Literature: The Inheritance Games - Book

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today's lesson

story plot

climax, rising & falling action

themes & discussion

characters

vocab - definitions

What is a "plot"? (English please)

Plot

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

Most stories have the same structure.

Freytag's Pyramid

Exposition

> the start of the story

> the protagonist is introduced

> the (main/first) setting is described

> something happens

Rising Action

> events unfold

> things happen

> more problems

> more exciting

Climax

> most exciting

> problems at max

> can't stop reading/ playing/watching

Falling Action

> main problem is solved

> other (minor) problems are resolved

> questions are answered

Story plot diagram

Together in your group fill in the story plot diagram 

on the last page of your inheritance games booklet

What themes do we come across in IG?

themes in IG

family & death

love & loyalty

wealth & inheritance

trust, deception & betrayal

romance

discuss the theme in your group

discuss the theme in your group

trust, deception & betrayal

discuss the theme in your group

wealth & inheritance

Characters

Who was your favourite character? Why?

Who was your least favourite character? Why?

Do you like Avery?

What do you think about Libby?
Which brother is your favourite and why?

Vocab definitions

reader p. 18-19

1. Impetus (9) – reason or incentive; impulse or motivation

2. Liability (13) – the fact that someone is legally responsible for something

3. Philanthropist, besides rich (15) – a person who helps the poor, especially by giving them money

4. Perfunctory (19) – indifferent or lacking interest; unimportant; unconcerned

5. Acerbically (32) – in a way that is direct, funny, and critical or unkind

6. Forfeit (40) – to relinquish or give up; abandon or forsake

7. Splurging (54) – to spend a lot of money on buying goods, especially expensive goods

8. On retainer (60) – an amount of money that you pay to someone so as to be sure that that person can work for you when you need them to

9. Gargantuan (73) – very large

10. Patent (74) – An exclusive right granted to an inventor of something; license to a product held by the inventor

11. Decoys (87) – something or someone used to trick or confuse people, especially something or someone that is not what they appear to be

12. Double entendre (88) – a word or phrase that might be understood in two ways, one of which is usually sexual

13. Refectory (103) – dining hall or cafeteria; assembly room or auditorium

14. Tête-à-tête (104) – an informal private conversation between two people, especially friends

15. Naïve (147) – simple, innocent, unsophisticated, or ignorant

16. Immune (204) – unaffected or resistant; free of or not subject to; protected

17. Euphemism (242) – offensive, harsh, or blunt

18. Obfuscate (258) – clear up, clarify, explain or illuminate

19. Magnanimous (278) – caring, helpful, kindhearted or considerate

20. Felicitations (317) – compliments, best wishes, or greetings

21. Mesmerized (336) – captivated or spellbound; transfixed; enthralled

22. Archive is Prep School for – a collection of historical records relating to a place, organization, or family

23. Refectory is Prep School for – a large room in a monastery, college, school, etc. where meals are eaten

What clues to the mystery are woven into the book’s front cover?

Look at the green front cover again.

Hooked? Want to read more?