Sept.+27+-+Oct.+1

Monday, Sept. 27

 * Turn in
 * Sternberg, Gardner, Neurodiversity notes - 5 pts.
 * Structure of an Essay notes - 5 pts.
 * Discuss structure of a story - notes
 * arc
 * conflict
 * setting
 * characters
 * someone changes
 * plot
 * theme
 * Hand out Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder"
 * hand out questions

Tues., Sept. 28

 * "Sound of Thunder" questions due - 15 pts.
 * Discuss structure of story, looking at the definitions
 * What are possible themes of Bradbury's story?
 * How does he let us know what he really means?
 * Add to notes
 * dramatic irony
 * irony
 * Hand out Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"

Wed., Sept. 29

 * reading quiz on "The Story of an Hour" - 6 pts.
 * what happened? What really happened?
 * hand out "The Flowers" by Alice Walker

Thurs., Sept. 30

 * turn in "The Flowers"
 * Discuss "The Flowers"
 * what is a sharecropper?
 * Myop? myopic? Why?
 * history of lynching
 * hand out Sedaris' "Tricked"
 * hand out questions

Fri., Oct. 1

 * Hand in Sedaris questions
 * discuss story
 * looking at himself, what does he see?
 * themes?
 * Make story arc notes on yellow sheet for "Tricked"
 * group work - to continue Monday - ideas for possible stories
 * characters
 * past, present, future
 * setting
 * place, time
 * conflict
 * internal, external
 * denouement