Short Stories Notes

1. Short StoriesNotes You can read a short story in one setting. A short story is less than 40 pages. Short stories are written in prose. Everything but poetry is written in prose. Most stories are told inchronological order, the order in which events happen in real time.

2. What is setting? The setting of a story is the place where the story happens and the time when it happens. The setting can be real or imaginary.

3. Setting When your focus is setting, look for words that tell about: Time of day, dayof week, month, orseason. Specific datesorhistorical details Place names, such as city, state, or country Physical surroundings, such asweather, buildings, andlandscape

4. Setting, Mood, and Tone The setting can create a mood. Mood is the atmosphere or feelings created by a literary work. They can be positive or negative. Writers also use setting to create tone. Tone is the author’s attitude toward a subject or character.

5. Setting and Characters The setting helps the reader better understand the characters. Characters interact with the settingto show and tell the story. Setting helps the reader share what the characters see, hear, smell, and touch.

6. Setting and Plot The plot of a story is a series of related events that make up a story. The setting supports the plot. The setting of the story should make sense to the plot. Would you have a story about a shark attack take place in the desert?

7. Clock Buddies !!(3 MIN) Make your clock buddy appointments. 12:00 3:00 6:00 9:00 Keep this sheet in your notebook!

8. 12:00 Clock Activity: (3 min) Think of a place you have been. Describe the setting to your partner and see if they can guess where and when your setting is.

9. T: “The Most Dangerous Game”A: Richard ConnellG: short story pages 4-25

10. What do you think the word “Game” in the title means? What does the title suggest that the story will be about? Below are some words associated with the story, “The Most Dangerous Game”. Now with your group make a prediction about the story and use all the words in a paragraph. Share predictions with class. (5 min) "The Most Dangerous Game" Ship Dogs Dangerous Survival Mansion Game Island Reason hunting

11. Kinesthetic Pre-reading Survey Answer Agree/Disagree to the following questions: ___ Hunting is a sport. ___ Animals have no feelings. ___ Hunting is evil. ___ Hunting is unfair. ___ Animals have emotions. ___ Strength is more important than intelligence. ___ Bringing a gun to a knife fight is fair.

12. Copy and write a synonym for each vocabulary word on Pg. 4. Receding Disarming Prolonged Imprudent surmounted Unruffled Invariably Diverting Impulse Protruding Study for Vocabulary Test !!

13. Brain BreakSports Galore !! Mimic the sport: • Shooting a jump shot • 􀂾 Running through tires • 􀂾 Batting a baseball • 􀂾 Serving a tennis ball • 􀂾 Downhill skiing • 􀂾 Spiking a volleyball • 􀂾 Swinging a golf club • 􀂾 Throwing a football • 􀂾 Juggling a soccer ball • 􀂾 Shooting an arrow • 􀂾 Shooting a hockey puck • 􀂾 Swimming underwater • 􀂾 Fielding a ground ball and throwing it to first base • 􀂾 Dunking a basketball

14. As a class, Review/Study Vocabulary page 4 • Does a man with a receding hairline have much hair? • Would a disarming leader be able to calm an angry crowd? • Would you be displeased if a vacation was prolonged? • Is it imprudent for bicyclists to wear helmets? • Would you admire a person who surmounted a difficulty? • Is an easygoing person likely to remain unruffled during a crisis? • Would you be surprised if someone who was invariably late arrived halfway through a party? • If a critic calls a play diverting, did he enjoy it? • Would a timid animal often have the impulse to run? • Would a careful construction worker leave a nail protruding from a floorboard?

15. Superstitions (a belief in the good or bad powers of objects or events that has no basis in fact.) Homework: Make a list of four superstitions about bad luck in your culture of origin.

16. Foreshadowing Tone Suspense Details Comparison Contrast Flash-forward Narrative Fiction Short Story Define Literary Terms(20 min) Study for test !! • Plot • Exposition • Conflict • Climax • Resolution • Flashback • Setting • Mood/Atmosphere • Main Idea/Theme • Prose • Third-Person Narration (point of view)

17. Interactive NotebookQuickwrite (5 min) Value of Life-When is it okay to take life away? Describe a situation when this would be considered okay.

18. T: “The Most Dangerous Game”A: Richard ConnellG: short story pages 4-25

19. Things to think about as you read • Identify the setting at the beginning of the work. • Rainsford has no sympathy for __________. • What happened to Rainsford when he reached for his pipe? • What’s the first thing Rainsford does when he reaches shore? • What does General Zaroff think “are the attributes of an ideal quarry”? • What external conflict is displayed by Rainsford and Zaroff on page 13?

20. Interactive Notebook 9:00 Clock Activity(5 min) • Compare & Contrast the main characters by completing a Venn diagram. • Write details that tell how the subjects are different in the outer circles. Write details that tell how the subjects are alike where the circles overlap. Different Same Different Rainsford General Zaroff

21. Interactive NotebookQuickwrite (5 min) • Fear-How does fear impact our decision making?

22. Brain BreakWhozit? • Tub Braid Heap Hunch (Clue: TV show) • Sand Tackle Laws (Clue: fictional character) • Tall Mischief Her Sun (Clue: person)

23. Things to think about as you readcontinued: 7. Zaroff’s human quarry usually consist of ___________. 8. What are the directions (rules) for the game? (page 16) 9. What type of “collection” does Zaroff want to show Rainsford? (pg. 16) 10.What causes Rainsford to become the hunted? 11. How is Zaroff wounded? (page 20) 12. How does Rainsford trap one of Zaroff’s hounds? 13. How and where does the game end? What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay?” Who wins?

24. Format for a Plot DiagramHomework:(copy and create a plot diagram for “The Most Dangerous Game.”) Climax-- point where the protagonist changes Falling action -- one statement about what leads to the end of the conflict Rising Action – 3 or 4 statements that summarize the story Examples of Conflicts Man Vs. Man Man Vs. Nature Man Vs. Self Resolution -- the end of the conflict Exposition --introduces the characters, background and setting Setting: Protagonist: Antagonist: Theme: Point of View:

25. Review Homework:Basic Situation(Exposition) The famous hunter, Sanger Rainsford, falls overboard and swims to Ship Trap Island. Owner of the island, General Zaroff, hunts men for sport. He will hunt Rainsford.

26. Setting Ship Trap Island Caribbean Jungle

27. Protagonist-Antagonist Question: Who is causing the conflicts? This person is our antagonist! Answer: Zaroff Question: Who is facing the conflicts? This person is our protagonist! Answer: Rainsford

28. Rising Action-Main Events 1. Rainsford hides up a tree. Zaroff lets him escape. 2. Rainsford builds a Malay man-catcher which wounds Zaroff. 3. Rainsford builds a Burmese tiger pit. It kills one of Zaroff’s dogs.

29. Rising Action-Main Events 4. Rainsford builds a Ugandan knife trap. It kills Ivan. 5. Rainsford dives into the sea. 6. Zaroff goes home, believing he has won the game.

30. Climax Question: What is the highest point of tension and suspense in the story? Answer: Rainsford confronts Zaroff in his bedroom.

31. Falling Action • Rainsford and Zaroff fight!

32. Resolution (denouement) Question: How does the story end? Answer: Rainsford sleeps in Zaroff’s bed. Rainsford has killed Zaroff.

33. Theme • You can not understand what it is like for others until you truly walk in their shoes.

34. Point of View Who is telling the story? Is it a character in the story? If not it is a third person narrator. Can we get into the minds of all characters and know their thoughts? If so then it is an omniscient narrator. If not it is a limited narrator because we are limited to knowing one character’s thoughts.

35. Whitney tells Rainsford about the evil reputation of the island. The island is called Ship-Trap Island, and sailors fear it. Zaroff tells Rainsford that he has found a new, more dangerous animal to hunt. Zaroff knows that Rainsford is a famous big game hunter. The most dangerous game that Zaroff hunts is human beings. Zaroff hunts Rainsford. Rainsford falls overboard and swims to the island. Zaroff traps ships and captures sailors, who serve as his prey. Review ForeshadowingClass Activity:Match each event in the first column with the event in the second column that it foreshadows.

36. 3:00 Clock Activity: Create a map for Ship-Trap Island. You must label your map. You will be given a rubric. You must include all parts to get all possible points. You will have only two 30 minute periods to work on this!!!

37. Honors: Creative Writing (You will be given a rubric.) Write an alternate ending to “The Most Dangerous Game” utilizing (and identifying within your text) the following three poetic devices: simile, metaphor & imagery. Minimum: 1 page typed (double spaced) Underline your similes. Circle your metaphor and italicize your examples of imagery! Incorporate the following: • Utilize the quote…He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided somewhere in your paper. • 3 similes • 1 metaphor • 5 examples of imagery (1 example for each sense…taste, touch, smell, sight and sound)

38. Study for Test!! • Study all vocabulary and notes