Study for your narrative elements quiz.  Your quiz will be 15 short response questions on the PowerPoint notes you took last Thursday/Friday.  You will have the entire period to work on it but no time beforehand to study in class.  Please come prepared to take your quiz as soon as class begins.

 

Study the following:

-Know the six narrative elements  and how to define each

-Know how to differentiate the protagonist from other characters

-Know the four types of conflict and be able to separate external conflicts from internal ones

-Know examples of all four types of conflict and be ready to explain how they fit each conflict

-Know the order of the five stages of the plot and what happens in each stage: be prepared to draw a plot diagram properly and tell the difference between one stage and another

-Know how to define theme and be prepared to give examples of ones from texts we have read

 

 

Add to your CATCH notes for "Big Boy" based on class discussion Monday/Tuesday.  Know what types of conflict best fit the story and how to support your choices.  Make sure you also have an accurate theme/main idea for "Big Boy" written clearly somewhere on the handout as part of your CATCH notes.  

 

Do NOT just stop at "talking to the text" when doing CATCH ... you MUST find the main idea every time you are asked to CATCH a text.

 

 

Your grades for the grammar test are in Pinnacle.  Please check online yourself or come see me to determine whether or not you should retake any or all of it.  You may stay the following days after school to retake your test.  Please bring all of your own notes with you so that you may use them to complete your retake.

 

Thursday 8/25

Tuesday 8/30

Thursday 9/1

 

After Thursday 9/1, students who failed the grammar test will no longer be eligible for a retake.