Eighth Grade Language Arts

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Can You Guess?

challenge, misfortune, ill luck, bad luck, trouble, difficulty, hardship, distress, disaster, suffering, affliction, sorrow, misery, tribulation, woe, pain, trauma These are all synonyms of ______________. Discuss with your group and write down your answer on a slip of paper. Hand to Ms.

Housekeeping
P5 P7

workshop handout seating chart There was homework due yesterday. Paraphrase Practice Definitions/Notes
Turn in now. Fold and label properly or it will

be returned to you.

Papers are returned via the blue file basket. Check and hand out to class at appropriate times.

Yesterday

Someone please paraphrase what our main focus has been the last two days. What did we do?

Exploring Vignettes
A

vignette is typically a scene or story which takes place over a short amount of time.
Each group has an example of a vignette.

Notice how even these short narratives have a solid beginning, middle and end. Adversity within a short story can be blatant or implied.

With

your groups, discuss these questions about the vignette: What adversity is the character facing? Is it internal (within the character; "man" vs. self) or external (outside of character; "man" vs. "man" or nature)? How does the character react to the adversity? How could the author have developed the adversity further?

Workshop

By this point in time, you should know your character pretty well.
If you do not, be aware you are behind by a bit and should take some time at home to catch up.

It is now time to start thinking about the conflict or challenge (whats this called again?) your character will face in your narrative vignette.

Once

completed, your story should answer these questions:

What adversity does your character face? How does your character overcome or react to this adversity? How does the adversity help shape your character?

Begin

brainstorming/planning and drafting your narrative vignette today.