1. When the bell rings you should be writing silently in your journal. "The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.” -Oscar Wilde Do you agree with Oscar Wilde?

2. Remember:  Materials:  Make sure to always have your notebook.  Make sure to always have something to write with. Make-up  Course outline received  Pretest  Notes on: foreshadowing, imagery, characters, and plot pyramid. Perseus and review questions, or inference questions  Notes on: genres, points of view, and mood and tone. Study Island fiction test. -IRP books will count as part of your participation grade TODAY -Grades are on MMS -Your Study Island assessment counted as your first TEST grade -Nonfiction begins on MONDAY

3. Literary Genres Genre- category or type of literature.

4. Three large categories Poetry Lyric Concrete Dramatic Narrative Epic Fiction Prose (Novels and short stories) Nonfiction (Biography, autobiography, letters, essays, and reports) Drama Serious and Tragedy Comic Melodrama Farce Try to think of an example text for each genre

5. Point of View First-person  Look at the pronouns:  “I”  “My”  “We” Third -person  Look at the pronouns:  “He”  “She”  “They” What point of view is “The Most Dangerous Game” written in?

6. Point of View Third-Person Limited  Pronouns remain the same  The reader can only know the thoughts/feelings/ inner workings of ONE character Third –person Omnicient  Pronouns remain the same  The reader is able to “jump” from character to character and know the inner workings of multiple characters

7. Dual literary devices  READER  AUTHOR MoodTone

8. MOOD  How the READER FEELS while reading a story.  What are some mood words?  Energetic  Calm  Relaxed  Tense  Surprised

9. TONE  How the AUTHOR FEELS towards their audience and subject of a piece.  Tone words:  Approving  Proud  Hostile  Unconcerned  Disrespectful

10. Book Talk Preparation  Four note cards will be due for your book talk. We will work on the cards every Friday:  Characters  Plot/Setting/Conflict  Theme/Mood/Tone  Author(s)  Remember, these cards are crucial to helping you out during the book talk.  Each note card must have 10 facts from your book.  Each fact must have an accompanying quote. I expect parenthetical citations after each quote. Example: (Rowling 95).  Index cards WITHOUT quotes on the back only receive HALF credit

11. Author Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

12. -You must have your book with you -You must be reading silently. There is absolutely no reason to be talking. You talk, you lose all points for today. -Remember to fill out your Reading Logs before the end of class. -You need to be reading and working quietly until I tell you to pack up. -If you have any questions just raise your hand. IRP DAY!