Wednesday, POV and introduction to short fiction

Objective: By the end of class, students will be introduced to new Keystone vocabulary and short fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills. 

DO NOW
Write the following Keystone term definitions into your notebooks:

1. INFER - to make an educated guess based on some evidence
2. AMBIGUITY - vague / not clear - no concrete answer or ending is provided.
 3. 1st PERSON NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE (Point of View) - story is told from one person's eyes and therefore may contain bias. The pronoun "I" is used.
4. ALLUSION - a reference to a person, place or historical event that which most people are familiar. The purpose is so the reader get a clearer picture (image) of the events of the story.


Direct Instruction

Optical Illusions - what do you see?? (1st person point of view)

PPT - POV

Read the introduction to "Notes from a Bottle" - page 374.

Guided

Write down in your notebooks some thoughts and predictions about what happens in the story by considering the title and subtitle and the photo below.

Title:     NOTES FROM A BOTTLE 
Subtitle:   (A bottle containing the following notes was discovered on a mountainside on Ascension Island, in the South Atlantic)

message in a bottle

Read together - pages 375 - 376.

Independent

1. What is the text structure of this story? 
2. What is the narrative perspective? How does it contribute to your understanding of what is going on?
3. What is the setting? (Setting is an element of FICTION) City? Specific location?
4. The story picks up in the middle of journal entries so what must we INFER happened so far?
5. List two specific things that provide hints as to how big the flood actually is.
6. The people are partying and the kids are playing. What kind of irony is this and why?
7. Describe two minor characters in this story (characters are an element of FICTION). Do you think their looks and behavior might be exaggerated? Why? 
8. Describe some of the events going on according to the narrator. Do they seem real or possible even given the current situation? 
9. Identify and explain the ALLUSION on page 376.
10. How big is this flood? Infer your answer by identifying specific things the narrator says to suggest how big it is. What do you think caused it?

Check for Understanding

Individual and group student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review

Exit Pass

What are some types of figurative language?