1. Greetings earthlings. We have lots to do today, so I thought I’d warm-up your brains with a riddle…good luck It goes up but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too; come for a ride just me and you. What is it?

2. One’s point of view, or perspective, can make all the difference in a story and in life There are three different types of irony, all of which involve a contrast between what is and what is expected or meant

3. Review of select elements of fiction Defining and distinguishing of irony Reading of “Hearts and Hands” Application of learned skills to closing activity involving irony

4. I can tell the difference between a story told in first person and a story told in the third person point of view, and I can identify pros and cons of each I can identify and explain the difference between three types of irony I can identify irony in today’s short story

5. Part Two

6. the perspective from which a story is told

7. when the narrator is a character in a story (I, me, we)

8. when the narrator is not a character in the story (he, she, it, they)

9. The story “The War of the Wall” is told from the first person point of view How would the story be different if told from the third person point of view? “Seventh Grade” is told from the third person point of view, in which we learn the thoughts of two of the main characters How would the story be different if told from just one of the character’s perspectives?

10. the time and place of the action in a story

11. the moral, message, or lesson about life that the writer wants the reader to learn

12. humorous or scornful use of words to express the opposite of what one really means; what is said or written is not what is meant

13. Contrast between what is said and what is meant Nice weather we are having!

14. Contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what the reader knows to be true. When the reader is “in on a secret.”

15. contrast between what happens and what is expected. someone playing a prank on someone else, it backfires, and the prankster gets a pie in the face.

16. Jake thinks that a neighbor writes him a note about how bad of a parker he is. Jake doesn’t know that I really wrote the note, but you do! shhhh Jake parks his car in a way that takes up two spots. I say to Jake, “Way to go, Einstein!” Jake is the only one of his friends that passed the parking portion of his driving test on the first time.

17. Jake thinks that a neighbor writes him a note about how bad of a parker he is. Jake doesn’t know that I really wrote the note, but you do! Shhhh (Dramatic) Jake parks his car in a way that takes up two spots. I say to Jake, “Way to go, Einstein!” (Verbal) Jake is the only one of his friends that passed the parking portion of his driving test on the first time. (Situational)

18. Takes place in the latter half of the 19 th century (1850-1899) Takes place entirely on a train Train terms to be aware of: coach- passenger car express- trains that make few or no stops smoker- a car in which smoking is allowed

19. Influx Countenance Accustomed

20. Influx- an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things Countenance- a person’s face or facial expression Accustomed- to get used to

21. We learn about the characters in the following story entirely through appearance and dialogue. Pay attention to how the author does this and how it affects the ending of the story?

22. Jot down a word or a phrase in your ELA A notebook

23. What type of irony is present at the end of the story? Why is this the case? If the majority of the class gets this right, each person in the class will receive a bonus point for Friday’s quiz…HIGH STAKES!!!