H5 - week 51 literature & week 2 literature review

Today's objectives

1) Understanding "The Lottery"
&
Analysis through:
quiz, debate, comic (pictures)

2) Review of 5 short stories - what do you still know


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Today's objectives

1) Understanding "The Lottery"
&
Analysis through:
quiz, debate, comic (pictures)

2) Review of 5 short stories - what do you still know


Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Slide 2 - Video

Title - "The Lottery"


What's up with the title?

Why is it ironic?



Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Conflict


What is Tess's (protagonist) external conflict?
Debate in groups of 3


timer
5:00

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Theme

This story sparked up a lot of controversy.
People did not like it at first.

  1. What do you think the main theme is?
  2. What do you make of the old man Warner & the old, cracked &  chipped box?

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Slide 6 - Link

Another example

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Write & draw in pairs
Like the example of "Lamb to the Slaughter", write & draw the main parts of the Lottery (6 pictures):
  1. Setting/Exposition (=setting/background information)
  2. Conflict (protagonist/antagonist)
  3. Rising action
  4. Climax
  5. Falling action (right after climax, leads to the end)
  6. Resolution (where the main problem is resolved or worked out). 
timer
1:00

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

The Lottery 
Exposition = setting & introduction 

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

What's the right order of events in a
story's plot?
A
Introduction / inciting incident / rising action / falling action / resolution
B
Introduction / inciting incident / rising action / climax / falling action / resolution
C
Introduction / story / end
D
Introduction / falling action / rising action / resolution / climax / inciting incident

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

What's a short story?
A

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

What is setting in a story?
A
Characters
B
Time
C
Time & location
D
When you set the table

Slide 13 - Quizvraag

Describe the setting of
"Lamb to the Slaughter" & how it is irmportant/contributes to the theme

Slide 14 - Open vraag

What is the story of Sredni Vashtar about?

Slide 15 - Open vraag

Give for all five short stories, the protagonist(s):

Slide 16 - Open vraag

Who causes conflict for whom in a short story?
A
Protagonist for Antagonist
B
Secondary Character for Antagonist
C
Boohoo I 've never paid any attention
D
Antagonist for Protagonist.

Slide 17 - Quizvraag

A narrative twist =
A
a naughty ending
B
a surprise ending
C
more details at the end
D
Huh? Whasthat?

Slide 18 - Quizvraag

What was the theme of Lamb to the Slaughter?

Slide 19 - Open vraag

Explain the title of Lamb to the Slaughter?

Slide 20 - Open vraag

What does the title "Mr. Know-all" mean?

Slide 21 - Open vraag

Explain the title "The gift of the Magi"

Slide 22 - Open vraag

What's a narrative hook?

Slide 23 - Open vraag

What is the climax in a short story?
A
When they sleep together
B
When they actually like each other
C
Beats me, but on the test I'll know
D
Highest point of emotion AND character resolves struggle

Slide 24 - Quizvraag

What is the literary term for "looking backward"
A
foreshadowing
B
flashback
C
back-looking
D
thinking

Slide 25 - Quizvraag

The Lottery
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/title

Slide 26 - Woordweb

Sredini Vashtar
Setting/characters/ conflict/theme/climax/title

Slide 27 - Woordweb

Mr. Know-all
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/title/
narrative twist

Slide 28 - Woordweb

Lamb to the Slaughter
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/
title/narrative twist

Slide 29 - Woordweb

The gift of the Magi
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/
title/narrative twist

Slide 30 - Woordweb

Which short story did you like best?
Why?

Slide 31 - Open vraag

Today's objectives

The gift of the Magi- analysis

Mr. Know-all -  analysis 

Sredni Vashtar - analysis (start)

Slide 32 - Tekstslide

The Gift of the Magi 
Plot:
  • Jim and Della
  • Christmas Eve
  • Fob Chain
  • Hair Combs
  • Dramatic irony (reader knows what is going to happen, characters don't)
  • "They are the wisest" -> meaning?

Slide 33 - Tekstslide

The Gift of the Magi - group discussion
  • Setting: time & location

  • Protagonists (main characters/"good guys"):
  • Antagonist (not a person):
  • Secondary character:

  • Conflict (what prevents Jim & Della from getting what they want?):

  • Climax (highest point of emotion/turning point): 

  • Themes (universal idea): 

  • Title:


timer
10:00

Slide 34 - Tekstslide

The Gift of the Magi - key
  • Setting:                                               Christmas eve, poor flat (poor people's home)

  • Protagonists:                                   Jim & Della
  • Antagonist (not a person):        the value placed on material gifts
  • Secondary character:                 Mme. Sofronie

  • Conflict:                                             Not having money

  • Climax:                                               When they open each other's gifts and realizing they are worthless

  • Themes:                                            Sacrifice (Love, wealth)

  • Title:                                                  the Magi were wise just as Jim and Della who value each other's love more than material gifts
                                                                  (their gifts are like the magi's gifts which were "spiritual")


Slide 35 - Tekstslide

Mr. Know-all

Slide 36 - Tekstslide

Mr. Know-all 
Setting = 
 on a liner (ship) sailing from the USA to Japan some time after WW I

 War = 
1) background for cultural differences and prejudice 
2) After 1st WW, times were poor, travelling took a long time and huts are shared 
    (The narrator "I" is of British descent and shares a hut with Mr. Kelada, of Oriental descent).

Sea=
Neutral place

Slide 37 - Tekstslide

Mr. Know-all 

1) Give a detailed description of Mr. Know-all (p. 14/15)

2) Give a description of Mr. Ramsay (top of p. 16)

3) Why does the narrator ("I"-person telling the story) not like Mr. Know-all?
timer
10:00

Slide 38 - Tekstslide

Conflict (video & questions)

Who causes conflict for whom?

Describe the conflict/problem 

How does the protagonist try to solve this?
timer
5:00

Slide 39 - Tekstslide

Slide 40 - Video

Characters

  • Who are the protagonists?

  • Who is the antagonist?

  • Who is the secondary character?

Slide 41 - Tekstslide

Climax
 Mr. Kelada and Mr. Ramsay get into a heated argument over cultured pearls. Mr. Kelada claims to know all about pearls. Mr. Ramsay dares him to make a bet. Mr. Kelada bets Mrs. Ramsay's pearl necklace is worth a fortune. Mrs. Ramsay turns quite pale and Mr. Kelada then apologizes and says the necklace is worthless.


  1. Why is this event a climax or turning point? Why are emotions at their peak?
  2. What does Mr. Kelada now know about Mrs. Ramsay?
  3. Why does the narrator like Mr. Kelada better now?






Slide 42 - Tekstslide

 Theme & Title

What is the theme of the story? 

How is the theme related to the title?

Slide 43 - Tekstslide

Mr. Know-all analysis
  • Theme: 
      prejudice (Foreigner who doesn't share British conventions of politeness appears to be more polite than anticipated)

      Story's lesson:  "don't judge a book by its cover"



  • Title: 
      Mr. Know-all annoys people by always taking the lead in conversations and claiming he is right 
      (being very sociable = culturaldifference/cultural perspective: name as a compliment)

     He is apparently wrong  about the pearls' value (people catch him lying, proving their prejudice is correct).  
     But he is actually right their value and did indeed know "all"  (value of the pearls, Mrs. Ramsay's possible affair)

Slide 44 - Tekstslide

Mr. Know-all analysis
  • Protagonist:                          Narrator - British, Mr. Kelada - Oriental descent
  • Antagonist:                           Mr. Ramsay (British)
  • Secondary characters:   Mrs. Ramsay (British), the doctor 


  • Conflict:                                 Argument & bet over pearl necklace. External conflict: Mr Ramsay / Society's prejudice 
                                                         (Mr. Ramsay dares Mr. Kelada to bet on the pearls' value / Society views Kelada as a "Know-all")


  • Rising action:                      Mr. Ramsay's and Mr. Kelada's heated argument over cultured pearls
  • Climax:                                  Mr. Kelada examining Mrs. Ramsay's pearls and declaring them "not real"
  • Falling action:                    Mr. Kelada is made fun of by the other people on the ship (he doesn't know everything)
  • Resolution:                         The narrator finds out about Mr. Kelada's true nature (he's a good person/polite to Mrs. Ramsay by not
                                                         embarrasing her)

Slide 45 - Tekstslide

Sredni Vashtar

Slide 46 - Tekstslide

Slide 47 - Video

Sredni Vashtar - analysis
  • Setting
  • Characters
  • Conflict
  • Climax
  • Theme
  • Title

Slide 48 - Tekstslide

Plot - discuss 
  • Conradin (10-year-old boy)
  • Guardian/aunt (name?)
  • Terminally ill (deadly disease)
  • Garden shed
  • Two animals 
  • Sredni Vashtar (Who is this? Role?)
  • Religion aunt/boy
  • Who dies & why?
timer
6:00

Slide 49 - Tekstslide

Setting

Time: 
1900-1911 / traditional roles (maid, guardian, no children's rights)

Location:
Middle class home, garden shed

Slide 50 - Tekstslide

Characters
Protagonist = 


Antagonist = 


Secondary characters =

Slide 51 - Tekstslide

Conflict

Who causes conflict for whom?

Describe the conflict/problem 

How does the protagonist try to solve this?
timer
4:00

Slide 52 - Tekstslide

Climax



When does the story reach its peak in emotions?

Slide 53 - Tekstslide

Themes

  • Reality vs Imagination (Conradin's real life / life in garden shed)

  • Religion (Sredni Vashtar - garden shed / Christian religion - church)

Slide 54 - Tekstslide

Story's moral (NOT theme)


  • What does the story say about people? (Mrs. De Ropp, Conradin)

  • What is the literal & figurative meaning of Mrs. De Ropp's myopia (short-sightedness)?


Slide 55 - Tekstslide

What have you learned?

Slide 56 - Tekstslide