1. Good Monday Morning! August 18, 2014 Please pick up a “Capitalization Worksheet” from the table. Please read the directions and complete both parts: “Capitalization Worksheet Lesson 1” and “Capitalization Worksheet Lesson 4.” Journals will be passed out so that you may utilize your “Capitalization Rules” in your Writing Notebook. This task is individual please. No partners. If you have any forms that need to be turned in, please have them on your desk.

2. Elements of Plot

3. The Plot Song http://www.teachertube.com/video /plot-mountain-song-52345

4. The Plot Elements Exposition Inciting Incident Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

5. The Plot Elements Exposition –First part of the plot –Characters, setting, and basic situation are revealed

6. The Plot Elements Inciting Incident –Event that sets the story in motion –Makes the rest of the story possible

7. The Plot Elements Rising Action –Main part of the story –Moves the plot along –Where complications arise

8. The Plot Elements Climax –Most exciting or intense part of the story for the protagonist –Turning point –(the OMG!) LOL!!

9. The Plot Elements Falling Action –Events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution –Conflicts began moving towards resolution

10. The Plot Elements Resolution –End of the story –Loose ends of the plot are tied up –Remaining questions are answered –Conflicts are resolved

11. Practice The Plot Elements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaw-d3r_gIc