Agenda - Chapter 6 - Story


Monday

  • Keywords
  • Reading and Discussion: Story as:
    • Journey
    • Power Struggle
    • Connection and Disconnection
  • Free Write: Write a paragraph from memory about a moment that defined you. Write about the moment you knew that you were not a kid anymore. This could be the first paragraph of what could become a longer work (as in Jazz or What Belongs to You) or a self-contained story (as in “The Mother”). Try to convey the story and its conflict(s) using one of the three modes discussed in the textbook: connection/disconnection, a power struggle, or a journey.
Wednesday - READ THESE PRIOR TO CLASS
  • Li-Young Lee  "The Hammock"
  • David Foster Wallace  "Incarnations of Burned Children"
Friday
  • Chapter 6 Quiz


Comments

  1. Sydney ThomOctober 10, 2022 at 12:03 PM

    Short-Short Story: A short story that is only 101 words long.

    Crisis Action: a moment of martyred triumph for the narrator. Followed by falling action.

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  2. Haley KolinskiOctober 10, 2022 at 12:05 PM

    crisis action- occurs as a moment of martyred triumph

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