Elements of Fiction Quiz

Quiz and Boys and Girls

1) Quiz!

2) Sticky Note Drawing Warm Up

• What should a girl look like? Draw!
• What should a boy look like? Draw!

What do you see? What do you think? What do we think girls are? What do we think boys are? Why do you think this?

3) Symbols - review term. The calendars. The stories. Who does our protagonist worship? What do they represent? What about Flora? What does she represent?

4) Study Questions - due tomorrow...you can find them here.

 And cut and pasted here:

1. Who is the narrator? What perspective does she have on the events in the story?
2. Where and when does the story take place? How do you know?
3. What roles are assigned to men and to women in the world of this story? How do the mother, the father, Henry Bailey, the narrator, and her brother Laird exemplify aspects of these masculine and feminine roles? Chart your answer somehow.
4. What people and things represent freedom in this story? What people and things are not “free”?
5. What do you see as the primary conflict in the story; in other words, what does the dramatic tension come from? 
6. What do you see as the turning point in the story?
7. What changes occur in the course of the story --to the girl, to her fantasies, to her relationship with Laird and her father?
8. The phrase “only a girl” is used in two different situations. What meaning does the phrase have for the girl in each situation? How does it contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
9. This sort of story is called a “coming of age” or “initiation” story. Why do you think that is? What is the girl “initiated” into? Of what does she become aware?
10. In “Boys and Girls”, what does the girl gain? What does she lose? Do you think what she becomes reflects nature or nurture? Do you see these changes and losses as necessary?

Identities done, hegemony, and Boys and Girls.

1) Go over Identities questions. Submit.

2) Finish reviewing the basic Fiction Terms. Quiz on Monday.

3) 100 Words every high school student should know (see other post for list)... let's start with hegemony.

Hegemony has nothing to do with Hedgehogs. 

Hegemony

Definition of HEGEMONY

1

: preponderant influence or authority over others :domination 

2

: the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group

— heg·e·mon·ic  adjective

All societies, all cultures have dominant ideas, norms, rules, groups.

• What are the dominant norms of North American culture? How do you know? Top ten list.
• Where does hegemonic culture come from?
• What are the problems with Hegemony? 
• Who gets left out under a hegemonic culture?
• Now that you are aware, how will you deal with group-think and other everyday forms of hegemony? 

4) Introducing "Boys and Girls" and Alice Munro.

 - this story explores gender norms and its effect on a young woman.

- it was written in a time two generations earlier yet its topics are still current.

- Alice Munro is amazing. Let me tell you why. And, she used to live here!

5) Start Reading. The rest of the story is for homework.

100 Words Every High School Student should know...

Identities

1) Read aloud, and discuss - the story, "Identities."

         identity           Crown Isle               nostalgia                  irony

2) Fiction Notes

3) Plot Stuff - 

Plot for this wee film? Plot for story?
Why does plot matter? Why does plot tend to have this shape?

4) Group (1 - 4) Discussion/Hand-in Questions - submit answers with everyone's name on it by end of class...

What kind of identities are at play in this story? 

What is our protagonist like? How do you know? (quotes as evidence)

Why does he leave his neighbourhood of twice cut lawns? What is his motivation? 

This story has some very detailed and descriptive passages. What setting description stood out to you? What is the point of the contrast between the two settings of suburbia and urban slum?

Using the glossary at the back of the book to review the following terms - point of view, simile, symbol and metaphor.

What similes, symbols and metaphor are used? To what effect?

What is the point of view? How do you know?

If the theme of a piece of literature is a generalized understanding about how life is, then what do you think the theme of "Identities" is? In other words, what's the big idea here? 

First Literary Response

1) Return Introductions 

• a                           lot          TWO words, like a bunch, a group......
• Sentence Variety
• Elevate Vocabulary
• The Six Point Scale

2) Sammy - A Character Analysis - 12 marks DUE at end of class tomorrow. No Homework! (yet)

In a well-developed (long) paragraph of at least 250 words, and in a third-person formal style, assert your answer to this question: 

How does Sammy change over the course of the story? 

3) Character Paragraph "Formula"

• Catchy Opening - engage you reader...tackle the general topic with broad strokes
• Thesis Statement - In a truly "wowsa" sentence, using the author's name and the title of the text, articulate your inference, your main idea, in a way that gives your reader a sense of direction.

Examples - which is the best one? Why?:

In the story "A&P" Sammy is a guy who decides to quit his job.

Sammy has some good qualities and some bad qualities. In this paragraph, I am going to talk about both.

Sammy, the conflicted protagonist at the centre of John Updike's story "A&P," transforms from a bright but judgmental small-town boy who hates his job into a hero who dares to question the status quo.

• Point and Evidence - use at least four short supporting quotes, integrated into your sentences.
• Evaluation - make sure you explain what those quotes prove and how they relate to your thesis.
• Transition - use transtional words and phrases to move from idea to idea
• Repeat
• Concluding statement  - find a novel way to rephrase your main idea. Close well. Latency effect! Last words are the ones we remember....

4) Library - start on thesis today... it is the hardest sentence to write... it is also the most important sentence....

Oh, Sammy, Sammy, Sammy...

1) Silent Reading to finish story?

2) More Review of Fiction Terms

• Characterization - direct and indirect
• Epiphany - what is Sammy's sudden realization?
• Protagonist - round, dynamic
• Other types - flat, stereotype, static, antagonist, character foil

YOUR TASK: Group Annotation --> In a group of 1 - 4 students, underline the ten most important lines that inform you about the characteristics of our central character. Include two examples of direct presentation. For each quote, describe what you come to infer about Sammy.

Feel free to disagree and debate! 

COMPILE notes in a chart on the chalkboard.

Discussion questions. 

3) Hand Back - first writing sample.

The Six Point Scale - a portfolio folder...