Bellringer 9/22 Think of a conflict you encountered over the weekend. The conflict can be about anything: a fight with your mom, an issue with your grades, or maybe you just got a cold. Write a carefully crafted, 6-8 sentence paragraph describing your conflict. Be sure to define what type it was (Character vs. self, character vs. society, etc) Make sure you have a topic and conclusion sentence and describe what happened with detail!

Caption This Photo! What is happening here? Write a caption for this photo Draw inspiration from the background, your knowledge of the character (Phillip Rivers), and football 2-3 sentences minimum

Foreshadowing and Flashback Foreshadowing: hints and clues to what might come BEFORE you get to what actually happens o In mysteries and thrillers you get hints and clues about what is actually going on (ex: Signs) Flashback: a scene inserted to the narrative that happened that takes you BACK in time o How I Met Your Mother: flashbacks in every episode to explain what is happening currently in the episode

Foreshadowing and Flashback Take notes during this video! (Definitions x2, Examples x2)

Flashback: HIMYM 1.Identify the flashback(s) in this clip. 2.What is the message/point of the whole clip? 3.How do the flashbacks contribute to the “message” of the clip?

Foreshadowing: Signs Signs: The Pantry Scene 1.Identify at least three elements of the scene that foreshadow that something bad is about to happen. What events or things are present that make you think that something is about to go wrong? 2.Next to each one, write why or how it tipped you off

Tone and Mood Tone: the feelings that the author wants you to experience through his/her word choice Mood: the atmosphere created. This is an OVERALL feeling, like somber, lighthearted, frightening, etc.  created through setting, theme, tone, and diction Word choice Tone Mood

Mood Through Setting Charles Dickens creates a calm and peaceful mood in his novel “Pickwick Papers”: “The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.” The depiction of idyllic scenery imparts a serene and non-violent mood to the readers

Mood Through Tone See how Robert Frost in his poem “The Road Not Taken” creates a gloomy feeling through his tone: “I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Frost informs us about his past with a “sigh” that gives the above lines an unhappy tone and thus evokes an unhappy mood. An unhappy mood is created because the poet convinces us into thinking that he regrets a choice he made in the past.

Mood Through Diction From Jonathon Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travel” is one of the great mood examples created using diction: “And being no stranger to the art of war, I have him a description of cannons, culverins, muskets, carabines, pistols, bullets, powder, swords, bayonets, battles, sieges, retreats, attacks, undermines, countermines, bombardments, sea-fights…” In order to create feelings of disgust in readers for the destructive consequences of war, the writer chooses words that are unmelodious, harsh and jarring. The diction in the above passage corresponds with the subject matter. AKA: Word Choice

Mood: Compare and Contrast

Exit Ticket 1.How is mood achieved in literature? 2.How is tone achieved in literature? 3.Write your own definition for the following: o Foreshadowing o Flashback o Tone o Mood

Bellringer 9/26 Write a paragraph (5-6 sentences) describing ONE of the themes in “I Hold On” with evidence (direct quotes) to support your position. Be sure to include topic and conclusion sentences!

Setting The time and place in which a story happens

Direct vs. Indirect When the reader must infer the time and place through hints used by the writer Ex: The Hunger Games mentions the Rockies in reference to the Capitol but doesn’t name them or Colorado/western states specifically A direct statement of the place and time (setting) of the narrative Ex: Flags of Our Fathers

Setting Setting can be developed through: o Time/historical period (past/present/future) o Geographical location o Local colors (customs and ways of life in a specific area) o Atmosphere (feelings associated/temperature) o Specific physical features

Setting Can… Create social context Create tension (Apollo 11) Influence characters (Harry Potter) Serve as a symbol (the desert vs. the jungle  death vs. life) Create mood (Twilight series) Setting can add an important dimension of meaning, reflecting character and embodying theme

In the next clip, identify: 1.The time and place that the story is set in 2.How the setting functions in the story (from your list) 3.The flashback and its function 4.The element of foreshadowing and what it foreshadows

Mean Girls: Welcome!

Selection from “Ethan Frome” by Edith Wharton In the afternoon the storm held off, and the clearness in the west seemed to my inexperienced eye the pledge of a fair evening. I finished my business as quickly as possible, and we set out for Starkfield with a good chance of getting there for supper. But at sunset the clouds gathered again, bringing an earlier night, and the snow began to fall straight and steadily from a sky without wind, in a soft universal diffusion more confusing than the gusts and eddies of the morning. It seemed to be a part of the thickening darkness, to be the winter night itself descending on us layer by layer. The small ray of Frome's lantern was soon lost in this smothering medium, in which even his sense of direction, and the bay's homing instinct, finally ceased to serve us. Two or three times some ghostly landmark sprang up to warn us that we were astray, and then was sucked back into the mist; and when we finally regained our road the old horse began to show signs of exhaustion. I felt myself to blame for having accepted Frome's offer, and after a short discussion I persuaded him to let me get out of the sleigh and walk along through the snow at the bay's side. In this way we struggled on for another mile or two, and at last reached a point where Frome, peering into what seemed to me formless night, said: "That's my gate down yonder."

The last stretch had been the hardest part of the way. The bitter cold and the heavy going had nearly knocked the wind out of me, and I could feel the horse's side ticking like a clock under my hand. "Look here, Frome," I began, "there's no earthly use in your going any farther—" but he interrupted me: "Nor you neither. There's been about enough of this for anybody." I understood that he was offering me a night's shelter at the farm, and without answering I turned into the gate at his side, and followed him to the barn, where I helped him to unharness and bed down the tired horse. When this was done he unhooked the lantern from the sleigh, stepped out again into the night, and called to me over his shoulder: "This way." Far off above us a square of light trembled through the screen of snow. Staggering along in Frome's wake I floundered toward it, and in the darkness almost fell into one of the deep drifts against the front of the house. Frome scrambled up the slippery steps of the porch, digging a way through the snow with his heavily booted foot. Then he lifted his lantern, found the latch, and led the way into the house. I went after him into a low unlit passage, at the back of which a ladder-like staircase rose into obscurity.

Ethan Frome Which words and phrases alert you to the setting? o Time? o Place? o Directly? o Indirectly? Mood o What is the atmosphere you perceive from the reading? o What words and phrases can you identify that helped you identify the mood?

Exit Ticket How does setting influence a narrative? (there are six ways)

Bellringer 9/30: Caption This Photo! Create dialogue for the baby and/or the mom (2-3 sentences minimum)

Edgar Allan Poe The following video is a mini biography on the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Take notes! (4-6) After the video, you will write a 6-7 sentence paragraph summarizing the video with topic and conclusion sentences.

Paragraph In a well-developed paragraph, summarize the video on Edgar Allan Poe in 6-7 sentences. Include topic and conclusion sentences. Use the following questions to jump-start your thinking: o When did EAP live? o What was his childhood like? o What were his college years like? o Describe his writing. o What made him popular?

I Love Puns (&EAP)