BELLWORK (not for your CNB)

• Think of some good reasons silently.

What makes a story worth reading?

OBJECTIVE FOR TODAY• Analyze setting, mood, and conflict in a text.

SETTINGMOOD

CONFLICT

What is

What is

What is

SETTING• The time and place of a story• Created through the author’s descriptions of:

• Time of day• Season• Year• Characters • Clothing• Weather• Buildings• Landscape

MOOD• The emotions elicited in the READER by the atmosphere

of the story (the emotions the reader feels while reading)• Different from tone

• Setting is very important in establishing mood

CONFLICT• Conflict is the struggle between opposing forces.

What are some stories you have read where the setting has an effect on the plot/story?• Let’s look at Hunger Games.

Turn to page 28 – Text Analysis Workshop• Part I: Ethan Frome

• Read as a class

• Answer close read questions 1-4 as a class

Part III – The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant• Read

• Diagram conflict

• Answer close read questions 1-3, 5-8, and 10.

What have we learned?• What is setting? Give evidence.• What is mood? Give evidence.• What is conflict? Give evidence.