Wednesday 10/6/10

IN CLASS:
Hours 2, 4, 8--Today I checked for completion on the vocab assignment. Many students did not have the assignment complete. We will check them in class tomorrow. Following that we checked the worksheet on the Elements of Fiction for "The Lady or the Tiger." Finally, we began reading the final short story for the unit: Anton Chekov's story, "The Bet." Students worked on identifying the situation and complications, protagonist, antagonist, and point of view.

Hours 3, 5--First we checked vocab.Then in 3rd hour we lost about 10 minutes to a fire drill. After that students started reading the last short story for the unit: Anton Chekov's "The Bet." They also got an assortment of elements to identify within the story. This work is starting to prep them for the exam next week.


ASSIGNMENT:
Hours 2, 4, 8*

• Identify the situation, 3 complications, protagonist, antagonist, and point of view for "The Bet." Due tomorrow
• (8th hour does not need to identify complications for tomorrow)

Hours 3, 5

• Finish reading "The Bet"
• Identify the following elements of fiction listed below within the story, OR use this worksheet
• Due tomorrow

1. Situation
2. Complications (4)
3. Climax
4. Resolution
5. Characters (Protagonist & Antagonist--and what kind)
6. Conflict (example of internal and external)
7. Point of View (be specific if 3rd person)
   
8. Foreshadowing
9. Irony
10. Theme Statement