1. Please come in:  Grab a calendar from the front table.  Begin filling out this week according to my calendar on the board. Purple is what we are going to do each day. Purple is what we are going to do each day. Yellow is your homework or upcoming due dates. Yellow is your homework or upcoming due dates.  Then get out a pen/pencil and open your spiral to your Journal section.

2. Bell Work- 8/30  Write about a time when you had to give up one thing to gain something else. Was it worth it? Was it worth it? Did you regret your choice? Did you regret your choice? *Write one paragraph (6-8 sentences)

3. “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” (Vocab check on Wed, Sept. 1) “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” (Vocab check on Wed, Sept. 1)  Internal Conflict  External Conflict  Denizens  Pensive  Concussion  Quizzical  Antipathy  Luminous  Filial  Surreptitiously  Conspicuous  Dubious

4. Plot Structure

5. Setting  Setting is the time and place of the story  Writers create setting through the following: details that suggest the time of day, year, season or historical period details that suggest the time of day, year, season or historical period Descriptions of characters, clothing, buildings, weather and landscapes Descriptions of characters, clothing, buildings, weather and landscapes

6. Mood  Mood is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for readers.  Mood is developed through a writer’s use of imagery and choice of words and details.  Setting details help to establish a mood.

7. Imagery  The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, thing, place or experience.

8. Characterization  The way an author reveals a character’s personality By telling us directly By telling us directly By describing how they look By describing how they look By what they character says By what they character says By revealing the character’s thoughts By revealing the character’s thoughts By the way others react or feel about him/her By the way others react or feel about him/her By the character’s actions By the character’s actions

9. Tone  Attitude the writer takes toward the subject of the work, the characters in it or the audience- writers try to manipulate language to achieve a certain effect  Single word examples: solemn, playful, sarcastic, ironic, critical, reverent (respectful), irreverent (disrespectful), philosophical (truth- seeking)

10. Plot  Plot is a series of scenes that trace a conflict, or struggle between opposing forces.  The conflict can be internal or external.

11. Internal Conflict  The character struggles mentally to resolve an issue with their individual needs, desires, or emotions

12. External Conflict  character struggles against outside forces …person against another person, person against society, person against nature….

13. Understanding Cause & Effect  Cause is why something happens  Effect is the result of some event or action  Understanding cause/effect can help you understand what happens in the plot, and why it happens  *As you read “The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant” think about the causes behind the narrator’s behavior. Think about the effects of the girl’s words and actions.

14. Plot  Events in the story (story line) Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution

15. Exposition  This part of the plot introduces the setting and characters and establishes a mood.  It may also reveal the conflict or set the stage for it.

16. Rising Action  Complications arise as the main character struggles to resolve the conflict.  The “plot thickens” as suspense builds.  All the actions that take place before the climax.

17. Climax  The climax is the turning point in the story and the moment of greatest suspense.  Often the main character makes a decision or takes an action that makes the outcome of the conflict clear.  Does not always occur in the middle of the story.

18. Falling Action  This stage shows the results of the decision or action that happened at the climax.  Tension eases as the conflict is resolved.

19. Resolution  The resolution reveals the final outcome of the story and ties up any loose ends.

20. http://www.learner.org/interactiv es/story/cinderella.html http://www.learner.org/interactiv es/story/cinderella.html