Plot and Setting Notes RIGHT SIDE

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Plot and Setting Notes RIGHT
SIDE

• You can read a short story in one setting.
• A short story is less than 40 pages.
• Short stories are written in prose.
• Everything but poetry is written in prose.

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What is Setting?

• Where and when the story takes place
• Can be real or imaginary
• Described by using imagery
• Language that appeals to the five senses
• Sight
• Hearing
• Touch
• Smell
• Taste

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Three Elements of Setting

• Location
• The geographical location the story takes place.
• Environment
• The type of surroundings in which the story takes
  place.
• Time
• The time in history (or the future) in which the
  story takes place.
• PLEASE NOTE Many of these elements intertwine
  in writing and arent distinct.

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Setting

• Sets the storys mood and atmosphere

A dark and stormy night
A bright, sunny day
A castle on the edge of a cliff
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Clock Buddies !!(3 MIN)

• Make your clock buddy appointments. 1200
• 300
• 600
• 900
• Keep this sheet in your notebook!

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1200 Clock Activity (3 min)

• Think of a place you have been.
• Describe the setting to your partner and see if
  he or she can guess where and when your setting
  is.

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Setting and Characters

• The setting helps the reader better understand
  the characters.
• Characters interact with the setting to show and
  tell the story.
• Setting helps the reader share what the
  characters see, hear, smell, and touch.

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Setting and Plot

• The setting supports the plot and should make
  sense.
• Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of
  events that make up a story.
• Each event causes or leads to the next.
• Some events foreshadow other events.

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Types of Linear Plots

• Plots can be told in
• -Chronological order Most stories are told in
  chronological order, the order in which events
  happen in real time.
• -Flashback when the story begins with a
  character speaking as he or she remembers events
  from a past experience
• -In media res (in the middle of things) when the
  story starts in the middle of the action without
  exposition

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Five stages of Plot

• Exposition- introduces the storys characters,
  setting, and conflict.
• Rising Action- occurs as complications, twists,
  or intensifications of the conflict occur.
• Climax- is the emotional high point of the story.
  
• Falling Action- is the logical result of the
  climax.
• Resolution- presents the final outcome of the
  story.

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Five stages of Plot
(3 min) LEFT
SIDE

• Draw and label a plot diagram showing its five
  stages

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2
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1
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Exit Slip-

• Without looking at your notes, list the three
  elements of setting.
• Stick it on the wall

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Review

• What are the three elements of setting?
• Everything but _______ is written in prose.
• The setting supports the _____.
• Label this plot diagram

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Understanding Conflict

• Plot is often created through conflict
• Conflict is what drives the plot of a story
• What are the two kinds of conflict?
• External outside forces
• Internal emotions fears

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Denotation vs. Connotations

• Different words have double meanings
• Denotation is the dictionary meaning of a word.
• Connotation is the emotions or feelings
  associated with a word.
• The word Dinky has emotional overtones whereas
  the word Small does not.

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T The Most Dangerous GameA Richard
ConnellG short story

• What do you think the
• word Game in the title
• means?
• What does the title
• suggest that the story
• will be about?

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Below are some words associated with the story.
With your group make a prediction about the story
and use all the words in a paragraph. Share
predictions with class. (5 min)
Word Splash
"The Most Dangerous Game"
Ship
Survival
Dangerous
Dogs
Mansion
Game
Island
Reason
Hunting
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Copy and write a synonym for each vocabulary word
on pg. 4
(5 min) LEFT SIDE

• Receding
• Disarming
• Prolonged
• Imprudent
• surmounted

• Unruffled
• Invariably
• Diverting
• Impulse
• Protruding

Study for Vocabulary Test !!
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As a class, Review/Study Vocabulary page 4

• Does a man with a receding hairline have much
  hair?
• Would a disarming leader be able to calm an angry
  crowd?
• Would you be displeased if a vacation was
  prolonged?
• Is it imprudent for bicyclists to wear helmets?
• Would you admire a person who surmounted a
  difficulty?

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Review/Study Vocabulary Continued

• Is an easygoing person likely to remain unruffled
  during a crisis?
• Would you be surprised if someone who was
  invariably late arrived halfway through a party?
• If a critic calls a play diverting, did he enjoy
  it?
• Would a timid animal often have the impulse to
  run?
• Would a careful construction worker leave a nail
  protruding from a floorboard?

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Brain BreakSports Galore !!

• Mimic the sport
• ?? Shooting a jump shot
• ?? Running through tires
• ?? Batting a baseball
• ?? Serving a tennis ball
• ?? Downhill skiing
• ?? Spiking a volleyball
• ?? Swinging a golf club
• ?? Throwing a football
• ?? Juggling a soccer ball
• ?? Shooting an arrow
• ?? Swimming underwater
• ?? Fielding a ground ball and throwing it to
  first base
• ?? Dunking a basketball

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Plot and SettingLiterary TermsPg. 1019
(10 min) Study for Test !!

• Plot
• Exposition
• Internal Conflict
• External Conflict
• Climax
• Resolution
• Setting
• Mood/Atmosphere
• Main Idea
• Prose
• Chronological order

• Foreshadowing
• Suspense
• Details
• Comparison
• Contrast
• Flash-forward
• Narrative Fiction
• Short Story
• Third-Person Narration
• (point of view)
• Theme

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Interactive NotebookQuickwrite (5 min)
LEFT SIDE

• Value of Life-When is it okay to take life away?
  Describe a situation when this would be
  considered okay.

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Kinesthetic Pre-reading Survey

• Answer Agree/Disagree to the following
  statements
• ___ Hunting is a sport.
• ___ Animals have no feelings.
• ___ Hunting is evil.
• ___ Hunting is unfair.
• ___ Strength is more important than intelligence.
  
• ___ Bringing a gun to a knife fight is fair.

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T The Most Dangerous GameA Richard
ConnellG short story

• pages 4-25
• Complete vocabulary
• section of study guide

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Things to think about as you read

• Identify the setting at the beginning of the
  work.
• Rainsford has no sympathy for __________.
• What happened to Rainsford when he reached for
  his pipe?
• Whats the first thing Rainsford does when he
  reaches shore?
• What does General Zaroff think are the
  attributes of an ideal quarry?
• What is the conflict between Rainsford and Zaroff
  on page 13?

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Interactive Notebook 900 Clock Activity
(5 min) LEFT SIDE

• Compare Contrast the main characters by
  completing a Venn diagram.
• Write details that tell how the subjects are
  different in the outer circles. Write details
  that tell how the subjects are alike where the
  circles overlap.

Same
Different
Different
General Zaroff
Rainsford
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Remember This?

• Without looking at your notes, explain the
  difference between external and internal
  conflicts on your post-it note and stick it on
  the wall.

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Literary Term Word Splat (Quiz
Tomorrow!!)

• Exposition
• External Conflict
• Contrast
• Resolution
• Prose

• Foreshadowing
• Mood/Atmosphere
• Internal Conflict
• Comparison
• Flash-forward

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Interactive NotebookQuickwrite (5 min)
LEFT SIDE

• Fear-How does fear impact our decision making?
  What fear have you had to overcome in order to
  complete a task?

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Things to think about as you readcontinued

• 7. Zaroffs human quarry usually consist of
  ___________.
• 8. What are the directions (rules) for the game?
  (page 16)
• 9. What type of collection does Zaroff want to
  show Rainsford? (pg. 16)
• 10.What causes Rainsford to become the hunted?
• 11. How is Zaroff wounded? (page 20)
• 12. How does Rainsford trap one of Zaroffs
  hounds?
• 13. How and where does the game end? What is
  meant by I am still a beast at bay? Who wins?

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Review ForeshadowingClass Activity Match each
event in the first column with the event in the
second column that it foreshadows.

• Whitney tells Rainsford about the evil reputation
  of the island.
• The island is called Ship-Trap Island, and
  sailors fear it.
• Zaroff tells Rainsford that he has found a new,
  more dangerous animal to hunt.
• Zaroff knows that Rainsford is a famous big game
  hunter.

• The most dangerous game that Zaroff hunts is
  human beings.
• Zaroff hunts Rainsford.
• Rainsford falls overboard and swims to the
  island.
• Zaroff traps ships and captures sailors, who
  serve as his prey.

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Finish Your Study Guide (10 min)
Open Note Quiz Tomorrow!!

• You will be able to use YOUR study guide tomorrow
  on the test so make sure it is completed.

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Format for a Plot DiagramHomework (Create a
plot diagram for The Most Dangerous Game by
using this format)
LEFT SIDE
Climax-- point where the protagonist changes
Falling action -- one detail about what leads to
the end of the conflict
Rising Action 3 details that summarize the story
Examples of Conflicts
Man Vs. Nature Man Vs. Man Man Vs. Self
Resolution -- the end of the conflict
Exposition --introduces the characters,
background and setting
Setting Protagonist Antagonist
Theme Point of View
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Exit Slip-

• Evaluate which is the dynamic, static, and
• subordinate character.
• Explain your answer on your post-it note and
• stick it on the wall.
• Ivan
• Zaroff
• Rainsford

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Review HomeworkBasic Situation(Exposition)

• The famous hunter, Sanger Rainsford, falls
  overboard and swims to Ship Trap Island. Owner
  of the island, General Zaroff, hunts men for
  sport. He will hunt Rainsford.

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Setting

• Ship Trap Island
• Caribbean
• Jungle

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Protagonist-Antagonist

• Question Who is causing the conflicts?
• This person is our antagonist!
• Answer Zaroff
• Question Who is facing the conflicts?
• This person is our protagonist!
• Answer Rainsford

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Rising Action-Main Events

• 1. Rainsford hides up a tree. Zaroff lets him
  escape.
• 2. Rainsford builds a Malay man-catcher which
  wounds Zaroff.
• 3. Rainsford builds a Burmese tiger pit. It
  kills one of Zaroffs dogs.

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Rising Action-Main Events

• 4. Rainsford builds a Ugandan knife
• trap. It kills Ivan.
• 5. Rainsford dives into the sea.
• 6. Zaroff goes home, believing he has won the
  game.

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Climax

• Question What is the highest point of
  tension and suspense in the story?
• Answer Rainsford confronts Zaroff
• in his bedroom.

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Falling Action

• Rainsford and Zaroff fight!

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Resolution (denouement)

• Question How does the story end?
• Answer Rainsford sleeps in Zaroffs
• bed. Rainsford has killed
• Zaroff.

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Theme

• You can not understand what it is like for others
  until you truly walk in their shoes.

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Point of View

• Who is telling the story? Is it a character in
  the story? If not it is a third person narrator.
• Can we get into the minds of all characters and
  know their thoughts? If so then it is an
  omniscient narrator. If not it is a limited
  narrator because we are limited to knowing one
  characters thoughts.

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300 Clock Activity
(30 min)

• Using what you know about plot and setting,
  create a plot map for Ship-Trap Island. You must
  label your map. You will be given a rubric. You
  must include all parts to get all possible
  points.

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Honors Creative Writing (You will be given a
rubric.)

• Create and write an alternate ending to The Most
  Dangerous Game utilizing (and identifying within
  your text) the following three poetic devices
  simile, metaphor imagery. Minimum 1 page
  typed (double spaced) Underline your similes.
  Circle your metaphor and italicize your examples
  of imagery! Incorporate the following
• Utilize the quoteHe had never slept in a better
  bed, Rainsford decided somewhere in your paper.
• 3 similes
• 1 metaphor
• 5 examples of imagery (1 example for each
  sensetaste, touch, smell, sight and sound)

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