Bell Work 9/29Writing > Improving Sentences Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

New analyses of a fossil suggest winged insects having possibly emerged as early as 400 million years ago.

(A) suggest winged insects having possibly(B) suggest that winged insects may have(C) suggesting that winged insects, they may have(D) that suggests winged insects as having possibly

Vocab/Packet Review

Plot and Setting Notes

You can read a short story in one sitting.A short story is less than 40 pages.Short stories are written in prose.

What is Setting?

Where and when the story takes placeCan be real or imaginary

1. Time2. Location3. Weather

4. Social Setting

Setting

Sets the story’s mood and atmosphere

A dark and stormy night

A bright, sunny day

A castle on the edge of a cliff

Setting and Characters The setting helps the reader

better understand the characters.

Characters interact with the setting to show and tell the story.

Setting helps the reader share what the characters see, hear,

smell, and touch.

Setting and Plot

The setting supports the plot and should make sense.

Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a

story.Each event causes or leads to the next.Some events foreshadow other events.

Oops, I forgot…

•What is foreshadowing?

Types of Linear PlotsPlots can be told in:

-Chronological order Most stories are told in chronological order, the order in which events happen in real

time.

-Flashback when the story begins with a character speaking as he or she remembers events from a past

experience

-In media res (in the middle of things) when the story starts in the middle of the action without exposition

Five stages of Plot1. Exposition- introduces the story’s characters, setting, and conflict.2. Rising Action- occurs as complications, twists, or intensifications of the conflict occur.3. Climax- is the emotional high point of the story or the turning point.4. Falling Action- is the logical result of the climax. 5. Resolution- presents the final outcome of the story.

Five stages of Plot

Draw and label a plot diagram showing its five stages

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Review

• What are the four elements of setting?• The setting supports the _____.• Label this plot diagram

Watch: Lifted

• Label a plot diagram and number 1-5 below it.• As we watch, identify the exposition, rising

action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

Bell Work 9/30(Answer in full sentences—1 paragraph)

Have you ever been hunting? Do you support hunting, or do you disagree with the sport? Explain.

Review

• What are the 4 different parts of a story’s setting?

Review

• What is mood?

Review

Annotation Worksheet

“The Most Dangerous Game”

• Author: Richard Connell• Written: 1924• Genre: Fiction, Short Story

T: “The Most Dangerous Game”A: Richard Connell

G: short story

- What do you think the

word “Game” in the title means?

- What does the title suggest that the story will be about?

Think, Pair, Share

What do you think it will be about?

PSAT Question of the DayCritical Reading > Sentence Completions Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Mr. Warmington considered himself a connoisseur of fine wines, claiming he could ------- variations in taste and quality among any range of vintages he was served.

(A) purvey(B) discern(C) efface(D) mollify(E) debate

Vocab Review

Bell Work 10/1/14Answer Agree/Disagree to the following statements:

___ Hunting is a sport. ___ Animals have no feelings. ___ Hunting is evil. ___ Hunting is unfair. ___ Strength is more important than

intelligence. ___ Bringing a gun to a knife fight is fair.

Understanding Conflict

• Plot is often created through conflict• Conflict is what drives the plot of a story• What are the two kinds of conflict?–External= outside forces

–Internal= emotions & fears

Plot and SettingLiterary Terms

• Plot• Exposition• Internal Conflict • External Conflict • Climax• Resolution• Setting• Mood/Atmosphere • Main Idea• Prose• Chronological order

• Foreshadowing • Suspense• Details• Comparison• Contrast • Flash-forward• Narrative Fiction• Short Story• Third-Person Narration (point of view)• Theme

Things to think about as you read

1. Identify the setting at the beginning of the work.2. Rainsford has no sympathy for __________.3. What happened to Rainsford when he reached for his pipe? 4. What’s the first thing Rainsford does when he reaches shore?5. What does General Zaroff think “are the attributes of an ideal

quarry”?6. What is the conflict between Rainsford and Zaroff on page

13?

Things to think about as you readcontinued:

7. Zaroff’s human quarry usually consist of ___________.8. What are the directions (rules) for the game? 9. What type of “collection” does Zaroff want to show

Rainsford? 10.What causes Rainsford to become the hunted? 11. How is Zaroff wounded? 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?

Review ForeshadowingClass Activity: Match each event in the first column with the event in the second

column that it foreshadows.

1. Whitney tells Rainsford about the evil reputation of the island.

2. The island is called Ship-Trap Island, and sailors fear it.

3. Zaroff tells Rainsford that he has found a new, more dangerous animal to hunt.

4. Zaroff knows that Rainsford is a famous big game hunter.

a. The most dangerous game that Zaroff hunts is human beings.

b. Zaroff hunts Rainsford.c. Rainsford falls

overboard and swims to the island.

d. Zaroff traps ships and captures sailors, who serve as his prey.

Format for a Plot DiagramHomework: (Create a plot diagram for “The Most Dangerous Game” by using this

format) LEFT SIDE

Exposition --introduces the characters, background

and setting

Examples of Conflicts

Rising Action – 3 details that

summarize the story

Climax-- point where the

protagonist changes

Falling action -- one detail about what leads to the end of the conflict

Resolution -- the end of the conflict

Setting:Protagonist:Antagonist:

Man Vs. Nature

Man Vs. ManMan Vs. Self

Theme:Point of View:

Setting

Ship Trap Island

Caribbean

Jungle

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

Theme

• Never say never• You never know the lengths you will go to for

survival