1. Narrative Poetry: Soul Moon Soup Day 4
9th Grade MYP English
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

2. Snippet: Reading Dialogue 9/22/15
Text: “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell
Textbook p. 40 (Excerpt paragraph 2)
Questions:
1. What character says, “Bah! They’ve no understanding.”?
2. Why do you think the author choose not to identify the speaker for each line of dialogue?
3. What information does the dialogue reveal about each character?
4. How does dialogue impact the overall development of each character? (May want to accompany with character development methods chart)

3. Excerpt from The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
“You’ve good eyes,” said Whitney, with a laugh, “and I’ve seen you pick off a moose moving in the brown fall bush at four hundred yards, but even you can’t see four miles or so through a moonless Caribbean night.” “Not four yards,” admitted Rainsford. “Ugh! It’s like moist black velvet.” “It will be light enough in Rio,” promised Whitney. “We should make it in a few days. I hope the jaguar guns have come from Purdey’s. We should have some good hunting up on the Amazon. Great sport, hunting.” “The best sport in the world,” agreed Rainsford. “For the hunter,” amended Whitney. “Not for the jaguar.” “Don’t talk rot, Whitney,” said Rainsford. “You’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how the jaguar feels?” “Perhaps the jaguar does,” observed Whitney. “Bah! They’ve no understanding.” “Even so, I rather think they understand one thing – fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death.” “Nonsense,” laughed Rainsford. “This hot weather is making you soft, Whitney. Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes – the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters.”

4. Objective, Agenda, & Homework
Objective: I will identify methods of characterization in narrative poetry.
Agenda:
Snippet: Reading Dialogue
Read Soul Moon Soup Sections 3-4
Characterization
Homework: Study for Greek roots 1-16 quiz.

5. Recap Greek Roots 13-16 13. graph, gram = write, draw, record
14. scop, scept = examine, look at
15. tele, tel, telo = far, distant
16. arch, archi = rule, govern, extreme

6. Notes: Methods of Characterization
Author Narration
Character’s Thoughts/Feelings
Character’s Words/Actions
Other Characters’ Reactions to the Characters
In this story, we will not see “author narration” because the story is told from first-person point of view.

7. Soul Moon Soup: Character in Sections 1-3 (pg. 9-83)
In your notebook, recreate the chart below. Fill in at least 3 details for EACH method of characterization. You must also use at least 2 poems to complete each box of the chart. Please be sure to include page numbers of your evidence.
Phoebe
Character’s Thoughts & Feelings
Character’s Words & Actions
Other Characters’ Reactions