Do Now. Copy Homework: 1. Reading 30mins and complete log 2. Storyboard (due tomorrow)

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1 Do Now Copy Homework: 1. Reading 30mins and complete log 2. Storyboard (due tomorrow) THEN.. - Take out Reading Contract and/or Plot descriptions if you haven t turned those in, yet. - Read independently. You have 10 minutes.

2 Objective.. By the end of class you will complete a flash draft of the exposition for your short story by writing a lead and context.

3 Your Goals To grab the reader s attention using a lead To provide context by introducing main characters, setting up the conflict, and establishing the setting

4 Goal #1: Grab the reader s attention In order to meet this goal, you will need to use a lead. On the following slides are examples of lead techniques.

5 Goal #2: Provide Context In order to meet this goal you must: Introduce main characters Set up the conflict Establish the setting The setting may be specific (Lincoln) or more general (front yard)

6 Let s begin by looking at the expositions of other short stories. Students use the class handouts for this portion. How did the exposition start (opening lines) How was the setting introduced? How was the conflict set up How were the characters introduce?

7 Notes (this is a handout that should be glued on page 67 of your notebook)

8 Lead Technique: Describe the Setting (lead) For seven years there had been too little rain. The prairies were dust. Day after day, summer after summer, the scorching winds blew the dust, and the sun was brassy in the yellow sky. Crop after crop failed. (*context) I could tell Ma and Pa were worried. Like our neighbors, the drought had caused our food supplies to become dangerously low.

9 Lead Technique: Introduce Someone in the Story (lead) If the motorcycle was huge, it was nothing to the man sitting astride it. He was almost twice as tall as a normal man and five times as wide He had hands the size of trashcan lids, and his feet in their leather boots were like baby dolphins. (*context) Hagrid had arrived to take Harry Potter to Hogwart s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This announcement was incredibly exciting to Harry. Harry was currently living with the Dursley s, his aunt and uncle. They had been forced to take in Harry after the death of his parents and made it apparent to Harry that they found this obligation a nuisance. -J.K. Rowling

10 Lead Technique: Start with Action (lead and context together) In October, 1896, I entered the Cambridge School for Young Ladies to be prepared for Radcliffe. The freedom was exhilarating, but I was also nervous about being on my own for the first time. As I pushed open the heavy wooden doors, I sensed my life was about to change forever. - Helen Keller

11 Lead Technique: Ask a Question (lead) Have you ever done something stupid because of a dare? Take it from me, not only is it a bad idea, but it can have long lasting negative consequences. (context) It was a warm Saturday morning when my friends and I decided to go swimming. Shortly after we arrived my best friend, Sarah, started doing dives off the high board. Come on, Jenny, she said to me, go off the high board with me. You can do it. I hesitated, looking up at the turquoise rectangle which suspended mid-air in the sky. I dare you, she taunted.

12 Now, Take out your storyboards. How does your story begin? How will you create a lead and introduce context?

13 Today you will write a flash draft of your exposition (LEAD) Start with action Setting Introduce a character Ask a question (CONTEXT) Introduce main characters Set up the conflict Establish the setting

14 Next, reread your flash draft (LEAD) Start with action Setting Introduce a character Ask a question (CONTEXT) Introduce main characters Set up the conflict Establish the setting Did you accomplish all of this? If not, what is missing?

15 Time to make revisions. Try a different lead Start with action Setting Introduce a character Ask a question Weave in descriptions of setting, action, character (appearance/personality) Try to include all the necessary context Introduce main characters Set up the conflict Establish the setting

16 Following slides are just extra resources in case students need them.

17 Flash Draft of any scene that you have sketched in your storyboard.

18 Revision Time What can you improve on? Look at your checklist. Add dialogue

19 The Purpose of Storyboarding

20 When creating your storyboard, remember to follow the development of your plot. The opening scene should introduce characters, setting, and hint at the main conflict. The scenes after the opening should build tension and/or develop the conflict.