In your Journals for your own narratives write

In your Journals, for your own narratives, write down the: Do Now: • • • Cultural Conflict/Plot Characters—with dialogue Setting (description) Pace (different sentence lengths) Consistent Point of View NARRATIVES

Point of View Includes: 1 st person—Participant in the story, uses I, We, Us 3 rd person—an outsider, uses he/she/it/them Objective—only shows us what is seen and said, no comment on what characters are thinking Limited—only tells us of one character’s thoughts/motives Omniscient—tells us every character’s thoughts/motives Also includes the VOICE of the narrator: Age Bias Education level Gender Cultural Background Personality

“Thanksgiving: A Personal History” 1. Reading Paragraph 1: 1 st or 3 rd person? 2. Reading Paragraphs 2 -4: What can you tell about the narrator’s voice? Does the narrator shift Point of view? 3. Reading Paragraphs 5 -11: Objective, Limited, or Omniscient? 4. Reading Paragraphs 12 -18: Does anything change in the Point of View?

Workshop Today & Tomorrow Computers Editing Dialogue – Review dialogue rules Checking your POV • • Did you write in 1 st or 3 rd? All from the same character’s pov? Is your narration objective, limited, or omniscient? What is the voice of your narrator? – – Age/ Gender Beliefs/ Personality Education level Cultural background Examining sentence lengths – Count the # of each sentence: simple compound complex compound/complex

Do Now: How many different words can you make from: HAPPY THANKSGIVING (5 mins)

Finish your essay: Due Wednesday at Midnight HOMEWORK

Happy Thanksgiving