Prompt:

When the bell rings you should be writing silently in your journal.

"The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.”-Oscar Wilde

Do you agree with Oscar Wilde?

Remember:

Materials: Make sure to always have your

notebook. Make sure to always have

something to write with.

Make-up Course outline received Pretest Notes on: foreshadowing,

imagery, characters, and plot pyramid. Perseus and review questions, or inference questions

Notes on: genres, points of view, and mood and tone. Study Island fiction test.

-IRP books will count as part of your participation grade TODAY

-Grades are on MMS

-Your Study Island assessment counted as your first TEST grade

-Nonfiction begins on MONDAY

Literary Genres

Genre- category or type of literature.

Three large categories

Poetry

LyricConcreteDramaticNarrative

Epic

FictionProse (Novels

and short stories)

Nonfiction (Biography,

autobiography, letters,

essays, and reports)

Drama

Serious and TragedyComic

MelodramaFarce

Try to think of an example text for each genre

Point of View

First-person

Look at the pronouns: “I” “My” “We”

Third -person

Look at the pronouns: “He” “She” “They”

What point of view is “The Most Dangerous Game” written in?

Point of View

Third-Person Limited

Pronouns remain the same

The reader can only know the thoughts/feelings/inner workings of ONE character

Third –person Omnicient

Pronouns remain the same

The reader is able to “jump” from character to character and know the inner workings of multiple characters

Dual literary devices

READER AUTHOR

Mood Tone

MOOD

How the READER FEELS while reading a story.

What are some mood words? Energetic Calm Relaxed Tense Surprised

TONE

How the AUTHOR FEELS towards their audience and subject of a piece.

Tone words: Approving Proud Hostile Unconcerned Disrespectful

Book Talk Preparation

Four note cards will be due for your book talk. We will work on the cards every Friday: Characters Plot/Setting/Conflict Theme/Mood/Tone Author(s)

Remember, these cards are crucial to helping you out during the book talk.

Each note card must have 10 facts from your book. Each fact must have an accompanying quote. I expect

parenthetical citations after each quote. Example: (Rowling 95).

Index cards WITHOUT quotes on the back only receive HALF credit

Author Name

1

2

34

5

67

8

9

10

-You must have your book with you

-You must be reading silently. There is absolutely no reason to be talking. You talk, you lose all points for today.

-Remember to fill out your Reading Logs before the end of class.

-You need to be reading and working quietly until I tell you to pack up.

-If you have any questions just raise your hand.

IRP DAY!