(Tuesday, August 21 for Periods 2, 5, & 6. Wednesday, August 22 for Periods 1 & 7)
"But the Lord said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.'"
1 Samuel 16:7
Mr. Stone reminded students that they need a one-inch view binder exclusively for English I for our interactive notebooks.
He discussed the course theme: See what you do not see. He encouraged students not to see life as a ruler--as either/or linear polarities, but rather to see life as a sea urchin--a multitude of intersecting perspectives and possibilities.
Students took notes on conflict (L1), defining conflict, internal conflict, external conflict, and types of literary conflicts.
They then wrote a conflict journal entry (R1). They were asked to imagine that they were locked in the classroom with the person/object that they despised most. They were to describe what happened after they heard the door lock and realized they were trapped.
Students received a yellow cardstock handout on elements of a short story. They took notes on plot (L2), drawing a plot diagram and labeling the location of exposition/basic situation, narrative hook/initial complication, rising action/complications, climax, falling action/denouement, and resolution.
Students then applied the plot structure concept (R2) by drawing a second plot line and identifying where ten events from "The Most Dangerous Game" should be placed on the plot diagram.
Homework: Read Saki's "The Interlopers" (304-310). Be prepared for a quiz at the beginning of the next class.
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