Writing Your Own Ending for the Interlopers & First Notes

Monday 28 August 2017 for Periods 1, 2, 5, & 6 and Tuesday 29 August 2017 for Period 7

Devotional Text:  Matthew 6:14-1

Journal Entry 2:  Students wrote an ending for Saki's "The Interlopers."

Quiz:  "The Interlopers"

Mr. Stone gave a brief explanation of Cornell/two-column note-taking and gave notes on the basic elements of a story and characters.  Students should be able to list the five basic elements of a story and be able to identify the following character terms:

Basic Elements of a Story
1. characters
2. plot
3. setting
4. point of view
5. theme

Character terms
protagonist-the central actor of a narrative
antagonist-the opposing force in a narrative
static character-an actor in a story whose traits remain the same throughout the story
dynamic character-an actor in a story who has one or more character traits change during a story
round character-an actor in a story who has many traits
flat character-an actor in a story who has only one or two traits


(Students in periods five and six who did not finish writing out the notes from the board were instructed to take a photo to study for the quiz, but they will need to write out the notes by hand.  Students receive credit for their handwritten class notes.)