Objectives: Appraise the unity of setting, characterization, and plot in a material viewed or text read. Identify the setting of a story. Tell whether a character is a protagonist or an antagonist. Enumerate the different kinds and types of conflict.
Review: Study the Tropical Cyclone Bulletin of PAGASA and answer the questions that follow.
1. What textual aid is used by PAGASA?
2. Using the legends, what type of weather disturbance is Muifa ?
3. To what direction is Muifa moving?
4. According to forecast, will Muifa be outside or inside PAR by September 12?
5. According to forecast, will Muifa move closer to Japan or China?
Elements of a Short Story (Day 1)
Elements of a Short Story Setting Character Conflict Point of View Plot
Elements of Short Story Setting Character Conflict
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1. SETTING time and location in which a story takes place weather conditions social conditions mood or atmosphere
Activity 1: Can you try to identify the setting of the following beloved children's animated film?
2. CHARACTER is a person, animal, creature, or thing in a story. - performs the actions and speaks the dialogues, moving the story along a plot line.
2. CHARACTER The protagonist is just another word for “main character.” The story circles around this character’s experiences and the audience is invited to see the world from his or her perspective. Note that the protagonist is not necessarily a “good guy.”
2. CHARACTER The antagonist is the opposite of a protagonist – this is the enemy. Typically, this is the villain, but not always. Note that not every story has an antagonist – in some stories, the protagonist is struggling against circumstance, natural disasters, or some other impersonal force. In these stories, the source of conflict is not an antagonist.
Activity 2: Give the name the character. Tell whether the character is a protagonist or an antagonist .
READY?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
PROTAGONIST OR ANTAGONIST ?
2. CHARACTER Characterization is the information the author provides the readers/viewers about the characters themselves.
2. CHARACTER How does a writer describe the characters in a story? a. direct statements (What they say.) b. physical appearance (How they look.) c. actions (What they do.) d. reactions of other characters (How others see them.)
Activity 3: Watch the short clip from the movie that you are yet to identify. Be able to reveal the characteristics of the central person.
Initial Viewing: Watch the video clip. Observe the central character.
Who is she? Name the story she was taken from. For the second viewing, try to answer these questions in order to reveal the character: -direct statements (What does she say?) -physical appearance (How does she look?) -actions (What does she do?) -reactions of other characters (How do others see her?)
Second viewing
Describe her character through the way she talks and what she says.
Describe her character through the way she looks.
Describe her character through the things she does.
Describe her character through the way others see her.
3. CONFLICT -is essential to the plot -is the opposition of forces that ties one incident to another and makes the plot move.
3. CONFLICT -is not merely limited to open arguments, rather it is any form of opposition that faces the main character -may be only one central struggle, or there may be one dominant struggle with many minor ones.
3. CONFLICT Two types of conflict : External Internal
External Conflict A struggle with a force outside one's self.
2. Internal Conflict A struggle within one's self; a person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet one’s temper, resist an urge, etc.
CONFLICT There are four kinds of conflict: 1. Human vs. Human (physical) 2. Human vs. Nature (nature) 3. Human vs. Society (social) 4. Human vs. Self (psychological)
CONFLICT Additional kinds of conflict: Character vs. Supernatural Character vs. Technology Character vs. Destiny (Fate/Luck/God)
Activity 5: Tell what type and kind of conflict prevails in these movies:
Activity 5: Tell what type and kind of conflict prevails in these movies:
Elements of a Short Story (Day 2)
Objectives: Determine the point of view used in a story Identify the plot of a story and its parts.
Elements of Short Story Setting Character Conflict Point of View Plot
Elements of Short Story Point of View Plot
1 . What is a short story? Review:
2. What aspects contribute to the setting of a story? Review:
3. What are the two types of person/character in a work of fiction? Review:
4. How do you call the information the author provides the readers or the viewers about the characters? Review:
5. In what ways do authors reveal characters? Review:
6. What are the two types of conflict? Review:
7. Enumerate the different kinds of conflict. Review:
4. POINT OF VIEW - is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, or essay.
POINT OF VIEW Three Kinds: First person point of view Second person point of view Third person point of view
POINT OF VIEW First person point of view involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” or “we.”
POINT OF VIEW 2. Second person point of view -belongs to the person (or people) being addressed -uses second-person pronouns: you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves
POINT OF VIEW 3. Third person point of view is a form of storytelling in which a narrator relates all the action of their work using third-person pronouns such as "he," "she," and "they." most common perspective in works of fiction.
POINT OF VIEW 3. Third person point of view Types : omniscient - the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story
POINT OF VIEW 3. Third person point of view Types : limited - the narrator relates only their own thoughts, feelings, and knowledge about various situations and the other characters.
Activity 3: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt: 1
1 Activity 2: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt:
Activity 2: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt: 1
Activity 2: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt: 2
Activity 2: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt: 2
Activity 2: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt: 2
Activity 2: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt: 3
Activity 2: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt: 3
Activity 2: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt: 4
Activity 2: Tell what point of view is used in the following excerpt: 4
PLOT is a sequence of events in organized pattern gives the reader or audience the whole picture of events in the story – as it unfolds and move from one time to another must be stated in chronological manner (unlike the summary or synopsis that gives information and highlights of events in the story)
When was the last time you watched a horror movie?
Plot of a Story in Popcorn Levels
Exposition -beginning of the story where the characters and the setting are revealed.
Exposition Popcorn Level: Idle
Rising Action -is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed (events between the introduction and climax).
Rising Action Popcorn Level: (early) Interesting…
Rising Action Popcorn Level: (late) Uh-oh…
Climax - is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story. The reader wonders what will happen next; will the conflict be resolved or not?
Climax Popcorn Level: (late) O_O
Falling Action -is where events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not (events between climax and denouement).
Falling Action Popcorn Level: Yay! or Naww !
Resolution / Denouement - is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.
Resolution / Denouement Popcorn Level: Aww…
Assignment: Bring the following materials to class: Colored paper and decorative materials Coloring materials A copy of your favorite story (fable, fairy tale, etc )
Prepared by: Maela M. Mendoza
Sources: Gamit , D.C. et al. “Learning from One’s Experience.” English 10 Quarter 1 Module 6. Department of Education. https://literarydevices.net/point-of-view/ https://www.grammarly.com/blog/first-second-and-third-person/ https://www.thebalancecareers.com/third-person-point-of-view-1277092#:~:text=The%20third%2Dperson%20point%20of,perspective%20in%20works%20of%20fiction https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/point-of-view/