Reading

January 30 Target: I can identify new literary terms. Agenda: Share summaries and record a sentence for each Review new literary terms Read chapter 17 together Introduce the project for next week. You will have today and two class periods next week. Email me the work when completed.

2/11/15 Target: I can identify different point of views Agenda: Review literary terms and log on Quizlet Make sure papers are completed and sent to me. Read stories out loud Assign final project for book.

2/24/15 Target: I can work cooperatively as a group. Agenda: Bell Ringer Projects– You have two class periods to work. REMEMBER THAT IT IS A TEST GRADE!

Today Complete the reading and written work for me to check. 2/26/15 Next class: Practice speaking with your group so that the presentation flows. Your group should be able to talk about the chapter freely and show me that you know what happened and thought about the main events. The discussion director is the leader and needs to keep people talking and help people if they are struggling.

Next week we will start a short story unit! YAY!

2/26/15 Target: I can present in formation to the class. I can identify new literary terms. Agenda: Project presentations Begin Short Story Unit

Short Story How are movies and television shows different? List the differences in a venn diagram.

Short Story a short story is a brief, fictional story that can usually be read in one or two sittings. It typically follows only one or two characters and focuses on one plot problem that is resolved by the end of the story. The setting of a short story is very focused. It will only take place in one or two locations. The purpose of a short story is to give the reader a glimpse of a few characters’ lives as they confront a problem.

Novel A novel, on the other hand, is a long work of fiction in which a character typically changes or grows in several ways. There are often more than one plot problem in a novel, and sometimes even plot twists and surprises. There is also often more than one important character. In a novel, we learn a lot about many places in a story, characters’ backgrounds, and what happened before the story begins. The difference between a short story and a novel, then, is that a short story shows a slice of life, whereas a novel or book will give a longer, deeper look. Short stories differ from longer fiction in the amount of detail they offer to readers. A good reader will want to examine how a short story includes the most essential details (the story elements), but leaves many of the other details to our imagination.

Character A character is developed through their actions, dialogue, and feelings.

Setting The time and place the story is set.

Plot The sequence of events. 1. exposition 2. rising actions 3. climax 4. falling action 5. resolution

Problem/Conflict The struggle between two opposing forces. The problem in the story. Man vs. Man Man vs. Self Man vs. nature

2/26/15 Exit Slip What is conflict and what are some of the different types of conflict?

If time… Model short story analysis

03/02/15 Bell Ringer What are the parts of characterization?

Target: I can identify characterization. Agenda: Model short story analysis Practice Short story analysis Practice terms on quizlet Exit Slip

3/02/15 Exit Slip Write a short sentence or two in 1st person point of view and then re write that same sentence under it in 3rd person point of view.

03/04/15 Target: I can identify different aspects of point of view in a text. Agenda: Starter: Share a memory Student volunteer to share the memory Review point of view and introduce 3rd person using clips to story comparison Teacher Model: identifying point of view Individual practice: identifying point of view