YEAR 3 Conflict and Plot

In Class Today
10 min. discuss your reading
10 min. conflict and plot
10 min. discuss conflict and plot in your novel
10 min. presentation about conflict (and plot)
15-20 min. silent reading / independent work
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In deze les zitten 16 slides, met interactieve quizzen en tekstslides.

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In Class Today
10 min. discuss your reading
10 min. conflict and plot
10 min. discuss conflict and plot in your novel
10 min. presentation about conflict (and plot)
15-20 min. silent reading / independent work

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Discuss your reading
10-15 minutes
timer
10:00

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

What is "conflict"?

Slide 3 - Open vraag

Slide 4 - Tekstslide


External conflict:

* character vs. character

* character vs. society

* character vs. nature

* character vs. technology





Internal conflict:
* character vs. self

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

What is "plot"?

Slide 6 - Open vraag

Plot
Plot is what happens in a story and how these things are told.

Most stories have the same structure.

> Freytag's Pyramid

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Freytag's Pyramid

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Exposition
> the start of the story
> the protagonist is introduced
> the (main/first) setting is described
> something happens

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Rising Action
> events unfold

> things happen

> more problems

> more exciting

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Climax
> most exciting

> problems at max

> can't stop reading/ playing/watching

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Falling Action
> main problem is solved

> other (minor) problems are resolved

> questions are answered

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Denouement

The they-lived-happily-
ever-after-stage

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Literary one-pager
A one-pager is an analytical, creative, and written response to a novel that completely fills one side of a piece of paper. For your one-pager, you’ll want to focus on the big ideas from the novel including theme, conflict, setting, and characterization, as well as literary devices and elements

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Literary one-pager
Step 1: choose four elements 
Step 2: brainstorm
Step 3: read the rubric
Step 4: look at the example
Step 5: start your own literary one-pager!

Next week: more about theme and symbolism.

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Rest of Class
  • Silent reading

  • Final assignment

  • Stepping Stones

Slide 16 - Tekstslide