MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER
24
Mon., Sept. 24, 2012
“How do I know what elements to put into my
narrative?”
DO NOT
WRITE IN
THIS AREA
UNTIL
PROMPTED
TO.
DO NOW 1:
Write your date and Essential Question for today and
then put your notebook away. (You’ll do this after the
quiz.)
Review for your vocab quiz.
TODAY:
• Vocab Quiz 2
• DO NOW Review
• Review Elements of a
Narrative w/a Rap
• Vocab List 3 Definitions
• Notes on Narrative
Elements
• Knowsys List #2
What you need:
• Pen/pencil
• Notebook
• COMPUTER LOG-IN!!!
• Your narrative shaping
sheet
• Your BRAIN
REMINDERS:
• Vocabulary quiz 3 on
Thursday
• Library on Friday
• Substitute this Wed.
• Picture Day is Monday,
Oct. 1
So what are the five elements of a
narrative, again???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps
Mon., Sept. 24, 2012
“How do I know what elements to put into my
narrative?”
NOTES ON NARRATIVE
ELEMENTS:
NOTES:
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UNTIL
You have , in previous notes,
the five elements of a
narrative, or story.
PROMPTED
TO.
You also have separate notes
on some of those elements,
such as theme and conflict.
Today, you are going to take
new or review notes on each
of those elements using your
own definitions.
You will watch a video that
will walk you through the
elements, and you will record
your notes in your notebook
for each element.
Before you take your notes, let’s watch a video
that your notes will relate back to:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html
Mon., Sept. 24, 2012
“How do I know what elements to put into my
narrative?”
NOTES ON NARRATIVE
ELEMENTS:
NOTES:
DO NOT
WRITE IN
THIS AREA
UNTIL
You have , in previous notes,
the five elements of a
narrative, or story.
PROMPTED
TO.
You also have separate notes
on some of those elements,
such as theme and conflict.
Today, you are going to take
new (or review) notes on
each of those elements using
your own definitions.
You will watch a video that
will walk you through the
elements, and you will record
your notes in your notebook
for each element.
NOTES ON NARRATIVE
ELEMENTS:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/setting.html
1. Begin with SETTING.
Click on that tab, listen to
the narrator, and record
notes that you think are
important into your
notebook.
2. Continue in the following
order:
• CHARACTERS
• SEQUENCE (PLOT)
• EXPOSITION
• CONFLICT
• CLIMAX
• RESOLUTION
3. After you have viewed
and taken notes for each
element, take the “Test
Your Skills” quiz at the
end and print your
results.
Plot & Character Shaping Sheet for your Personal Narrative.
Your name:
Title for your Story:
HOMEWORK:
Step 1. Decide on a memory or event that you will write about.
On the back of this sheet,
write down these parts of
your story’s plot:
Step 2. Tell why this memory is important to you.
• exposition (how will you
introduce other people in
your story, the setting, and
any background info
Step 3. Identify the main conflict that occurred in your story.
Step 4. What lesson about humanity or life will you hope to share through your
experience?
Step 5.
Step 6.
Step 7.
Step 8.
Practice writing an
opening line that will
catch your audience’s
attention.
Describe the event (s)
that will lead to the
conflict?
Write about the event
that will be the point in
your story where your
reader will most want to
know what happens.
Explain how the
conflict was solved.
• climax (this should be
similar to what you have for
Step 7)
• resolution (Step 8)
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
25
Tues. Sept. 25, 2012
“How does the structure of a story work?”
Do Now:
DO NOT
WRITE IN
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PROMPTED
TODAY:
• Review Elements of a
Narrative notes from
Monday
• Freytag Pyramid
• Plot Structure Simulation
• Plot Structure practice
TO.
DO NOW 1:
Without using your notes, answer the following
questions:
1. What is the purpose of the exposition of a
story?
2. What is the important feature of the climax of
a story?
3. What happens during the resolution?
What you need:
• Pen/pencil
• Notebook
• COMPUTER LOG-IN!!!
• Your narrative shaping
sheet
• Your BRAIN
REMINDERS:
• Vocabulary quiz 3 on
Thursday
• Library on Friday
• Substitute this Wed.
• Picture Day is Monday,
Oct. 1
Mon., Sept. 24, 2012
“How do I know what elements to put into my
narrative?”
Notes
Setting:
Characters:
NOW YOU
CAN
WRITE IN
THIS
AREA!!!
REVIEWING MONDAY’s
NOTES:
• Get with your next door
neighbor and share notes
• Add extra info that you
feel is important
Exposition:
Plot:
Conflict:
• Discuss the most
important info for each
element (setting,
exposition, etc.) and
highlight those
Climax:
Resolution:
Reflection
(or Summary):
• In the right margin, write
down at least 3 questions
that can be answered by
using your notes
(e.g. What is setting?)
So….how does this plot structure/Freytag thing
work in action? What’s it like?
Watch the following two animated shorts, and take notes on the plot elements that
you see:
“For the Birds”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzQiemCIuY
“Pigeon Impossible”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA&feature=related
Tues., Sept. 25, 2012
“How do I know what to put into my narrative?”
DO NOW 1:
1.
2.
3.
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NOTES ON PIXAR ANIMATION
SHORTS:
•
TO.
PIXAR ANIMATION SHORTS NOTES:
•
Video 1: _____________
1. Exposition
2. Conflict
3. Climax
4. Resolution
•
As you watch each short,
write a brief description
for these four elements of
plot that occur in the
video.
After each video, discuss
with your neighbor what
you wrote down.
If you run out of room for
the second video’s notes,
copy this on the backside
and just label it
VIDEO 2: _______
Plot Structure Components
Climax: The turning point. The
most intense moment (either
mentally or in action.
Rising Action: the series of
conflicts and crisis in the story
that lead to the climax.
Falling Action: all of the
action which follows the
Climax.
Exposition: The start of the
story. The way things are
before the action starts.
Resolution: The conclusion,
the tying together of all of
the threads.
FREYTAG PYRAMID:
Let’s fill this out together for
“For the Birds”.
FREYTAG PYRAMID:
Fill out the second chart with
your partner(s) for “Pigeon
Impossible”.
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
27
Thurs. Sept. 27, 2012
TODAY:
• Vocab Quiz #3
• Vocab 4 Pre-test &
Definitions
• Complete yesterday’s
activities
What you need:
•Pen
•Notebook
•Your BRAIN
DO NOW 1:
Review for the vocab quiz. (Do not put a heading
on your notebook yet.)
REMINDERS:
• Library TOMORROW
• Picture Day is
Monday, Oct. 1 (Forms will
be handed out during
advisory)
Thurs. Sept. 27, 2012
TODAY:
• Vocab Quiz #3
• Vocab 4 Pre-test &
Definitions
• Complete yesterday’s
activities
What you need:
•Pen
•Notebook
•Your BRAIN
DO NOW 2:
Discuss with your next door neighbor what each
term means:
• Plot
• Climax
• Resolution
• Conflict
• Exposition
REMINDERS:
• Library TOMORROW
• Picture Day is
Monday, Oct. 1 (Forms will
be handed out during
advisory)
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
28
Fri. Sept. 28, 2012
NARRATIVE
POETRY
How can a poem be a narrative?
TODAY:
• Review plot structure and
Freytag Pyramid
• “Walrus and the Carpenter”
narrative poem
• Homework
What you need:
• Pen/pencil
• Notebook
• Your BRAIN
DO NOW 1:
Review your vocab group 4 words. Think about
how would you group these terms into at least two
categories?
REMINDERS:
• Library TODAY
• Picture Day is
Monday, Oct. 1 (Forms will
be handed out during
advisory)
• Next week is the end of the
period for the 2nd progress
report…stay for tutoring on
WEDNESDAY to catch up on
confusing or missing work!!!
• SELL! SELL! SELL THAT
CHOCOLATE!
Plot Structure Components
Climax: The turning point. The
most intense moment (either
mentally or in action.
Rising Action: the series of
conflicts and crisis in the story
that lead to the climax.
Falling Action: all of the
action which follows the
Climax.
Exposition: The start of the
story. The way things are
before the action starts.
Resolution: The conclusion,
the tying together of all of
the threads.
So….how come
The Walrus and the Carpenter
is a narrative???
Before going back to the text, let’s look at the Disney animated version of the poem:
The Walrus and the Carpenter,
the Disney version from “Through the Looking Glass”
(The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland)
http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?v=Nql1_RKwQt0