We're Going on an Adventure; Plot

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

In Class Today

10 min. discuss your reading

10 min. plot and structure

10 min. discuss plot in your novel

10 min. presentation 'plot'

15-20 min. silent reading / independent work

Discuss your reading

10-15 minutes

What is "plot"?

Plot

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

Most stories have the same structure.

> Freytag's Pyramid

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

Denouement

The they-lived-happily-

ever-after-stage

Plot in your novel

• Go to page 27 of your iBook.
  

• Answer the questions in your bookclubs

• This is also part of your final assignment
  

Presentation of plot

Describe the exposition of the novel.

What happens that starts the rising action?

Describe the most important events of the rising action.

When is the story at it's climax?

Rest of Class

• Silent reading

• Final assignment
  

• Stepping Stones