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Journal Writing

Journal Writing. What are the parts of a story? What makes a good story?

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Journal Writing

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  1. Journal Writing • What are the parts of a story? What makes a good story? Describe all of the things you put into a story to make it a good one. What are the parts of the plot? How do you start it? What makes a good ending? What makes the writing better or more vivid? Freewrite for seven minutes.

  2. Notes on Plot and Conflict! • Take out a sheet of paper to take some notes!

  3. Teaching Plot Structure Through Short Stories Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of a story. It shows the a causal arrangement of events and actions within a story.

  4. Chronological order Flashback In media res (in the middle of things) when the story starts in the middle of the action without exposition Types of Linear Plots Plots can be told in

  5. Aristotle’s Unified Plot • The basic triangle-shaped plot structure was described by Aristotle in 350 BCE. • Aristotle used: • Beginning, • Middle, and • End structure • to describe a story. • This story is: • Linear (forward moving) • Follows a cause/effect chain • Works toward a resolution of the conflict/crisis.

  6. Plot Components Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax Falling Action: all of the action which follows the climax Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads

  7. Conflict Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.

  8. External Conflict: Man vsMan Man vs Nature Man vs Society Internal Conflict: Man vs Self Types of Conflict

  9. Jack And The Bean Stalk: What’s the plot? • During the Video: Keep notes on what’s happening in the story • make them detailed, at least 10 occurrences • After Video: Draw a Triangle, dissect the parts of the plot • What is the conflict and theme?

  10. Draw a Triangle. Identify: • The plot structure: (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) • Conflict: • Theme: What is the ending moral of the story?

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  12. Draw a Triangle, and, in groups or alone, identify: • The plot structure: (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution • Conflict • Resolution: What is the ending moral of the story?

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