Short Stories English 9: Day Two

FOR CLASS You need: Your short story, your author interview questions and answers, and a summary based on the answers.

At the moment he was not having a wonderfully good time At the moment he was not having a wonderfully good time. He had run out of patience and pencils and was feeling very hungry. --The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Today Short Story Summaries Review Key Literary Terms: POV and Characterization Collaborative Writing

Summaries I hope you managed to write an amazing summary for your author. Introduce your author. “This is _______. They wrote a very interesting/funny/terrifying short story about _________. First…Then….And finally….”

Can You Remember? What are the FIVE things you need for class? What is an example of something you should NEVER bring to class? (And will get sold to a 7th grader?) Are you supposed to raise your hand when you have a question or comment? How can you avoid a tardy check?

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Key Literary Terms: Point of View (POV) First Person—It’s all about me, me, me. Third Person Omniscient—the narrator knows what everybody is doing and thinking. Third Person Limited Omniscient—the narrator knows what one character is doing and thinking but probably doesn’t know about everybody else.

Key Literary Terms: Point of View (POV) Third Person Objective narrator—don’t hear the thoughts or feelings of characters. Also known as third person limited. Second Person—You woke up this morning and thought to yourself, “I can’t wait for English class!”

Point of View: Why Does it Matter? First person point of view creates a conversation between the reader and the protagonist. However, first person POV is more likely to be an unreliable narrator. Meaning they can’t be trusted! (But who can, really? Certainly not teenagers.)

Point of View: Why Does it Matter? Third person gives deeper insight to more characters, depending on whether or not it is omniscient or limited omniscient. Either way, the reader is able to gain more of a perspective on the world as a whole and isn’t limited to one character’s experiences and opinions.

Point of View: Why Does it Matter? Second person is the least popular because it just feels weird to have someone telling you what you did even though you very obviously didn’t. But we do see these in the “Choose Your Own Adventure” type stories.

Questions #1 & 2 Note: Write your responses to these questions with your short stories. What point of view did you use for your short story and why? What do you think would happen to your story if you had chosen a different point of view?

Key Literary Terms: Characterization Characterization is the way an author brings a character to life. Not like a zombie or anything, although we will be reading Frankenstein. Oh, and “The Monkey’s Paw.” You know what, I might be wrong about the zombie thing…

Key Literary Terms: Characterization Protagonist: Main character. (Professional tagonist.) Antagonist: Opposes the main character. Direct Characterization: When the writer explicitly comments on or describes a character. Indirect Characterization: When the author develops the character through the things the character does or says or what others say about them. The reader must make inferences.

Essential Components for Characterization Physical descriptions Actions, gestures, movements Dialogue What other characters say about them (behind their backs). Character motivations Character internal thoughts (like about how awesome they think their English class is).

Questions #3 & 4 How did you describe your character(s)? Did you use direct characterization? Indirect? Did you forget to describe them?? (Wow, sad.) Were you able to reveal key characteristics about your protagonist in a short amount of time? What else would you have liked to include?

Please hand in to me the following: your short stories, interview questions and answers, your summary, Q & As you just completed. Make sure they’re stapled together if I remembered to bring a stapler.

Ah ha! Time to Write More Everybody take out a piece of paper that they’ll be able to pass. This is going to be fun and also (probably) a bit embarrassing. For you, not me. I’m excited. WRITE YOUR NAME AT THE TOP. You will write for a certain amount of time, then stop when I tell you to stop. Just listen carefully to directions. It shouldn’t be difficult to understand.

Choose the Visual OR the Writing Prompt Below You are forced to take a genies place, and can only be freed once you have granted 10 wishes. The catch: You don’t actually have any magic.

HOMEWORK Keep your collaborative short stories from today and bring them to class tomorrow. They should go in a folder. Yes, I’ll be giving you a homework check if you manage to lose them between today and tomorrow.