1. How & Why Do We Tell Stories?
A Storytelling Unit
Day 9

2. STORYTELLING UNIT: DAY 9
Instructions: Correct the following sentence in the Bell Ringer section of your notebook. Draw a line separating the subject part of the sentence from the predicate. Hint: The predicate contains the verb!
Bell Ringer:
The brown recluse spider which is a poisonous spider found in the United States have fangs six eyes and a violin-shaped mark on its back.
REVIEW OF BELL RINGER 2 MINUTES AFTER THE BELL RINGS!

3. Daily agenda Attendance/Roll Call Review Bell Ringer: Clauses & Colons
Vocabulary Spotlight: Metaphor & Simile
Lit Lesson: Group Selected Story
Trace Character Development & Suspense

4. Learning Objectives
Identify subordinating clauses and correctly use colons
Analyze character development and evaluate it’s impact on the story
Identify techniques used by the author to create suspense

5. Review Bell Ringer 5 minutes
The brown recluse spider which is a poisonous spider found in the United States have fangs six eyes and a violin-shaped mark on its back.
BE PREPARED TO SHARE ONE CORRECTION WHEN CALLED UPON!

6. VOCABULARY SPOTLIGHT 5 minutes
Check the Glossary of Literary Terms in your textbook or use your device!
Simile
Metaphor

7. Storytelling Research Story #1
Instructions: Select one of the following stories. Pair-up with someone reading the same story to complete work.
The Way Up to Heaven (adapted text available)
The Necklace (adapted text available)
Desiree’s Baby

8. Storytelling Research Activities
Track Character Development: On the chart provided identify:
A significant event and plot location
The way your character changes as a result
Evidence of the character’s change (quote)
Identify how the author creates suspense in a cause-and-effect foldable
Fold paper in half lengthwise.
Label left side “Cause” and right side “Effect”
For “Effect”, identify the impact on the reader (Makes reader
nervous, anxious, read faster, etc.)

9. Clean-up & Announcements 5 minutes
Clean-up your work area:
Dispose of garbage
Return pencils & makers
Homework:
Read & annotate the AoW that corresponds with your story. Identify a universal topic found in both. Explain how the topic is developed in each work. Comment on concerns this raises for our culture/society. One-page maximum.