Objective: Students will be able to analyze the use of flashback in a story in order to determine how it reveals the main character's motivation. Students will be able to identify subjects, verbs, and prepositional phrases in sentences in order to determine how they function together.
Do-Now: You have TEN minutes to study for your Vocabulary Quiz.
Today: 1) Vocabulary Quiz #2 (You have FIFTEEN minutes to complete the quiz)
2) Go over Mega Exit Slip from Tuesday
3) Note-taking: Flashback: a scene that interrupts the present action in a story to show something that happened at an earlier time. Flashbacks are used to give the reader more insight/information into the story's characters.
Review: Character Motivation = why a character does what he/she does.
Internal Conflict = a problem a character has within himself (man vs. self)
4) In groups, read "Cranes" on pp. 222-227. Begin by reading the "Background" section on pg. 221. As you read, answer the Character Motivation questions #1-5 that appear throughout the story. Record your answers on the worksheet. After reading, complete the "Thinking Critically" questions on your worksheet.
Homework: Finish "Thinking Critically" questions from "Cranes."
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