Tuesday and Thursday

September 24 and 26, 2013

Warm-Up

Agenda

• Good Things and Attendance• Lesson on Plot Diagrams• Brain Break• Rotations• Launch

The Who, the What, the Where, and the Why…

The Plot Diagram

Learning Objectives

• Using the Plot Diagram graphic organizer, TSWBAT identify each part of the diagram by name.

• Using the Plot Diagram graphic organizer, TSWBAT define each part of a plot.

• Using the Plot Diagram graphic organizer, TSWBAT fill in the organizer using a specific literary piece.

Elements of Fiction

• Character• Plot• Setting• Theme• Conflict

• All of these work together to make up the story.

Rap Time!

• Here’s a quick overview to help you remember.

• Rap Song!

The Plot Diagram organizes the details in a story.

• The key components of the Plot Diagram are as follows:

• Exposition• Characters

• Protagonist• Antagonist

• Setting• Time• Place

• Conflict• Internal• External

• Inciting Incident• Rising Action• Climax• Falling Action• Resolution• Denouement

Exposition

Characters-The people or animals that the story is about

Protagonist-The heroAntagonist-The villain

Setting-The where and the when of the story

TimePlace

Conflict-The problem in the storyInternal - The conflict

exists within the characterExternal – The conflict

exists within the character

Inciting Incident

Characteristics of the Inciting Incident:

1. The event or action that propels the plot of a story forward.

2. It is the event that makes the protagonist or hero take action.

Rising Action

The events of the story that lead the reader to the climax of the story are known as the Rising Action.

Key things to know about the Rising Action:

1. The events of the Rising Action occur with increasing intensity.

2. The events of the Rising Action lead to the climax of the story.

Climax

The Climax of the story is the most intense part of the story.

Characteristics of the Climax:* It brings the events of

the Rising Action to a head

*It is a moment of great intensity.

*It is the turning point of events.

*It comes before the Falling Action.

Falling Action

The Falling Action is the point at which the story begins to reach a resolution.

Characteristics of the Falling Action:It occurs after the Climax of the story.The intensity of the action begins to diminish as the resolution is reached.It is the opposite of the

Rising Action.

Resolution

The Resolution of the part of the story’s plot line in which the story’s problem is resolved.

Characteristics of the Resolution:

*It occurs after the Falling Action.

*It is often, but not always were the story ends.

Denouement

The Denouement refers to the outcome or result of a complex situation or sequence of events.

Characteristics:The Denouement usually occurs near the final

stages of the plot.

It is the unraveling of the main dramatic

complications in a play, novel, or other work of literature.

It usually ends very quickly, often as quickly as the writer can arrange it.

Brain Break

Assignment

• Select a book from the box and complete a graphic organizer for your story.– The books are not to leave this room– The assignment is due ___________________.

• Plot Diagram for ____________– Underneath, please also write the author’s name.

• Write your period number under the line for your name.• You DO NOT need to complete the box with Author’s Theme,

Symbolism, Foreshadowing, and Irony…yet. Don’t cross it off though!

If you are finished early…

• You may read other books in the box• You may read your own iBook• Study vocabulary• Work on spelling at the windows• Or, if you have earned it, you may ask for

permission to use the red cube.