Its a Marvelous Monday Bell Work 5 minutes

It’s a Marvelous Monday! Bell Work 5 minutes � IN YOUR SPIRAL NOTEBOOK write down: ◦ The date ◦ The Objectives for the day � What would be the benefits of having a long exposition? What would be the drawbacks of having a long exposition?

Agenda Today: Openers Tuesday: Review for concrete detail, plot structure, openers Complete story (with opener) and outline are due! Wednesday: Quiz on all of the above Begin Setting Thursday: In-class write—personal statement Friday: Setting

The Five Common Openers Write these down as notes in your spiral notebook 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Dialogue (between characters) Vivid Description of a Person Vivid Description of a Place A Question (asked by the narrator) An Action

Example 1 Fiona Farmer was seven years old. Her mother was 46, her father was 55, her nurse was 61, and her grandmother and grandfather with whom they were all spending the summer had reached such altitudes of age that no one remembered what they were. From these great heights, Fiona was loved and directed. She wore her hair as her mother had worn it in 1914, braided tight and tied back in pretzel loops with big stiff ribbons. In winter she was the only girl at school to wear a flannel petticoat and underwear with sleeves. From “Nancy” by Elizabeth Enright.

Example 2 “Cassie, Cassie child, wake up now, ” Big Ma called gently as the new sun peeked over the horizon. I looked sleepily at my grandmother and closed my eyes again. “Cassie! Get up, girl!” This time the voice was not so gentle. From “Song of the Trees” by Mildred D. Taylor

Example 3 Although Keevan lengthened his walking stride as far as his legs would stretch, he couldn’t quite keep up with the other candidates. He knew he would be teased again. From “The Smallest Dragonboy” by Anne Mc. Caffrey

Example 4 My most terrifying experience? Well, one does have a few in thirty-five years of service in the Lights, although it’s mostly monotonous routine work, --keeping the light in order, making out the reports. From “Three Skeleton Key” by George G. Toudouze

Example 5 Hinckley Reservation, twenty miles south of Cleveland, is a unit of that city’s Metropolitan Parks System. Its gentle landscape is typical of northeastern Ohio. In the fall, on typical weekends, thousands of families drive out “to see the leaves. ” Maple, oak, sour gum, and sassafras glow in every shade of gold and scarlet under towering green nets of Norway pine and spruce. Ripe walnuts in their green sacs fall on the blacktop with a gentle clunk. From “Caught in a Grip of Stone” by Jack Markowitz

Exit Ticket � What � You are the 5 most common types of opening? are a writer trying to think of the best opening for a story with the following plot: A young man who lives in Harlem is reunited with his estranged brother, who has a drug addiction. The young man learns of his brother’s love of playing music. The two eventually reconcile and while the young man still is not close to his brother, by the end of the story he begins to understand his brother better. Write an opening for a story with this plot