ISR 1 Name: __________________ Garrett (20pts) 10 th World Lit & Comp 13 August 2010 ISR# 1: Title of book here Exposition ¶ 1: [3rd person point of view] Include in this paragraph the title, author, # of pages read, and one you believe to be one central point/general theme of the book you are reading. (20pts) ¶ 2: Begin discussing the exposition here regarding the main characters and the types of characters they seem to be (i.e. protagonist/antagonist / flat/ round/ etc.) *Honors – provide evidence and cite. (20pts) ¶ 3: Discuss setting here regarding time/place/mood/tone/point of view. (20pts) ¶ 4: Discuss the primary conflict here. If you’re not sure what the conflict is, speculate – what do you think it might be? Be sure to mention the type of conflict (M vs. M, M vs. N, etc.) and if it’s internal/external as well -- provide evidence for your position (20pts) ¶ 5: Bonus – discuss the relationship of the theme or conflict to your own experiences. (10pts)

ISR 1 Example John Doe Sheehan, Schebler, Garrett Honors / 9th Lit & Comp 1 13 August 2010 ISR# 1: The Hunger Games Exposition The first thirty pages of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is an explosive beginning of a young girl’s struggle to survive in a possible future world called Panem. What is freedom? Is it worth fighting for … etc. The main characters thus far are…. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen appears to be the protagonist and will probably be both round and dynamic. She appears to be a round character because…. etc. The setting appears to be in the future world as we know it, but post-apocalyptic. Katniss lives in the country of Panem…etc. The mood is …………. The tone is ………………….through a point of view that is ………. The primary conflict appears to be …………………………………….. (29), but the conflict also seems to be both internal and external conflict because…………… I recall an early childhood experience that put me at odds with a counselor at the orphanage I was required to live in for nearly two years. It was awful, but….

ISR 2 Complications Using MLA form to include citing [that means use ( ) and page number such as: (12) ], begin drafting narrative ISR#2 as follows:  3rd person p.o.v. (no ‘I’ or ‘you’) response about  three complications in the novel since the problem / conflict was introduced back in ISR #1:  There is a 4¶ min.  Do not label or number paragraphs. Content exemplar minimums as follows: ¶ 1  Introduce the title and author of the book and  restate the main problem/conflict.  Briefly discuss three (items in a series) of three complications (events in the rising action) that have occurred since the problem/conflict. State [in narrative form] an unfamiliar word ¶ 2 Discuss the details of complication 1 and how it grew out of the problem /conflict.  Cite the author last name & page number/s in which it appears. ¶ 3 Discuss the details of complication 2 and how it grew out of the problem /conflict.  Cite just the page number/s on which it appears. ¶ 4 Discuss the details of complication 3 and how it grew out of the problem /conflict.  Cite just the page number/s on which it appears. ¶ 5 Find and provide complete information about an unfamiliar word in one of the complications. Include the word, def, POS, context sent, and page in MLA form.  Bonus1: Discuss the etymology [history of the word] ¶ 6 Bonus2: Discuss how this ISR is related to the following standards:  Demonstrates the command of the conventions of standard English…  The student will conduct research … to demonstrate understanding of the subject under investigation.  Produce clear & coherent writing in which the development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.  The student cites strong/thorough textual evidence to support explicit as well as inferred information drawn from the text.  The student will analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events.

Introduction Example Night by Elie Wiesel is about a young man in the holocaust trying to survive the death camps. There are three major complications in his survival, which are the Kapos taking his new shoes, the vicious beatings by superior officers, and his father constantly needing Elie’s protection. One unfamiliar word in this portion of the book is oppressive.

In the novel Night, a major complication is that prisoners are not allowed to keep their new shoes. If Elie loses his shoes, then it might cause disease. The narrator states, “But we had to get up whenever a Kapo came in to check if, by chance, somebody had a new pair of shoes. If so, we had to hand them over. No use in protesting: the blows multiplied and, in the end, one still had to hand them over” (Wiesel 38). In this citation, Elie, the narrator, is describing what happens to prisoners that have new shoes. They are not allowed to keep them, and if they do not give them to the SS officers, then they will be beaten. Once they are beaten, the shoes will be taken anyway. Since Elie describes the scene with the shoes so vividly, one can see that taking shoes away from the prisoners is a major complication. Complication example

Unfamiliar Word Example One unfamiliar word in Night is encumbered. Encumbered means burden or weigh down somebody or something; to hamper or impede. The narrator states, “Nobody ever felt encumbered by his presence” (Wiesel 1). No one feels hampered by the character that Elie is describing. Encumbered’s part of speech is a verb, which means that it is an action word.