1. Word of the Day: Lycanthropic
After being bitten by a huge wolf, Darren feared the lycanthropic curse.
Lycanthropic: Adj – the supposed magical transformation of a person into a wolf
Syn: werewolf

2. Plot Review (Day 1)

3. Aim: How do plots and subplots work together to create a story?
Do Now: Summarize your favorite TV show or movie in three or fewer sentences.
Homework:
Parent form

4. What is a plot?
storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work
The events that comprise the story and their order

5. Back to conflict for a moment….
Does your one-sentence summary include a conflict?
Why did you choose this conflict?

6. What is the importance of the MAIN vs. SECONDARY conflict?
The main plot corresponds to the main conflict. This is the most important point to be resolved and often happens at the end.
Subplots are related to smaller conflicts and are often resolved throughout the course of the story, sometimes though rarely after the main conflict.
Examples?

7. When filling out a plot chart, it is safe to assume that you are filling it out for the MAIN conflict.
Subplots can affect main plots.

9. Protagonist & Antagonist
Protagonist - the principal character in a literary work (as a drama or story)
Antagonist - the character or force that directly opposes the protagonist (related to MAIN CONFLICT)

10. Pieces of the Plot – Use the back of your handout to write down the following:
Exposition –
writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain
Rising Action –
a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
Climax –
a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. The point at which the main conflict is resolved.

11. Pieces of the Plot Falling Action – Resolution –
the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
Resolution –
the part of the story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out. (tying up the loose ends)

12. Important Note:
In order to discover where everything goes on a plot diagram, you must first decide what the main conflict is and the moment it is solved. That moment is the climax.

13. Where does it all belong?

14. Let’s test this out.
Watch “The Most Beautiful Thing”. As you watch, write down anything that happens that you feel is important or moves the plot forward.

15. Word of the Day: Dislocation
After spending hours watching a movie about people surviving a blizzard, going outdoors into summer gave me a feeling of dislocation.
Noun – the state of being out of place

16. Plot Review (Day 2)
Aim: How do plot and conflict work together to create a story?
Do Now: With a partner, review the plot of “The Most Beautiful Thing.”
HW: Finish plot diagram if necessary.

17. Rewatch “The Most Beautiful Thing”
Write down every conflict you see in the story.
What conflicts are present in the story?
Which one is the MAIN conflict?

18. The main conflict is:
Why is this the MAIN conflict? What effect do the other conflicts have on it?

19. With a partner/small group:
Fill out a plot diagram for The Most Beautiful Thing. Be sure to identify and include the protagonist, antagonist, main conflict, and climax.