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SILENTLY Read the following passage. Answer the questions that follow. 1. What is the setting of the selection? 2. Who are the characters?

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Page 1: SILENTLY Read the following passage. Answer the questions that follow. 1.What is the setting of the selection? 2.Who are the characters?

SILENTLY Read the following passage. Answer the questions that follow.

1. What is the setting of the selection?2. Who are the characters?

Page 2: SILENTLY Read the following passage. Answer the questions that follow. 1.What is the setting of the selection? 2.Who are the characters?

TLW construct a layered book Foldable to aid in identifying the elements of a short story: character, setting, plot, theme and p.o.v. with 95% accuracy.

Page 3: SILENTLY Read the following passage. Answer the questions that follow. 1.What is the setting of the selection? 2.Who are the characters?

It is necessary that you clear

your desk for the next activity.

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Layered Book FoldableMaterials¨ 3 sheets of

paper¨ Stapler, glue,

or string¨ Your attention

WATCH ME!LISTEN FOR ME TO SAY “NOW YOU DO IT”

BEFORE YOU BEGIN.

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Step 1

¨ Stack the 3 sheets of paper¨ Place each consecutive sheet

approximately an inch higher than the sheet before it

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Step 2

¨ When the tabs are equal distance apart fold the papers and crease well.

¨ You should have 6 tabs!

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Step 3¨ After getting approval

from your teacher or a designated peer helper you may staple the layered book.

¨ Place one staple – on each side- at the top of the foldable.

OR¨ Place glue in the

valley/center folds.

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ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY

Page 9: SILENTLY Read the following passage. Answer the questions that follow. 1.What is the setting of the selection? 2.Who are the characters?

What Is a Short Story?¨ A short story is a short fictional prose

narrative. Short stories generally contain– one or two major characters – one important setting– plot– suspense

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What Is Plot?¨ Plot is the sequence of events that make up

a story. Most plots are built from five elements—– exposition– rising action– climax– falling action– resolution

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Exposition tells us who the characters are and what their conflict is. Introduces setting.

Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story

that lead to the climax.

Climax: The turning point. The most intense moment (either

mentally or in action.

Falling Action: all of the action which follows the

Climax.

Resolution: The conclusion, the tying together of all of the

threads.

PLOT DIAGRAM

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Elements of Plot• Exposition tells us who the characters are and

what their conflict is.• Rising Action occur as the characters take steps

to deal with the conflict.• Climax is the most exciting moment of the

story, when the outcome must be decided one way or another.

• Falling Action the action which follows the climax.

• Resolution is the final part of the story, where the conflict is resolved.

Page 13: SILENTLY Read the following passage. Answer the questions that follow. 1.What is the setting of the selection? 2.Who are the characters?

Every story needs characters

People

Animals

Or Creatures

A character is a person or an animal in a story, a play, or another literary work.

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The time and place of the story is the setting

WHERE?

WHEN?

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The point of view is the perspective of the story

“That rotten wolf tried to eat us!!!!”

“I was framed! I just wanted to

borrow a cup of sugar!”

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P.O.VPoint of view is the vantage point from which a story is told.•How you understand a story is often based on the narrator (the person telling the story) and his or her point of view.

The three most common points of view:– Omniscient– Third-person limited – First person

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THEME

• Theme is the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals.

•Some themes are recurring—they appear over and over again in works from different cultures.

The theme is what the story means. The theme is an idea or message that the writer wishes to communicate about the subject.EX: One theme of “Cinderella” is that kindness will be rewarded.

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REVIEWWhat was the big idea?

1. What is a short story?a) Narrative prose writing short enough to be

read in one setting

b) Any story shorter than a novel

2. What is plot?a) The sequence of events in a story

b) The subject of the story

3. What is setting?a) Central idea of a story

b) Time and place of a story

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TICKET OUT THE DOORRecall the most recent story you’ve read and answer the following questions.

1. What was the title of the story?

2. Who were the characters?

3. What was the theme or the message of the story?

4. What was the setting?