In deze les zitten 26 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 2 videos.
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Slide 1 - Video
Homework next week
For 17 March:
You will need to have read "The Landlady" before class!
(you can find the text on Itslearning: if you'd rather listen to an audio recording (about 20 minutes), I will post a link to one on Teams
Slide 2 - Tekstslide
Plot Structure & Theme
At the end of this lesson you can:
1. Describe the characteristics of different plot elements
2. Demonstrate an understanding of plot structure by applying it to a familiar short story
3. Use a plot diagram to analyse the plot structure of a story
4. Identify the theme in familiar contexts
Slide 3 - Tekstslide
Why is it important?
Plot structure is not just used in literature, but also in storytelling, television and film.
Once you know plot structure, you can automatically organise something abstract into something that is concrete and makes sense.
Slide 4 - Tekstslide
Some literary terms you are familiar with
Foreshadowing Setting Characterisation
Dramatic Irony Point of View
Slide 5 - Tekstslide
Outline
1. Theme
2. Plot Structure
3. Apply new knowledge to a familiar story
4. Review
Slide 6 - Tekstslide
Definition from Glossary. - Write along for the real definition...
Slide 7 - Tekstslide
Take a look at these words
Love Friendship Revenge
Greed Death Equality Hope
Guilt Responsibility Justice
Slide 8 - Tekstslide
Topic
... is generally 1 word that outlines the main idea being explored in a text
Examples: love, revenge, family, nature, war
Theme
... is the moral lesson that the author wants the reader to learn. Usually 1 sentence.
Slide 9 - Tekstslide
Topic
Fear of death
Love
Friendship
Theme
the fear of death can be a catalyst of change
People will often sacrifice anything for those they love
Friendship can often get people through even the hardest of times
Slide 10 - Tekstslide
Slide 11 - Tekstslide
Plot Structure
= a literary term used to describe the events that make up (the main part of) a story.
All events relate to each other in a sort of pattern and this organisation of events has an effect on how the reader feels about the story or its characters.
Before we continue, we need to revise "setting"...
Slide 12 - Tekstslide
What is the setting in a story?
A
A lesson being taught
B
When and where the story occurs
C
The events happening in the story
D
How the characters are described
Slide 13 - Quizvraag
Which of the following is an example of setting? (more than 1 answer possible)
A
A fight
B
A high school in 1987
C
Blue jacket
D
March
Slide 14 - Quizvraag
True or false: the setting can affect the character's mood in a story.
A
True
B
False
Slide 15 - Quizvraag
Back to plot structure
This literary term consists of 6 smaller parts: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
Slide 16 - Tekstslide
Slide 17 - Video
01:40
What is plot?
A
All events in a story
B
The most important event in the story
C
A series of events with conflict
D
Where the story takes place
Slide 18 - Quizvraag
03:13
So, what does the exposition do?
A
It sets the scene and story
B
It introduces the conflict
Slide 19 - Quizvraag
03:14
Why is the line in Freytag's pyramid flat in the exposition?
Slide 20 - Open vraag
05:28
What is the definition of climax?
A
The turning point of a story
B
The beginning of the story
C
The most exciting part of the story
D
The point when the conflict is resolved
Slide 21 - Quizvraag
Interest and suspense are built during which part of the story?
A
Exposition
B
Inciting Incident
C
Climax
D
Rising action
Slide 22 - Quizvraag
Death by Scrabble
Take 2 minutes to jog your memory on this short story we did in the first term. What was it about? Who were the characters?
Slide 23 - Tekstslide
Assignment: Apply Plot Structure and theme
Open the following files:
1. Death by Scrabble text (= on Itslearning - under literature - stories and novels)
2. The questions (in IL - in-class exercises -- Plot structure Death by Scrabble)
Together: we will do the questions (you don't have to hand this in on IL)