the outcome of the conflict clear

falling action -

eases the tensionshows how the main character resolves the conflict

resolution -

reveals how everything turns out

In your notes, draw a new plot map. Read Boar Out There. (pgs. 32-33) and complete the plot map.

Boar Out There

Boar Out There

hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny

Boar Out There

hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny

crazy wild boar in the woods

Boar Out There

hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny

crazy wild boar in the woods

Jenny decides to go looking for the boar

She hears the boar and coughs

Jenny enters the woods listening for the boar

Boar Out There

hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny

crazy wild boar in the woods

Jenny decides to go looking for the boar

She hears the boar and coughs

Jenny enters the woods listening for the boar

Jenny sees the boar face to face and he runs past her

Boar Out There

hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny

crazy wild boar in the woods

Jenny decides to go looking for the boar

She hears the boar and coughs

Jenny enters the woods listening for the boar

Jenny sees the boar face to face and he runs past her

Jenny goes back home and she still whispers "Boar Out There"

Boar Out There

hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny

crazy wild boar in the woods

Jenny decides to go looking for the boar

She hears the boar and coughs

Jenny enters the woods listening for the boar

Jenny sees the boar face to face and he runs past her

Jenny goes back home and she still whispers "Boar Out There"

Jenny feels sorry for the boar with its torn ear and she realizes that he is not as intimidating as she once thought he was