Class Seven

Current Paper issues:

• Paragraph structure

• “I think” language

• Define: Play, lower-inclome, middle-income, upper-income, then also define CLASS, then get into your discussion of The Untold Lie. It will make it much easier for you to point towards evidence that supports your claims!

• Many of you did not have conclusions.

• You will need to fix all of these issues, and add the new parts to the paper that I will be outlining over the next two classes.

Journaling:

Now that you have read about and thought about different understandings of “play,” I would like you to take the next few moments and write on the following subject:

What is something that someone you know finds to be entertaining, but that you do not find to be entertaining. What is it? And why, specifically, do you think you do not find it to be fun? (10 mins)

Journaling:

What does it mean to be bored? Is it possible to be bored while you are playing? If so, how and why? If not, how and why not? Come up with a definition or definitions for this term. How can an understanding of character and setting be used to back up your answers, do you think? (10 mins)

Journaling:

What does the word “plot” mean to you when it is used in reference to how a story is told?  What makes up a plot, and how can an understanding of plot inform our understanding of character and setting in a story like “The Untold Lie?”

Mini-Lecture:

Homework:

Prewriting (one page): Break down your average day into its “plot.” What are the major CONNECTED events – not the minor disconnected events – that define a general day for you.

Read:

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (157-163)

Post-Writing (one page): We have discussed the importance of attending to specific details when discussing character and setting in a story. Now I want you to paraphrase the plot ofThe Gift of the Magi by O. Henry by noting the major CONNECTED events that define the story’s underlying structure.

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