V3-en-2425 - WEEK 2 - Plotdiagram instruction

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

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What do you remember about writing reviews?

What do you remember about setting?

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?

What to expect today: 

Instruction plot diagram

Short story "the wish"

Opinion language
Writing exercise

What literary terms do you remember about plot?

How many stages does the plot diagram have?

1. that depends on the story
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

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:

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?

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

Why is the story titled the wish?

Does the boy get his wish?

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.

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.

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

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.

Which of the following words can be used to say that a story was not what you expected?

1. in accordance with
2. disappointed
3. convinced
4. amused

Which of the following would be used to recommend a story?

1. bittersweet
2. unlikely
3. far-fetched
4. approving

Which word is the best option to use when you did not like a story

1. bewildered
2. ambiguous
3. wordy
4. ignorance

Which word is the best option to show that a story was very good?

1. page-turner
2. harmful
3. modest
4. imaginative