1. Bell Ringer
Complete the Pre-Test Activity

2. “The Horned Toad”
Gerald Haslam

3. Finality (N)
The state of being settled; decisiveness

4. Incongruously (Adv.)
In a way that doesn’t fit; oddly

5. Millennium (N)
1,000 years

6. Periphery (N)
Surrounding area, outskirts

7. Incomprehensible (Adj.)
Not understandable

8. Desolation (N)
Deserted, uninhabited

9. Verdant (Adj.)
Green, lush with vegetation

10. Bewigged (Adj.)
Wearing a wig

11. Progeny (N)
Descendants

12. Interred (V)
Buried

13. Characterization
The methods by which writers create, reveal, and develop characters
Direct
Indirect
Static- Character that stays the same
Dynamic- Character that changes throughout the story

14. Theme
The central and unifying idea about human experience that grows out of all the other elements of the story
Other elements
Plot
Characterization
Setting
Point of View

15. Types of Themes 1. Stated: Author tells us directly what the theme is
2. Implied: Reader must infer the theme

16. Bell Ringer
Summarize what was read in class yesterday-

17. Setting
Oildale, near Bakersfield in south central California

18. Theme Characterization
1. Family Values
2. Nature
3. Opening up
-Dynamic vs static ws

19. Quiz Monday!
-Know Vocabulary -Recall plot events -Know characterization and theme