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Journal 12. DO NOW. Describe your favorite book. What was it about? Why was it your favorite?.

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  1. Journal 12 DO NOW Describe your favorite book. What was it about? Why was it your favorite?

  2. My favorite book is Water For Elephants. The book is about a man who runs away from home and joins the circus during the 1920s. The book details his experiences with love, murder, betrayal and a very intelligent elephant. The book held my attention throughout and I never wanted to put it down. I found myself lost in this world the author created and I never wanted to leave it. I felt a part of the story. My “Do Now”

  3. Sustained Silent Reading • Select a book • Read for 15 minutes • Write a response letter to one of the characters in the novel. Your letter should discuss what is taking place in the text and what you think the character should or should not have done.

  4. Class Notes 13 Elements of Plot • Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story • It shows the arrangement of the events and actions within a story • There are 5 elements of plot

  5. Elements of Plot Climax Rising Action Falling Action Exposition Resolution

  6. Exposition • Beginning of the story • Introduces the setting and characters • The setting is the time and place • Characters are the people, animals and/or creatures who are part of the story

  7. Rising Action • The events leading up to the climax • Conflicts arise during these events • Conflictsare problems or complications • Consider the building tension

  8. Climax • The moment of greatest intensity • Brings events to a point • Rising action leads up to this moment

  9. Falling Action • Action which follows the climax • Intensity begins to decrease

  10. Resolution • The end (conclusion) • Ties together all of the threads, conflicts are resolved

  11. Jack and the Beanstalk

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