V3-en-2425 - WEEK 2 - Plotdiagram instruction

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Slide 1 - Diapositive

What do you remember about writing reviews?

Slide 2 - Carte mentale

What do you remember about setting?

Slide 3 - Carte mentale

What are we learning this week?

What is a plot diagram?
What does it have to do with my review?
How do I compare stories like a pro?

Slide 4 - Diapositive

What to expect today: 
Instruction plot diagram
Short story "the wish"
Opinion language
Writing exercise

Slide 5 - Diapositive

What literary terms do you remember about plot?

Slide 6 - Carte mentale

How many stages does the plot diagram have?
A
that depends on the story
B
3
C
4
D
5

Slide 7 - Quiz

Slide 8 - Vidéo

Plot 
Plot = what happens in a story and how these events are told

Most stories have the same structure.

We use Freytag's Pyramid to describe the sequence of events:


Slide 9 - Diapositive

Slide 10 - Diapositive

The wish
You have read the story and taken notes

Use your notes in the next slide: Where do the scenes belong in the plot diagram?

Slide 11 - Diapositive

Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action 
Resolution
If I can cross the swamp, I get a puppy
The carpet looks like a swamp!
the boy picks a scab
The snakes are scary
The boy waves his arms to prevent himself from falling
The boy gets stuck doing a split
His mother looks for him outside

Slide 12 - Question de remorquage

Why is the story titled the wish?

Slide 13 - Question ouverte

Does the boy get his wish?

Slide 14 - Question ouverte

Example Assignment
Exposition: The family is preparing for a Christmas vacation in Paris. The son wishes everyone would disappear.
Rising Action: He is mistakenly left behind when the family leaves for the airport. He discovers two burglars planning to rob his house on Christmas Eve.
Climax: He sets up booby traps to thwart the burglars' attempts to break in. The tension escalates as the burglars repeatedly fall victim to his's inventive traps.
Falling Action: The boy befriends his neighbor and learns about the importance of family. The police become aware of the burglars, and the boy's family tries to return home.
Resolution: The burglars are apprehended by the police after enduring the boy's traps.
The family realizes the importance of being together, and the boy's relationship with his family improves.

Slide 15 - Diapositive

Writing assignment
Write a text about the plot of your favourite film.
- Do not say what the film is.
- Do not use the names of characters or places.
- You write two sentences for each literary term of Freytag's pyramid.
- Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement.


Slide 16 - Diapositive

Write two sentences for each literary term: Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement.

Slide 17 - Question ouverte

Opinion language
In order to convince people, you need to EXPLAIN your opinion. 
You need the right language to do that.

In the next few slides, we are going to look at opinion language that you can use in your review.

Slide 18 - Diapositive

Which of the following words can be used to say that a story was not what you expected?
A
in accordance with
B
disappointed
C
convinced
D
amused

Slide 19 - Quiz

Which of the following would be used to recommend a story?
A
bittersweet
B
unlikely
C
far-fetched
D
approving

Slide 20 - Quiz

Which word is the best option to use when you did not like a story
A
bewildered
B
ambiguous
C
wordy
D
ignorance

Slide 21 - Quiz

Which word is the best option to show that a story was very good?
A
page-turner
B
harmful
C
modest
D
imaginative

Slide 22 - Quiz

Slide 23 - Diapositive