1. ADVANCED ENGLISH 6 December 1-2

2. TO DO TODAY: Work on matrix. Review plot diagram. Have Book Club. Practice citations.

3. Matrix Creative journals Vocabulary (due Dec. 9 & 10) Book Club chapters Digital portfolios Three paragraphs for research (due Thurs. & Fri.)

4. PLOT DIAGRAM 2 1 3 4 5

5. PLOT (DEFINITION) Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story. Every plot is made up of a series of incidents that are related to one another.

6. 1. EXPOSITION This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict (main problem).

7. 2. RISING ACTION This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs.

8. 3. CLIMAX This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way.

9. 4. FALLING ACTION All loose ends of the plot are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of.

10. 5. RESOLUTION The story comes to a reasonable ending.

11. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER 1. Exposition 2. Rising Action 3. Climax 4. Falling Action 5. Resolution Beginning of Story Middle of Story End of Story

12. Exposition Inciting Incident Rising Action Conflict Climax Falling Action Resolution Denouement

13. BOOK CLUB Chapters Read: Discuss chapters read by adding notes with page numbers about the exposition to your Adventure Board. Adventure Board: Write the inciting incident(s), rising action, conflict(s), and climax with page numbers on sticky notes in complete sentences. Tweet: Write a group Tweet in a few sentences summarizing what you read.

14. RESEARCH Look for the following: What did your person CREATE? What did your person INNOVATE? How did he or she use a habit of mind to overcome a challenge? What did your person ILLUMINATE for the world? By Thursday (A) and Friday (B), you need to have a paragraph to answer each of these questions.

15. PARAGRAPHS-WHAT DO THEY NEED? Topic Sentence Detail Support with Citation Conclusion Sentence *Remember that paragraphs have one main idea!

16. CITATIONS (IN-TEXT) Sources: Number your sources. Direct Quotation: Put quotation marks around the quoted part. Put parentheses around the source. Put a period at the end. Example: “George Washington wore wooden false teeth” (Source 1). Paraphrase or Summary: Put the information in your own words. Put parentheses around the source. Put a period at the end. Example: Because George Washington had bad teeth, he had false teeth made from wood (Source 1).

17. WORKS CITED (AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION-APA)  Why should we cite sources?  Provide accurate knowledge  Protect rights (participants and intellectual property)

18. WORKS CITED (APA) Author last name, Author first initial. (Year of publication). Title of book. Location of publication: Publisher name. Books: Author last name, Author first initial. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number(issue number), page numbers. Retrieved from http://restofwebsiteurl Articles: Name of producer (Producer). (Year of publication). Title of video [Location of video-DVD, online]. Retrieved from http://restofwebsiteurl Videos: Name of cartographer (Cartographer). (Year of publication). Title of map [Type of map]. Retrieved from http://restofwebsiteurl Maps:

19. WORKS CITED (APA) Allen, J. et al. (2013). Literature grade 6. Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Literature Book: Handwerk, B. (2005, December 12). Americas settled by two groups of early humans, study says. National Geographic News. Retrieved from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1212_051212_humans_americas.html ArticleArticle: Prince William Network (Producer). (2008). Ice age discoveries: New evidence. [Online]. Retrieved from http://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-main-menu/video-guide-main/video-guide- summary/256-ice-age-discoveries-new-evidence VideoVideo: KidsKnowIt Network (Cartographer). (2015). Migration into Americas [Thematic map]. Retrieved from http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0260-ancient-america.php MapMap: