Презентация по английскому языку для учащихся 8 класса "Reading and analyzing fiction stories about jobs"

5 Elements of a story

Reading and analyzing fiction stories about jobs

Learning objectives

8.2.8.1 Understand extended narratives on a wide range of general and curricular topics

8.4.4.1 Read a growing range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to:
identify the stages of narrative
use note-taking activities while answering the questions
analyse story
find figurative language
identifying the basic elements of main idea, plot, setting, themes

Elements of a story:

Setting – The time and place a story takes place.
Characters – the people, animals or creatures in a story.
Plot – the series of events that make up a story.
Conflict – a problem or struggle between two people, things or ideas.
Theme - the theme is the main idea, lesson, or message in the short story. It may be an abstract idea about the human condition, society, or life. 

Setting

Setting

Details can describe:
Time of day
Time of year
Time in History
Scenery
Weather
Location

The setting describes where an when the story takes place.
It helps build background and create images in the mind.
It helps set the tone or mood of the story.

Using the Five Senses

A good setting helps the reader visualize the places in the story.
A good author includes descriptions of the setting using the five senses…

Sight
Smell
Taste
Touch
Sound

Take a look…Which is better?

The castle was beside the water.

The waves crashed loudly against the shoreline.
The fog lifted lightly and the medieval castle came into view. It was a beautiful site! The fog brushed my face and
I could smell the smoke from the fire in the distance and taste the sea salt on my lips.

OR…

Your Turn…

On the next slide, there is a picture of a setting.
In your own words, write a detailed description of the setting in your picture. Include many adjectives and don’t forget to include descriptions for each of the five senses: see, hear, feel, smell, taste
Extension: Draw your own setting and then write about it.
Extension: Your teacher will give you a magazine to look through. Find a picture that could be a setting for a story.

Characters

Every story needs characters…

People

Animals

or Creatures

The protagonist is the “good guy”

The antagonist is the “bad guy” or force

Characterization is the way in which an author shows the personality of a character

Characterization is a technique writers use to make characters “come to life.”

Characterization

Plot

Plot

Plot - the events that take place in a story. Every story needs a plot! The plot has different “parts…”

beginning

exposition

rising action

middle

falling action

end

resolution

Rising Action: the series of events and conflicts in the story that lead to the climax

Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action

Falling Action: all of the action which follows the climax

Resolution: the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads

Plot Components

The climax is the most exciting part!

Special Techniques of Plot…

Suspense- excitement or tension
Flashback- interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past
Surprise Ending- conclusion that reader does not expect
And…Foreshadowing…

Your Turn…

You will be given a short story to read.
Once you’ve finished reading, fill out the plot diagram for the story.

3. Climax

1. Exposition

4. Falling action

5. Resolution

Conflict

Conflict

Conflict isn’t always bad… sometimes it helps to create change.

Conflict is the “battle” between two forces.

Conflict

Conflict is the struggle between two forces in
a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.

Types of Conflict

Types Of Conflict…a deeper look

Character vs. Character
(problem with another character)

3. Character vs. Society
(problem with the laws or beliefs of a group)
(character vs. community, society or culture)

2. Character vs. Nature
(problem with force of nature)

4. Character vs. Self
(problem with deciding what to do or think; “inner conflict”)

Plenary

You should give the definition to the literary elements of the story.