Unit 1 – “The Last Dog”

Learning Goals Read for comprehension and analysis, with a focus on plot, setting, conflict and vocabulary.

Unit 1 Objectives • identify stages of plot • analyze plot development • identify internal and external conflict • analyze and evaluate setting

Review - What drives a story? Review: Setting Characters Conflict

Review - What drives a story? Review: Setting is the time and place of the action. Characters are the people, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in a story. • Conflict is a struggle between different forces. A conflict can be external or internal.

Stages of Plot Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action Resolution

Stages of Plot Exposition • Introduces the setting and the characters • Sets up or hints at the conflict

Stages of Plot Rising Action • Shows how the conflict unfolds and becomes more complicated • Builds suspense (suspense is a feeling of growing tension and excitement)

Stages of Plot Climax • Is the most exciting moment and the turning point • Often results in a change for the main character

Stages of Plot Resolution • Ties up loose ends • Sometimes offers an unexpected twist before the story ends

Stages of Plot Plot diagram http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/plot-diagram/

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Literary Terms Setting Flashback Science fiction

Literary Terms Setting – time and place of the action Flashback – a scene from an earlier time Science fiction – combines real scientific information with imagination to create an altered universe.

Disembodied: adj. separated from or lacking a body. Own the Word (review) Disembodied: adj. separated from or lacking a body. The use of disembodied in this instance means that the person speaking is not present. The voice seems so separated from the speaker that it lacks humanity. My own example:______________________________________________________________________ . . .continued

hologram: n. A three dimensional picture made by laser light Own the Word (review) hologram: n. A three dimensional picture made by laser light Huck Finn and M. C. Higgins the Great: n. (lines 64-65) the main characters in two books that are often read by young adults. . . .continued

evasive: adj. Tending or trying to avoid. Own the Word (review) evasive: adj. Tending or trying to avoid. The connotation of evasive is something that has been done in a sneaky fashion. Discuss how using the word vague in the sentence would change the connotation. “He tried to ask the clerk who outfitted him, but the woman was vague.” The word vague would create the impression that the woman was not being sneaky. . . .continued

foray: n. a trip into an unknown area. Own the Word (review) foray: n. a trip into an unknown area. List other instances where the word foray could be used. 1. 2. . . .continued

Own the Word (review) foresighted: adj. Having the ability to anticipate the future and prepare for it. Have you ever been foresighted about something? Explain when, and why you feel that your thinking could be described as foresighted. . . .continued

languish: v. To remain unattended or be neglected. Own the Word (review) languish: v. To remain unattended or be neglected. List additional ways that people or animals can languish in any other situation. . . .continued

Complete the following sentence in your notebook: reproof (n) is criticism for a fault or error. Complete the following sentence in your notebook: “The teacher offered reproof when. . .”

Provide an example using copious. copious (adj) means more than enough; plentiful.. Provide an example using copious.

There was copious rainfall in the spring. Most students think teachers give copious homework.

posterity (n) means future generations. The root word of posterity is posterus, which is Latin and means “coming after.” When you talk about posterity, you are talking about the people who will come after you.

Identify Sequence