1. This is the plan Your essay – you will plan out a 4-paragraph essay.
Your essay – you will plan out a 4-paragraph essay.
You will then write a good-copy of a 3 paragraph essay.
It’s not a 5-paragraph essay because we want to give you enough time to prepare for the exam.
Conclusion
Summary
Final Thought
Point
Evidence
Explanation
Introduction
Transition
Thesis
Flashbacks; Narrator; Narration;
Protagonist; Antagonist; Static Character; Theme

2. Who are you?
Please do not be offended, when I ask you this question: In your groups, I want you to discuss how you identify yourself. Are you Canadian? Are you another nationality? Are you both? You choose to have no label?
Flashbacks; Narrator; Narration; Conflict
Protagonist; Antagonist; Static Character; Theme

3. Who are the characters?
Make a list of the characters in the story. List the minor and major characters.
For each character, write adjectives or descriptive phrases to describe each character so far in the short story Border by Thomas King.
Flashbacks; Narrator; Narration; Conflict
Protagonist; Antagonist; Static Character; Theme

4. Our decisions have consequences
To know the background information of Thomas King’s Borders.
To understand the theme, characterization and plot of Thomas King’s Borders.
To be able to start organizing your thesis regarding the character’s actions; to make a judgment based on evidence in Thomas King’s Borders.
Flashbacks; Narrator; Narration; Conflict
Protagonist; Antagonist; Static Character; Theme

6. What is the name of the characters in the story? (Tricky question.)
What is the name of the characters in the story? (Tricky question.)
Who does the protagonist and his mother want to visit? What’s this person’s name? Where is this person located?
Where is the protagonist from? Name the Canadian town.
When does the conflict in the story begin?
In your groups discuss whether you think the protagonist is proud to be a Blackfoot? What about Laetitia? What about the mother?
In what point-of-view is this story written in?
Can you identify the theme of the story?
Is this story’s narrative linear or non-linear?

7. Flashback
Definition: 
Flashback is a literary device wherein the writer/ author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following, or events that have happened before the events that are currently being unfolded in the story.

8. Our decisions have consequences
To know the background information of Thomas King’s Borders.
To understand the theme, characterization and plot of Thomas King’s Borders.
To be able to start organizing your thesis regarding the character’s actions; to make a judgment based on evidence in Thomas King’s Borders.
Is there anything you’re not understanding so far?
Flashbacks; Narrator; Narration; Conflict
Protagonist; Antagonist; Static Character; Theme