1. DO NOW – 11/4/15 Read the instructions below. 1)Take out your short story materials. 2)Take out “The Rudy Elmenhurst story” 3)What is the “Exposition” of a short story? Why is it important? 1)Take out your short story materials. 2)Take out “The Rudy Elmenhurst story” 3)What is the “Exposition” of a short story? Why is it important?

2. Topic / Objective & Essential Question Topic / Objective: 1) To explore how the “rising action” leads to the climax of a story. Essential Question: 1) How can I create tension through the “rising action”? Topic / Objective: 1) To explore how the “rising action” leads to the climax of a story. Essential Question: 1) How can I create tension through the “rising action”?

3. Announcements 1)Tomorrow, (11/5), please bring a first draft of your short story. 2)You will get credit for having 1 page of text (or about 300 words). 3)You should strive for writing an “Exposition” and “Rising Action”. 1)Tomorrow, (11/5), please bring a first draft of your short story. 2)You will get credit for having 1 page of text (or about 300 words). 3)You should strive for writing an “Exposition” and “Rising Action”.

4. Freytag’s Plot Pyramid

5. Freytag’s Plot Triangle for Drama Five Parts: 1)Exposition 2)Rising Action 3)Climax 4)Falling Action 5)Resolution (Denouement)

6. Freytag’s Plot Triangle for Drama 1)Exposition - the description of the major elements of the story – characters, setting, initial conflicts, and themes. 2) Rising Action – events that lead to the climax (high point) of the story.

7. Rising Action rising actioncreate tension 1)The rising action serves to create tension in the story. highlightsmain conflict 2)It highlights what the main conflict in the story is about (although it may not show the conflict directly). rising actioncreate tension 1)The rising action serves to create tension in the story. highlightsmain conflict 2)It highlights what the main conflict in the story is about (although it may not show the conflict directly).

8. TURN AND TALK (2 MIN) Q: What is tension? anticipation pulled in the direction of wanting to know moreslightly anxious A: Tension refers to the feeling of anticipation in the reader. The reader is pulled in the direction of wanting to know more, but is also slightly anxious about what is going to happen next. Q: What is tension? anticipation pulled in the direction of wanting to know moreslightly anxious A: Tension refers to the feeling of anticipation in the reader. The reader is pulled in the direction of wanting to know more, but is also slightly anxious about what is going to happen next.

9. Rising Action in “Rudy...” Read page 9 - “I remember the close...” Q: How does this scene create tension?

10. Tips for creating tension... specific scene(s) beginning to realize 1)As always, have a specific scene(s) that show how the characters are beginning to realize their conflict. clues about the character’s obstacles or conflict 2)Give clues about the character’s obstacles or conflict without really showing it.

11. Exercise / Practice Take 5-10 minutes and begin writing a scene that functions like a “rising action” 1)You can use an existing story (if you’ve done this already, check what you have against today’s notes). 2)Use the starter story that I’ve written.

12. Exposition – What’s comes next? He was no longer sure what he felt. He moved his rice to one side of his plate. Then he sliced the chicken and skewered a piece of flesh before placing it in his mouth. He chewed, swallowed, drank, and then plowed the rice once more to the other side of his plate. Jane, meanwhile, seemed to do the same. How much longer could they go on like this? In between mouthfuls, he noticed that she was not wearing their wedding band. Should he say something? Didn’t she think he would notice? He sliced open a broccoli stem and placed the rubbery vegetable on his tongue. His mother once told him that marriage was supposed to be good for you—was it supposed to be like eating broccoli?

13. Your Turn 1) TAKE THE NEXT 10-15 MINUTES and begin filling in the other parts of the plot diagram on your WS. 2) If you finish early, you can do this for your own short story for Part II.