First Notes: Parts of a Story, Conflict & Plot

Tuesday 27 August 2013 for Periods 2, 5 & 6 and Wednesday 28 August 2012 for Periods 1 & 7

Devotional Text: Philippians 1:6

Study Skills are a part of Loma Linda Academy's Expected School-wide Learning Results (ESLRs).

Mr. Stone discussed the importance of Organization. Keep like items in the same place. Students should keep all of their English I papers in either a three-ring binder devoted to the class or in a general three-ring binder that has a divider that is clearly labeled English I. Mr. Stone will check to make sure students have set up a binder for English I late next week.

Students practiced a form of the Cornell Method of Note Taking. Each page is divided into two columns. The lefthand column equals one-third of the width of the page and the righthand column equals two-thirds of the width of the page. Initial notes are taken in the right column. Later, students use the lefthand column to analyze or annotate the notes previously taken.

Mr. Stone lectured on five basic parts of a story, definitions of conflict (external and internal), specific types of conflict, and elements of a plot line.

Students received a handout listing the major elements of the short story genre.


Mr. Stone discussed the remaining elements of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet study guide: theme, point of view, genre, and symbol.

Homework for Periods 5 & 6: Read Saki's "The Interlopers."

Homework for Periods 1, 2, & 7: Finish studying for the summer reading test over Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.