MondaySeptember 15th, 2008

Agenda• Warm Up in notebook [5 min]• Review: Plot (Freytag), Character• PP Notes: Setting, Point of View (POV)• Textbook “Two Kinds” (Amy Tan) pg.

94-103• Questions at end if time.

• Tomorrow = FCA #1

HOMEWORK STRIKE SYSTEM IN EFFECT: COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK OUT BEFORE BELL

Objective(s):• Identify setting and point

of view by writing notes in composition notebook.

• Analyze setting and point of view by watching selected clips and filling out selected examples.

• Judge how point of view effects your opinion of “Two Kinds” by reading and discussing it.

Warm Up (9/15) [5 min]

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Look over your notes on characterization from Thurs/Fri. 1. What is the difference between DIRECT and INDIRECT

characterization?2. Read the following sentences. Break down the characters into

DIRECT and INDIRECT characterization. YOU DO NOT NEED TO WRITE THE SENTENCES. There is an example below.

EXAMPLE: Mr. Hampton, who was young teacher, carried his books as he walked down the hallway.

DIRECT INDIRECTyoung teacher loves teachingcarrying books loves readingwalking down the hallway loves walking

1: Wherever Bob went, he always wore his grey suit.2: That is, until the one day Bob met a strange old man. This old man carried a stack of Bibles with him wherever he went—and oddly enough, had red eyes too.

Freytag’s Triangle (plot) Review

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Character

• Two ways authors reveal a character:– Direct Characterization– Indirect CharacterizationNO

NOTES

Direct Characterization

• The author DIRECTLY tells us the traits of that character.

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Characterization

• Example:– Bob was a serious person who loved to study.

Whenever his friends were playing outside, Bob was in his house, reading books.

– What does the author tell us DIRECTLY about Bob?

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Indirect Characterization

• The author hints at what the character is like—through their clothing, what they carry with them.

• Anything and everything can be indirect—even something as small as their eyes.

• Allows the reader room for interpretation about a character.

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Stock Characters

• Stock characters are characters that fit our NATURAL ideas about what a character should look/act/be like.

• Remember, THE WIZARD—without me saying anything, 99% of us drew the hat/staff/crystal ball.

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Parts of Fiction

• Plot• Characters• Setting• Point of View• Theme

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Setting

TAKE

NOTES

Setting is, most simply, where the story takes place. Broadly speaking, setting includes:• Time• Location• Circumstance

SettingSetting is, most simply, where the story takes place. Broadly speaking, setting includes:• Time (High Noon)• Location (A saloon, the Wild West)• Circumstance (During a gun fight)

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Setting Practice• Time (3:20PM)• Location (NMHS Bus Loop)• Circumstance (The school bell has just

rung)

• PREDICT: What is going to happen?

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Setting Practice• Time (Midnight)• Location (A graveyard)• Circumstance (A 15-year old student is

sleeping next to a tombstone)

• PREDICT: What is going to happen?

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POV

• Point of View (POV) looks at WHO is telling the story.– 1st person: uses “I.”

• Example: I walked down the beach until I saw her.– 2nd person: uses “you.”

• Example: You walked down the beach until you saw her.

• THIS IS VERY RARE IN FICTION.– 3rd person: uses “he/she.”

• Example: He walked down the beach until he saw her.• THIS IS THE MOST COMMON

TAKE

NOTES

POV

• The same EVENT can have MULTIPLE points of view.

• CLIP “Vantage Point.” TAK

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POV Practice

• The same EVENT can have MULTIPLE points of view.

• A mother and daughter (who is—14 let’s say) argue about the daughter’s boyfriend (who is—18 let’s say) taking her to senior prom.

• PUT YOURSELF IN BOTH OF “THEIR SHOES”:– Mother:– Daughter :

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Textbook, “Two Kinds, ”pg. 94-103

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