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How Setting Impacts Characters. Eng 9: 9/11. Bell Work 9/11/18. Please get a Purple English 9 Textbook then begin bell work... In your journal… Identify the time and place of a book you recently read or a movie you recently watched Create and complete the chart. Agenda. Bell Work
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How Setting Impacts Characters Eng 9: 9/11
Bell Work 9/11/18 Please get a Purple English 9 Textbook then begin bell work... In your journal… • Identify the time and place of a book you recently read or a movie you recently watched • Create and complete the chart
Agenda • Bell Work • Understanding Objective • Review Setting • Learn how setting impacts characters • Look at examples of settings and characters (close reading) • Group Activity • Exit Ticket
Objective I can analyze the impact of setting on characters in a text.
Mini Lesson: Setting Review The setting entails: ·the place ·the time ·the social situation/cultural environment in which a story takes place. The setting dictates a character’s personality and development.
Setting Can Influence Characters By... • Determining the living conditions and jobs available to them • Shaping their personalities their dreams, and their values. Example Setting: A poor, drought-stricken Midetern farm town in the 1930’s Despite months of grueling work, Joe’s crops are failing again. Realizing that his life may never improve, he becomes bitter and angry.
Example: Page 331 of TextBook Example 1: FromNervous ConditionsNovel by Tsitsi Dangarembga • Identify... 2. How...
Your Turn! Tomorrow we will read “Proving Up”... Today we will focus on sections of the story to understand it better as a whole part tomorrow! • Each of you will get an excerpt: A, B, or C • You will read, analyze, annotate, and answer questions regarding setting and characters in your excerpt. • You must become an expert on your excerpt in order to move on to the group activity!
Jigsaw When instructed you will… • Divide into groups of THREE! Each group will have one A, one B, and one C. You may need to get out of your seat and move! • When signaled (by me) person A will share their answers and takeaways from their excerpt. • B & C will ask questions and write notes. • It is person A’s responsibility to ensure B & C become experts on excerpt A. • When signaled person A will stop and person B will begin… repeating steps 2-4.
Let’s Discuss! At this time return back to your assigned seat ready to engage in conversation!
Exit Ticket Ticket out the door… On a scratch piece of paper give me a number between 1 and 5. 1’s do not understand how setting impacts plot. 3’s slightly understand how setting impacts plot however, they cannot easily identify it in a text. 5’s can analyze the impact of setting on characters in a text.