Tuesday, October 6th

• Greetings earthlings. We have lots to do today, so I thought I’d warm-up your brains with a riddle…good luck

• It goes up but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too; come for a ride just me and you. What is it?

Today’s Enduring Understandings

• One’s point of view, or perspective, can make all the difference in a story and in life

• There are three different types of irony, all of which involve a contrast between what is and what is expected or meant

On the menu for today:

• Review of select elements of fiction

• Defining and distinguishing of irony

• Reading of “Hearts and Hands”

• Application of learned skills to closing activity involving irony

By the end of today’s class, you should be able to say to yourself…

• I can tell the difference between a story told in first person and a story told in the third person point of view, and I can identify pros and cons of each

• I can identify and explain the difference between three types of irony

• I can identify irony in today’s short story

Elements of Fiction Part Two

the perspective from which a story is told

POINT OF VIEW

FIRST PERSON

• when the narrator is a character in a story (I, me, we)

THIRD PERSON

• when the narrator is not a character in the story (he, she, it, they)

Think about this…

• The story “The War of the Wall” is told from the first person point of view

How would the story be different if told from the third person point of view?

• “Seventh Grade” is told from the third person point of view, in which we learn the thoughts of two of the main characters

How would the story be different if told from just one of the character’s perspectives?

the time and place of the action in a story

SETTING

the moral, message, or lesson about life that the writer wants the reader to learn

THEME

humorous or scornful use of words to express the opposite of what one really means; what is said or written is not what is meant

IRONY

VERBAL IRONY

• Contrast between what is said and what is meant•Nice weather we are having!

DRAMATIC IRONY

• Contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what the reader knows to be true.•When the reader is “in on a secret.”

SITUATIONAL IRONY

• contrast between what happens and what is expected. •someone playing a prank on someone else, it backfires, and the prankster gets a pie in the face.

Label the following three scenarios with which type of irony they exemplify

• Jake thinks that a neighbor writes him a note about how bad of a parker he is. Jake doesn’t know that I really wrote the note, but you do! shhhh

• Jake parks his car in a way that takes up two spots. I say to Jake, “Way to go, Einstein!”

• Jake is the only one of his friends that passed the parking portion of his driving test on the first time.

Label the following three scenarios with which type of irony they exemplify

• Jake thinks that a neighbor writes him a note about how bad of a parker he is. Jake doesn’t know that I really wrote the note, but you do! Shhhh (Dramatic)

• Jake parks his car in a way that takes up two spots. I say to Jake, “Way to go, Einstein!” (Verbal)

• Jake is the only one of his friends that passed the parking portion of his driving test on the first time. (Situational)

“Hearts and Hands” Setting the Scene

• Takes place in the latter half of the 19th century (1850-1899)• Takes place entirely on a train

Train terms to be aware of:coach- passenger carexpress- trains that make few or no stopssmoker- a car in which smoking is allowed

Vocabulary Words for “Hearts and Hands”

• Influx

• Countenance

• Accustomed

Vocabulary Words for “Hearts and Hands”• Influx- an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things

• Countenance- a person’s face or facial expression

• Accustomed- to get used to

Reading Focus- Characterization• We learn about the characters in the following story entirely through

appearance and dialogue. Pay attention to how the author does this and how it affects the ending of the story?

What is your reaction to the end of the story?• Jot down a word or a phrase in your ELA A notebook

Closure• What type of irony is present at the end of the story? Why is this the

case?

• If the majority of the class gets this right, each person in the class will receive a bonus point for Friday’s quiz…HIGH STAKES!!!