Unit 2 Quests week 7 - What are the important elements of a quest story?

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Language Acquisition

Unit #: 2

Learner Profile: ....

Communicator

ATL: ....

Creative thinking skills

Related concepts: ....

Word choice and functions

When choosing words writers must be aware of their audience and purpose. 

Function- we are going to study the art of storytelling. 

Key concept: ....

Communication

In this unit we will study the theme 'quests' as a way to communicate ideas.  

 Statement of Inquiry: One of the functions of storytelling is to communicate 

a sense of time and space and this can be achieved through word choice. 

Global context: ....

Orientation in space and time

We will study the meaning of 'where' and 'when'. 

Today

• What do you know?
• Lesson goals
• Instruction
• Get to work
• Reflection / check lesson goals

Overview unit 2: Quests

Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
What are the functions used in the story "the moth and the star'.	What are the important elements of a quest story?	What and how does a video communicate the theme of a quest?	SA preparation Listening Speaking Reading Writing	Summative Assessment

Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5
Introduction: Percy Jackson and the Olympians.	What ideas does a quest story communicate ?	Formative speaking skills.	Creating a quest story from a picture.	Formative writing - creating a quest story from a picture.

Check your notes

• quest
• task
• moral
• plot
• storytelling
• fable
• sense of excitement
• adventure
• conflict
• theme
• perspective
• resolved

The reasons to search for the important object

Setting off

The journey

Problems along the way

An ending with a moral

The finding of the object

A fight or an argument

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Goals 

At the end of the class:

• you know the importants elements  of a quest story
• you can find implicit and explicit information in a simple text

What is a fable ?

A fable explained

Write down the name of your fable:

Write down the summary here:

Elements of a story

Carefully search in your fable for:

a.  the conflict

b.  the point of view

c.  the inciting incident

d.  a climax

e.  a resolution 

          Themes of a fairy stories

A modern quest story

The guitar player is a modern variation on the quest story.

Two rivals are in love with the same girl. 

Therefor, the story is a quest for love. However, the story has a twist - a surprise ending. 

Creative thinking skills

Creative thinking skills

The plot is a quest for ...

1. beauty
2. love
3. money
4. music

The conflict in the guitar player is the conflict between ...

1. the two lovers
2. the lovers and the quitar player
3. the lovers and the society in which they live
4. the lovers ans nature

What is the main theme of the story?

1. Music is more important than love.
2. Love is more important than music.
3. Love means knowing what a person likes.
4. Love means accepting a person for who she is.

The storyteller writes from..

1. a first-person point of view
2. a second-person point of view
3. a third person point of view
4. a fourth person point of view

The conflict is resolved when...

1. the girl keeps her independance.
2. the girl chooses one of the lovers.
3. the lovers resolve their conflict.
4. one of the lovers wins.

Goals 

At the end of the class:

• you know the importants elements  of a quest story
• you can find implicit and explicit information in a simple text

How was today's lesson connected to the ATLs?

thinking

communication

research

social

self-management

Homework

Next class:

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8. Afsluiting

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