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PLOT DEVELOPMENT

PLOT DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL AGAIN BE USING CORNELL NOTE TAKING STRATEGIES TODAY SO DIVIDE YOUR NOTEBOOK PAPER INTO TWO COLUMNS. IN THE LEFT COLUMN WRITE PLOT IN THE RIGHT COLUMN WRITE THE FOLLOWING: PLOT IS LIKE AN OUTLINE OF EACH EVENT IN THE STORY. IT STRUCTURES

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PLOT DEVELOPMENT

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  1. PLOTDEVELOPMENT

  2. WE WILL AGAIN BE USING CORNELL NOTE TAKING STRATEGIES TODAY SO DIVIDE YOUR NOTEBOOK PAPER INTO TWO COLUMNS

  3. IN THE LEFT COLUMN WRITE PLOT IN THE RIGHT COLUMN WRITE THE FOLLOWING: PLOT IS LIKE AN OUTLINE OF EACH EVENT IN THE STORY. IT STRUCTURES WHEN SOME THING HAPPENS, ANDTO WHOM IT HAPPENS. PLOTS ARE ALWAYS BUILT AROUND CONFLICTS.

  4. IN THE LEFT COLUMN WRITE: STAGES OF PLOT IN THE RIGHT COLUMN: EXPOSITION RISING ACTION CLIMAX FALLING ACTION

  5. IN LEFT COLUMN: EXPOSITION RIGHT COLUMN: INTRODUCES CHARACTERS AND SETTING SETS THE MOOD, TONE, AND ATMOSPHERE

  6. IN LEFT COLUMN: RISING ACTION RIGHT COLUMN: THE MAIN CONFLICT UNFOLDS, BUILDS SUSPENSE AND RAISES QUESTIONS, STORY(PLOT) BEGINS TO DEVELOP

  7. IN LEFT COLUMN: CLIMAX IN RIGHT COLUMN: TURNING POINT OF THE STORY, MOMENT WHEN SUSPENSE REACHES A PEAK, RESULTS IN SOME KIND OF CHANGE FOR MAIN CHARACTER, SOMETIMES ENDS THE STORY

  8. IN LEFT COLUMN: FALLING ACTION IN RIGHT COLUMN: TIES UP LOOSE ENDS, MAY RESOLVE THE CONFLICT (PROBLEM)

  9. IF YOU COULD VISULIZE A BASIC PLOT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS

  10. Complications • Moments in the RISING ACTION of the story that have an impact on the central conflict. • Complications are things that get in the way of the main character’s ability to solve the central conflict. • Complications build TENSION in the story.

  11. TURN TO A CLEAN PAGE & COPY THE CHART ON THE NEXT SLIDE

  12. AFTER COPYING THE CHART PLEASE WORK WITH THE STUDENTS IN YOUR ROW AND COMPLETE THE CHART USING “Raymond’s Run”PLOT

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