1. September 18, 2014 plot map H omework: Library on Friday! Look back over your notes on setting, character and plot! Objective: I can identify and evaluate the parts of a story's plot. Warm Up (in your composition book) Look up the definition for PLOT in the red glossary section of your Lit. book and copy it into your notes.

2. Parts of a story se tting characters conflict

3. setting - the time and place of the action.

4. characters the people, animals or creatures who take part in the story's action.

5. Turn in your Literature book to pg. 29 Let's read the excerpt from Trouble River together.

6. 1. In what ways does the setting add to the woman's anxiety? Find two details that describe her surroundings. 2. What do you learn about the woman from the way she reacts to her grandson's absence. Support your answer.

7. conflict the problem or struggle a character faces in the story. http://ourconvergence.org/iterations/200_b3/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/calvin-hobbes-conflict-620x350.png

8. conflict can be...

9. internal external

10. Turn in your Literature book to pg. 29 Let's read the excerpt from Zlateh the Goat together.

11. 1. Find three details that convey the dangers of the weather. 2. In your own words, describe the conflict that Aaron is facing. Whom or what is the conflict with?

12. So now let's see how well you all captured these three elements in your story starters from yesterday. http://g1nbc.com/joe-malik3d/files/2011/03/I-have-a-story-to-tell.jpg

13. but...the power of a story comes from the action - what happens as the story develops. This is known as the... plot - the series of events in a story

14. the plot map

15. exposition the plot map

16. exposition the plot map central conflict

17. exposition rising action the plot map central conflict

18. exposition rising action climax the plot map central conflict

19. exposition rising action climax falling action the plot map central conflict

20. exposition rising action climax falling action resolution the plot map central conflict

21. exposition introduces setting main character hints at central conflict

22. central conflict the main problem carried through the entire story

23. Turn in your Literature book to pg. 31 Let's read the excerpt from The Bracelet together.

24. 1. Where and when does this story take place? 2. Reread the boxed details. Explain the conflict that the girl's family has. How does the setting influence the situation?

25. rising action - conflict grows builds suspense

26. Turn in your Literature book to pg. 31 Let's read the excerpt from You're Not a Winner Unless Your Picture's in the Paper together.

27. 1. Describe what you learn about Billy's conflict in the boxed lines. What is Billy's initial reaction? 2. In lines 8-9, Billy concludes that his problem is worse than he first realized. How does the conflict become more complicated?

28. climax - the turning point of the story makes the outcome of the conflict clear

29. falling action - eases the tension shows how the main character resolves the conflict

30. resolution - reveals how everything turns out

31. In your notes, draw a new plot map. Read Boar Out There. (pgs. 32-33) and complete the plot map.

32. Boar Out There

33. hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny

34. Boar Out There hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny crazy wild boar in the woods

35. Boar Out There hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny crazy wild boar in the woods Jenny decides to go looking for the boar She hears the boar and coughs Jenny enters the woods listening for the boar

36. Boar Out There hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny crazy wild boar in the woods Jenny decides to go looking for the boar She hears the boar and coughs Jenny enters the woods listening for the boar Jenny sees the boar face to face and he runs past her

37. Boar Out There hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny crazy wild boar in the woods Jenny decides to go looking for the boar She hears the boar and coughs Jenny enters the woods listening for the boar Jenny sees the boar face to face and he runs past her Jenny goes back home and she still whispers "Boar Out There"

38. Boar Out There hot summer day in a wooded area in Glen Morgan. in the woods by the Miller farm, beyond the splinter rail fence and past the old black Dodge. characters: Jenny crazy wild boar in the woods Jenny decides to go looking for the boar She hears the boar and coughs Jenny enters the woods listening for the boar Jenny sees the boar face to face and he runs past her Jenny goes back home and she still whispers "Boar Out There" Jenny feels sorry for the boar with its torn ear and she realizes that he is not as intimidating as she once thought he was