Drums, Girls, and dangerous pie

DO Now: Take out your poem and put it in clear view—I will be checking to see if you have it As I check, ensure each student reads his/her poem out loud. The person reading will have a stuffed animal at their desk. At this stage in the writing process, I encourage positive feedback only. By the time I am finished checking your poems, your group needs to elect one person to read his or her poem aloud to the class. If the person you select does not want to read aloud, he or she can ask another person or me to read it instead.

Review time Characters, setting, conflict, theme, and plot

Characters Antagonist Protagonist Supporting Character

Antagonist The person or force working against the protagonist throughout the course of the novel Examples: a villain, a natural disaster, an illness

Protagonist The main character—this character drives the action of the story and the story revolves around him or her

Supporting characters Characters who do not fill the role as the “protagonist” but help to move action of the plot

Setting The time and place of the story

Conflict Internal External

External Conflict Whenever a character is struggling with an outside force, he or she faces a conflict. In many stories, conflicts arise due to the actions of the antagonist

Internal Conflict psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot's suspense

Theme The main message the author is trying to convey to the reader NOT ONE WORD

Freytag’s pyramid Exposition Inciting Incident Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

Freytag’s Pyramid Climax Falling Action Rising Action Resolution Plot thickens Resolution Exposition Inciting Incident

Exposition Characters are introduced Setting is described Mood is set Main Character: Harry Potter Minor Characters: Ron Weasley Hermione Granger Setting: (Time) Current During the school year, (Place) Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry Mood: Magical, Mysterious, Suspenseful, Fantastical

Examples of other types of Inciting Incidents The precise moment when something in the main character's life changes dramatically, and sets the rest of the story in motion. The event is life-changing, and without the event, the story wouldn't happen. Harry Potter gets the letter from Hogwarts telling him that he is a wizard and he is to come to Hogwarts for the new school year. This changes Harry’s life and without this event the story wouldn’t happen. Examples of other types of Inciting Incidents Someone dies Something is won or lost Something is important is discovered

Rising Action Plot gets more complex Characters struggle to find solutions to the conflict Suspense builds 4. Harry Potter and friends come up with their own plan to save the stone and set it into motion. 3. Harry Potter and friends rush to tell Dumbledore that Hagrid has accidentally given away the secret and the stone is in danger, only to find that Dumbledore himself has been lured away—leaving the stone vulnerable to Snape. 2. Harry discovers that the mysterious package from Gringott’s is now at Hogwarts. 1. Harry leaves his home on the Hogwarts Express to start his new life.

Climax Highest point of action in the story Outcome of the conflict is decided Usually a change in the protagonist will occur Harry Potter’s confrontation with Professor Quirrell who is being controlled by Lord Voldemort.

Falling Action the part of a story that comes immediately after the climax and before the conclusion. Harry discovers that his mother’s love is what protected him from Voldemort. Dumbledore destroys the sorcerer’s stone.

Gryffindor wins the house cup. Resolution Loose ends are tied up Story ends Gryffindor wins the house cup. Harry returns to the Dursley’s for the summer.

Form a group of four or less Work with your group members to complete the Summer Reading Required Book-Group Review I will be assessing you on Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Wednesday the 7th and Thursday the 8th The only materials you can bring into this assessment (a written assignment) are this worksheet and any scrap paper you use to complete it. This worksheet is due, completed, by Wednesday You have Tuesday as a workday as well