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Reading a Novel

Reading a Novel. GOALS: Examine the basic elements of a novel Use the reading strategy of synthesizing Recognize the plot organization of a novel. Who is telling the story? (point of view) Who are the main characters, and what area they like? (characters)

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Reading a Novel

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  1. Reading a Novel GOALS: Examine the basic elements of a novel Use the reading strategy of synthesizing Recognize the plot organization of a novel

  2. Who is telling the story? (point of view) • Who are the main characters, and what area they like? (characters) • Where and when does the story take place? What is this place, culture, or historical period like? (setting) • What happens? (plot) • What is the author’s central idea or message? (theme) • How does the author express his or her ideas? (style) Set A Purpose

  3. The title and author • The front and back covers • Any summaries or excerpts for book reviews • Any information about the author • Any introductory material, such as a preface • Any chapter titles or illustrations Preview Checklist

  4. Preview: Author, Title Preview: Illustration Preview: Award PREVIEW

  5. With the land to hold them together, nothing can tear the Logans apart. Why is the land so important to Cassie’s family? It takes the events of one turbulent year – the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is black- to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family’s lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride, for not matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away. PREVIEW- key ideas, summary

  6. “Taylor . . . Writes not with rancor or bitterness of indignities, but with pride, strength, and respect for humanity.” - The New Your Times Book Review Winner of the 1977 Newbery Medal An ALA notable Book New York Times Book Review Best of Children’s Books 1970-1980 A National Book Award Nominee Preview Covers

  7. To the memory of my beloved father Who lived many adventures of the boy Stacey and who was in essence the man David. Authors' Note: My father was a master storyteller. He could tell a fine old story that made me hold my sides with rolling laughter and sent happy tears down my cheeks, or a story of stark reality that made me shiver and be grateful for my own warm, secure surroundings. He could tell stories of beauty and grace, stories of gentle dreams, and paint them as vividly as any picture with splashes of character and dialogue. His memory detailed every event of ten or forty years or more before, just as if it had happened yesterday… WHO INFLUENCED MILDRED TAYLOR? Dedication, Author’s Note

  8. Mildred Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. After graduating from the University of Toledo, she spent two years in Ethiopia with the Peace Corps. Returning to the United States, she recruited for the Peace Corps before entering the School of Journalism at the University of Colorado. As a member of the Black Student Alliance, she worked with students and university officials in structuring a Black Studies program at the university. Preview About the Author

  9. Mildred Taylor’s first book about the Logan family, Song of the Trees (Dial), won the Council on Interracial Books Award in the African American category. It was also a New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year in 1975. The Times called it “Triumphant … a true story and truly told”; Horn Book said, The simple story has been written with great conviction and strength”; over reviews called it “absorbing,” “powerful,” “a moving story.” Preview About the Author

  10. How Novels are Organized

  11. Exposition • Point of View – what can you tell about the narrator? • Characters, Setting and conflict are introduced. • Character Map: what does the character say, do, feel, think, react to others? • Setting: time and place the story takes place • General Setting: time period • Immediate Setting: Details (scenes)

  12. Rising Action • Conflict and Suspense build • Climax • Conflict and Tension reach a peak • Falling Action • Conflict gets worked out and tensions lesson • Resolution • Conflict is resolved Plot Structure

  13. Theme is one of the more difficult elements of a story to identify. A theme is a story’s message. It is what the author of a piece of text wants you to remember most. Theme

  14. The theme of a fable is its moral. • The theme of a parable is its teaching. • The theme of a piece of fiction is its view about life and how people behave. Theme

  15. Here are other steps for locating theme in a story: 1. Decide what the main topics of the story are. Friendship Courage Hope Trust Justice Violence Race-relations Love Freedom Childhood Survival Growing up Family Although a story may include several of the topics mentioned above, try to choose the two most important ones. Theme

  16. 2. Go back to the story and identify which clues you have to support that these are the two main topics. If you have enough clues to support your choice of topics, you can try to figure out the story’s theme from the topics. 3. Using the two topics and the evidence that you have to support them, decide what important message the author of the text is trying to send. For example, if we are reading a text in which friendship and courage are the main topics, using evidence from the story, a student might guess that “Friendship can give you the courage to overcome things that you were once too scared to try.” Theme

  17. Refers to the way an author expresses his or her ideas. • Does the author use mostly short, simple words and sentences or long, complex ones? • What sort of feeling do I have about the writing? Is it loose and casual, formal and proper, or something else? • Do the characters speak in dialect? Does their language seem realistic and believable? • Does the author use sensory language, or words that appeal to the five senses? • Is there a lot of imagery? STYLE

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