What Patterns Do You Notice in This Conversation?
What Patterns Do You Notice in This Conversation?
What Patterns Do You Notice in This Conversation?
Teacher and students are reviewing story elements like Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.
On the board is drawn the following figure:
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Teacher:
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Student1:
A mountain.
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Teacher:
A mountain. Alrighty.So could someone tell me what is the first part of a story? Like what
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starts out a story usually? From here to here to here (points to diagram on board). Kyle?
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Student2: A problem?
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Teacher:
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Student3: A climax.
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Teacher:
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OK. (Writes on board). The characters and problems and stuffwhat is that called? At the
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beginning of a story?
Introduction? Introductions a word for it. Theres another word that starts with an E. .
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The ex_______Jillian?
Its an exposition. Its this thing when youre introducing the characters and other stuff, so
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youre right when you say introduction but exposition is a better word for it if you want to
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19. Student4:
The conflict?
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A conflict. Thats also in the Exposition (writes). Its the main conflict of the story. OK, whats
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this then? Whats this part here? If we have the Exposition, if we have the climax, how do
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23. Student5:
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Rising Action. Good! OK, so you have your Exposition and your Rising Action, that gets you to
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your Climax. What happens after that? What happens after? Yes?
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Resolution?
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Almost. Resolution is down here. After everything is said and done, thats the resolution. So
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what comes before the Resolution? If you have the Exposition, then the RISING action to get to
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the Climax, what comes before the resolution? Connor? What do you think? Whats the
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opposite of Rising?
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Falling.