1. Tuesday, October 3rd Good morning, children.
Today’s Big Idea Many stories, from children’s stories and fairy tales to short stories and novels, follow a very standard plot outline.
Today’s Big Question: How are the elements of plot applied to “The War of the Wall”?
Do not forget you have a reading log due this Thursday. Also, you will have a quiz this Friday on the Elements of Fiction and the three stories from the False Impressions unit. <<<<Copy this down in your agenda book now.

2. By the end of today’s class period, you should be able to say to yourself…
I understand new words used in a dialect different from my own
I read and understood the short story “War of the Wall”, as seen in my responses to reading comprehension questions
I applied my understanding of the elements of plot to “War of the Wall”

3. Setting the Scene: “War of the Wall”
Takes place in an inner city
Late 60s-early 70s
Most characters in this story are African American
Told from the perspective and through the voice of a narrator that is probably around the same age as you

4. Dialect- particular type of language spoken in a particular place by a particular group of people
pot likker- liquid left after meat and/or vegetables have cooked
full of sky- as if in another world
fix her wagon- tell her off
hunching each other- bumping someone with a shoulder or elbow
laying down a heavy rap- saying something important
sounded very tall- sounded proud

5. “The War of the Wall” Vocabulary
Beckon
Drawl
Inscription
Liberation
Scheme

6. “The War of the Wall” Vocabulary
Beckon- to summon by a gesture
Drawl- to speak in a slow manner
Inscription- a brief engraved message
Liberation- freedom after a struggle
Scheme- to plot or plan in secret

7. Exposition
Main Characters: The painter lady Lou; Narrator Minor Characters & Setting Hattie and Freida Morris with a Momma who can cook; Side pocket– the young old guy of the neighborhood; Jimmy Lyons- died in the Vietnam; mama; daddy; grandmamma; Mr. Eubanks, who is cool with kids playing by his place; Late 60s early 70s; southern inner city, USA- Taliaferro street The painter lady is not from the neighborhood

8. Rising Action pd4
The morris twins offer suppah; painter lady seems to ignore at first, then turns away from it and says she already ate- does thank mrs. Morris
Goes to eat in mama’s restaurant; claims to be starving; picky eater
Watching the news and the kids spot graffiti on a subway; that’s what they plan to do to the wall
Buy epoxy paint and head to the wall

9. Climax
They get to the wall and it is awesome. It represents the community and central figures to the community’s culture.

10. Resolution pd3
The painter lady is actually Jimmy Lyons’ cousin, and she dedicated the wall to his honor

11. Reading Comprehension Questions
1 What was the painter lady preparing to do at the beginning of the story?
2 Why did this upset the narrator and Lou?
3 In what ways did the painter seem rude to the Morris twins and to Mama?
4 How did the narrator and Lou plan to recapture the wall?
5 What changed their mind?