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Freshman English

Freshman English. Writer’s Notebook: Describe your favorite/ least favorite teacher of all time. Provide some details and anecdotes about this person to explain his/her significance. Please write the entire 10 minutes. Thank you. Aug. 27.

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Freshman English

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  1. Freshman English • Writer’s Notebook: Describe your favorite/ least favorite teacher of all time. Provide some details and anecdotes about this person to explain his/her significance. Please write the entire 10 minutes. Thank you.

  2. Aug. 27 Please write today’s agenda in your Time Tracker. Thank you! • Outcome: Students will review the elements of the short story. • Writer’s Notebook: fav/least fav teacher • Paragraph Peer-Review • Elements of the short story notes • “The Flowers” • Vocabulary • Historical background (lynching) • Read the story • Homework: complete “The Flowers” plot diagram

  3. Short Story Literary Elements Some basic elements that every good story should have …. Adapted from http://www.nebo.edu./misc/ learning_resources/ppt/6-12/story_elements.ppt

  4. Every story needs characters… Animals People Or Creatures

  5. The protagonist is the main character we can relate to…

  6. The antagonist is the character or force who opposes the protagonist.

  7. Good stories have a conflict. Person vs. Person Person vs. Nature Person vs. Self Person vs. Society Person vs. Fate

  8. The time and place of the story is the setting.

  9. The climax is the most exciting part of the plot… Exposition Inciting incident Rising action Climax Falling action Resolution (Dénouement)

  10. The point of view is the perspective of the story. “I was framed! I just wanted to borrow a cup of sugar!” “That rotten wolf tried to eat us!!!!”

  11. The theme is the author’s message or insight. • A theme can be stated (told outright) or implied (revealed gradually)

  12. Whether you’re the reader, or the writer, a good story should include these literary elements!!! characters protagonist conflict climax point of view setting antagonist

  13. Vocabulary from “The Flowers”by Alice Walker Listen carefully to spell each word as it is called.

  14. Correct any of the words that you misspelled. • Myopic • Keenness • Laden • Benignly

  15. Copy the part of speech and definition for each of the words. • Myopic  adjective shortsighted; lacking understanding • Keenness noun intenseness; sharpness • Laden  adjective  burdened; loaded with • Benignly  adverb  gently; kindly

  16. Use each of these words in a high-schoolappropriate sentence; begin each sentence with one of the following words: • Although • Whenever • Certainly • Wherever • Because • Since

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