Journal Entry – Free Write 8/25
 It is your first journal entry of the year (YAY!! I feel your excitement) and I am
deciding to let you write on anything that you would like.
 It must be at least a half a page long and proper grammar to receive full
credit.
Short Stories: Plot and
Setting
Plot: What’s Happening?
 Plot: a series of events that are
occurring in a story
 Occur in books, movies, TV shows, etc.4
 Plot can be mapped in Freytag’s
Pyramid
Parts of Freytag’s Pyramid
 Exposition: part of the story in which the basic situation is outlined and the
characters and main conflict are introduced; basically the introduction to
the story.
 Rising Action: chain of events that takes place as the main character
struggles to achieve his or her goal
 Climax: the point of highest emotional intensity; sometimes the point at
which we learn the outcome of the conflict.
 Falling Action: series of events in which the conflict is starting to get solved
 Denouement/Resolution: events following the climax and falling action in
which any remaining issues are resolved.
Conflict
 Struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions
 2 Basic Types of Conflict
 Internal: created when the main character undergoes an emotional struggle. It is
within the character’s own mind and heart.
 Character vs. Self
 External: created when a person or outside force prevents the main character
from achieving his or her goal.
 Character vs. Character (Ex: Harry Potter vs. Voldemort)
 Character vs. Nature (Ex: A mountain climber vs. a blizzard)
 Character vs. Society (Hunger Games Katniss vs. the Capitol)
Flashback
Sometimes a story’s action is interrupted in order
to tell of events that took place in the past.
Flashback: any scene that presents events that
happen before the main time frame of a story.
Use: story tellers provide us with background
about the main events of a story or share a
character’s past.
Do you have an example?
Foreshadowing & Suspense
Foreshadowing is the use of clue to
predict on what is or may happen in
a story
Suspense is the feeling of uncertainty
or anxiety about what is going to
happen next
Setting & Mood
 The time period and place in which the action of a story takes place.
 Setting can also be determined by mood
 Mood is the atmosphere a writer creates that affects the way we feel as
readers.
Exit Journal 8/25
Tell me five things you learned
about short stories today and
how they affect/enhance a
story.
Prediction - 5 points 8/26
 The title of the short story we are going to read is
“Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket.”
 Give me a prediction of what this story may be about.
 You can write at least 3 sentences
Vocabulary – “Contents of a Dead Man’s
Pocket “
 Projection: n. something that juts out from the surface
 Discarding: v. used as an adj. abandoning; getting rid of
 Confirmation: n. proof
 Exhalation: n. something breathed out; breath
 Imperceptibly: adv. In such a slight way as to be most unnoticeable
 Rebounded: v. bounced back
 Interminable: adj. endless
 Irrelevantly: adv. In a way not relating to the point or situation
 Incomprehensible: adj. not understandable
 Unimpeded: adj. not blocked; unobstructed
What Have we Seen? 10 points 8/26
Tell me the parts of Freytag’s Pyramid
we have seen in the story so far. Give
me a summary of the parts that
correlate to Freytag’s Pyramid.
What is Important to you? 5 points 8/27
 In “CoaDMP”, we have met our protagonist, Tom, as he is trying to
save his yellow paper from falling from the ledge. What is something
you hold as a prized possession and would do anything to save? A
family heirloom? A specific picture? Your childhood teddy bear?
 Describe what this item may be and why it is so important to you.
Vocab Development – 5 points 8/27
 Complete the following Vocabulary Square for 4 of the vocabulary words
we learned yesterday. Try picking ones you do not completely understand!
Write definition in
this square
Write a synonym
Vocabulary Word
Write an antonym
Write a sentence
using the
vocabulary word
correctly