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Week 4

September 12-16. Week 4. Questions. Essential Question: : How is a character’s life affected by relationships in fiction? Higher Order Thinking Questions: How do characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution? How do readers distinguish internal and external conflict?.

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Week 4

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  1. September 12-16 Week 4

  2. Questions • Essential Question: : How is a character’s life affected by relationships in fiction? • Higher Order Thinking Questions: • How do characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution? • How do readers distinguish internal and external conflict?

  3. Monday

  4. Warm-up glued here Answers • Scavengers means • The main idea is • The Baleen whales bypass the food chain by #4 09-12-11 Writing Prompt (after the lesson) Write your answer here #4 – Conflict Notes

  5. Food Chain • Phytoplankton  zooplankton smaller fish  tuna (larger fish)  sharks, sea lions (or humans)  killer whales • Zooplankton  baleen whales

  6. Conflict • The problem or struggle that a character faces in a story • The conflict in ASIAD… • Margot moved to Venus and misses the sun; gets locked in a closet

  7. Conflict Internal External • Man vs. Self: a problem a character has in their mind • Your feelings, your thoughts, etc. • Harry Potter • Black Swan • Man vs. Man: a problem a character has with someone else • Batman v. The Joker • Man vs. Nature: a problem a character has with the world or environment • Hatchet • Man v. Wild TV show

  8. Practice • In Number the Stars, the main character Ann Marie must hide her Jewish friend from the Nazis and must learn to overcome her fears to be brave. • What are the types of conflict? • External Conflict • Man v. man • Ann Marie has a conflict with the Nazis • Internal Conflict • Man v. self • Ann Marie has a conflict with her fear

  9. Practice • Jeff is really bummed. He is starting a new school this year and leaving all of his friends behind. He is a very shy student and is afraid he’ll be very lonely this year. • What type of conflict is Jeff experiencing?

  10. Practice • Sam was outside in the winter snow. He was lost in the Alaskan blizzard. Pretty soon, the temperature was going to drop below 0 degrees. • What kind of conflict is Sam experiencing?

  11. Practice • Margot was an outsider on the planet Venus. She was not like the other students because she had seen the sun. William bullied her and locks her in the closet. • What type of conflict is Margot experiencing?

  12. Writing Prompt • How do you distinguish between internal and external conflict? • What is the difference between internal and external conflict? • Internal conflict is a problem with yourself and external is with an outside issue like weather or other people. • There can be many different types of problems.

  13. Internal conflict is a problem with yourself and external is with an outside issue like weather or other people. • \There can be many different types of problems. • Characters can have many different types of problems.

  14. Reflection – 4th block • Name (first and last) • 3 things you learned today • 2 things you don’t get • 1 question or comment

  15. All Summer in a Day • Movie time! Part 2 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI8A1LOLdkA

  16. Tuesday

  17. Warm-up glued here Answers • You should read • Social means • The author’s purpose is • Letter is not a fact. #5 09-13-11 Writing Prompt: Write your answer here

  18. Media Center • Follow all directions • Walk in quietly. • Take a seat at the round tables. • Listen to Ms. Wyckoff.

  19. Writing Prompt • Today I learned that…

  20. Wednesday

  21. Warm-up glued here Answers • I can infer about peacocks that • Letter can be verified. • Peacocks are native to #5 09-14-11 Writing Prompt: During the movie Write your answer here #5 Plot and setting: Textual evidence

  22. ASIAD 2 examples • Plot event from story: • The children tried to remember what the sun was like. • How would a different setting (time or place) affect the plot? • If the story were set on Earth, the children would not have completely forgotten what the sun was like.

  23. Exit Ticket • 3 things I learned about conflict • 2 examples of conflict • 1 question or comment (anything you didn’t understand) • If no questions… “I understood this lesson because” or “The most interesting part was”

  24. Setting and Plot – 4th block

  25. Movie Clip • Part 3 • How is this ending different than the story? • Which ending is better and why? • Write your own ending to the story!

  26. Thursday

  27. Warm-up glued here Answers • You can infer • The main idea of the first paragraph is • A good way to find the answer is #7 09-15-11 Writing Prompt: After the lesson Write your answer here

  28. Notes to class • Quiz on Friday • Makeups from last quiz on Friday as well (bring your notes!) • Reading log due Monday • 10 points off for every day it is late • Curriculum Night on Monday at 5:30 for parents

  29. Setting and Plot – 1st and 2nd block

  30. 4th Block • Listen to the story The PaperbagPrincesss • Complete the worksheet after the story.

  31. Quiz Review - Vocab • What is the time and place of the action in a story? • Setting • What are Connections between people and events? • Relationships • What are the people, animals, or creatures who take part in the story’s action? • Character

  32. Quiz review - vocab • The problem or struggle that a character faces in a story is what? • Conflict • What shows how the conflict becomes more difficult and builds suspense? • Rising action • What Eases the tension and shows how the main character resolves the conflict? • Falling action

  33. Quiz review - vocab • The most exciting part and a turning point in the story; It makes the outcome of the conflict clear is what? • Climax • What Reveals how everything turns out? • Resolution • Where and when is the setting for ASIAD? • Venus • What is the internal conflict in ASIAD? • Margot missing the sun

  34. Quiz review - vocab • What is an external conflict in ASIAD? • The children bullying Margot and locking her in a closet • When it starts to rain and the children return to the classroom is what part of the plot chart? • Falling action • What is the climax of ASIAD? • When the sun comes out • What is the resolution of ASIAD? • The children remember Margot and go to let her out of the closet

  35. EQ and HOTQ • How do characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution? • How do readers distinguish internal and external conflict? • How was Margot’s life affected by her classmates?

  36. Facebook Project! – 3rd block • Today you will begin your first project for class. • You will create a “facebook page” for Margot. • It will include elements of plot and internal/external conflict. • Using the handout, create the following… • Status updates (from before she left Earth to the end of the story) • Information • Wall posts (family, friends, Venus children, etc.) • Picture for her • Extra credit for the “about me” section

  37. Rubric • Completing all elements = 20 points • Neat and colorful = 10-15 points (extra points here) • Accuracy of information = 20 points • Total points possible = 50 • Grades • 55-47 = A • 46-43 = B • 42-40 = C • 35-41 = D Extra credit 5 points for completing an accurate Plot chart of All Summer in a Day!

  38. FacebookPresentations – Monday? • In your groups present your facebook projects. You each have 3 minutes to explain your project and why you added the information that you did. • After the time is up, please turn in your projects to the correct drawer in the back of the room.

  39. Quiz Review • Vocab • HOTQ’s • EQ • Comprehension • Plot • Conflict

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