Thoughts on Week 3
Hey Guys!
When I was about 8 years old, my dad laid a new cement sidewalk from our front porch steps all the way down to meet the driveway, which was a very long way because we had a HUGE front yard. He took a big old metal trough, dumped in the cement mix, some gravel, and enough water to make it nice and goopy. He mixed it up until he thought it looked right, then took his shovel and scooped out the goop, spreading it along the framework that would soon hold our new walkway. Of course, I wasn't so much concerned about the walking on it as I was with the roller skating on it!
When he finally finished the long and tedious task of dumping, mixing, scooping, and spreading I ran inside, grabbed my skates and bolted toward my new, smooth roller skating heaven. My dad abruptly stopped me and said, "Hold on! You gotta wait for the foundation to set firm before you can have fun."
Well, this week was the last week you had to watch me lay the cement foundation in literature class. We have covered the very basics: genre, story elements, and plot structure. Now, let those "cement" firm in your mind. Review over them in the Class Notes section, if you have to, and next week, bring your skates (not literally, of course, but figuratively) because I'm ready to have some fun!
When I was about 8 years old, my dad laid a new cement sidewalk from our front porch steps all the way down to meet the driveway, which was a very long way because we had a HUGE front yard. He took a big old metal trough, dumped in the cement mix, some gravel, and enough water to make it nice and goopy. He mixed it up until he thought it looked right, then took his shovel and scooped out the goop, spreading it along the framework that would soon hold our new walkway. Of course, I wasn't so much concerned about the walking on it as I was with the roller skating on it!
When he finally finished the long and tedious task of dumping, mixing, scooping, and spreading I ran inside, grabbed my skates and bolted toward my new, smooth roller skating heaven. My dad abruptly stopped me and said, "Hold on! You gotta wait for the foundation to set firm before you can have fun."
Well, this week was the last week you had to watch me lay the cement foundation in literature class. We have covered the very basics: genre, story elements, and plot structure. Now, let those "cement" firm in your mind. Review over them in the Class Notes section, if you have to, and next week, bring your skates (not literally, of course, but figuratively) because I'm ready to have some fun!
I just love this video of these teenagers from Uganda singing about Jesus. I can't help but smile big and sing along!
Below is a review of some of the "goop" that was laid today:
Gustav Freytag's Plot Structure:
Commonly known as "Freytag's Triangle"
(Freytag's Ride is my rendition of it ; )
Exposition: the beginning of a narrative, the author's providing of some background information about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme.
Rising Action: conflict and tension start to rise in the story.
Climax: most exciting point of the story; also the turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the main character’s affairs.
Falling Action: what events occur after the climax; the "fall out"; the unraveling.
Denoument: the conclusion or "untieing" of the plot.
BTW: The guy in the roller coaster car is the actual Gustav Freytag. Doesn't he look like he's having fun?!
Rising Action: conflict and tension start to rise in the story.
Climax: most exciting point of the story; also the turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the main character’s affairs.
Falling Action: what events occur after the climax; the "fall out"; the unraveling.
Denoument: the conclusion or "untieing" of the plot.
BTW: The guy in the roller coaster car is the actual Gustav Freytag. Doesn't he look like he's having fun?!