Rogue Wave -Tripepi

Rogue Wave

We will learn to identify, analyze, and make inferences about the elements of plot in a story

Read the Background informaiton about the author, Theodore Taylor.

Multiple Select

A cutter ridged sailboat

• are small sailing yachts

• has a cabin

• have a small kitchen called a galley

• has a main sail and smaller sails

Page 3: Use the

Setting A Purpose prompt to focus your reading.

• Take notes as you read

• Write any questions you have as you read

• Write down any unfamiliar words

Multiple Select

Why did the author include this information in the exposition of the story?

Check all that apply.

• to give background information about rogue waves

• to foreshadow

• to establish the resolution

• to introduce the characters

page 4

This is a picture of the White Cliffs of Dover

The Exposition continues:

• the setting is being explained

• the characters are introduced

• the conflict starts

page 5

We have met Scoot and we are learning about Sully. This is when the unexpected is about to happen and the conflict begins.

Listen to the Close Read Screencast from page 5 beginning at line 68.

Open Ended

Who are the characters that were introduced in the exposition (beginning) of the story?

Multiple Select

What is the setting like in the exposition? Check all that apply.

• A perfect day to be out.

• In the Pacific ocean near Cabo Colnett, south of Ensenada.

• On a cutter rigged boat named the Sea Dog

• Under a brilliant sun, the glittering blue Pacific rose and fell in long slick swells, a cold light breeze holding steady.

• It was a day filled with goodness peace and beauty.

Poll

Is the Sea Dog a character in the story?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

"But a split second before it lifted the boat like a carpenter's chip, he sensed something behind him.."

This line presents an example of?

• Irony

• Climax

• Complication

• Foreshadow

The author uses similes throughout the text to

• create vivid images for the reader

• to describe

• to activate our senses

• Note: a simile compares 2 unlike things using the words like or as

Multiple Choice

The simile, "lifted the boat like a carpenters chip" helps the reader imagine how helpless and small the boat is compared to the power of the wave.

• true

• false

The Rising Action

• Builds suspense

• Reveals the internal and external conflicts of the characters

• Brings us to the climax of the story

Think about how the setting is changing.

For Scoot....

For Sully....

For the Sea Dog...

Multiple Choice

The simile "sturdy Sea Dog had been flipped like a cork" creates a picture that helps the reader imagine that the sea dog is like a small object floating helplessly in the water.

• true

• false

As we continue to read the story think about

• the external conflict

• the conflict for Sully

• the conflict for Scoot

• How the suspense builds and gets our attention

Multiple Choice

What is the external conflict ?

• Ensenada

• the Sea Dog

• the rogue wave

The suspense starts to build...

Let's continue reading--bottom of page 6 - 9

Multiple Select

Choose as many as apply. Why couldn't Sully reach Scoot?

• The Galley was secure and air tight.

• Sully was sitting on the hull.

• Scoot was unconscious.

• The portholes were dogged.

• The skylight was sealed tight from the inside.

Continue reading

page 8-9

Continue reading

• How? has the setting changed

• What does "dogged" mean

Multiple Choice

What does the term "dogged" mean?

• locked and secure

• unlocked and open

• stable and safe

• shut down

Continue reading

Listen to the Close Read Screencast from page 7, lines 154-161

Multiple Choice

Inevitably means

• it could happen.

• it will not happen.

• it is going to happen.

Multiple Select

What words does the author use to build suspense?

• slowly

• inevitably

• torture

• trapped

Multiple Choice

The author uses ____________________ to give human characteristics to the sea.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

Continue Reading pages 10-14

• The rising action continues

• the climax happens

Multiple Choice

What created major suspense in the here?

• Sully shouting for Scoot

• Scoot pounding with a knife

• Sully pounding on the hull

• Neither sibling could hear each other

Rising Action

CITE TEXT EVIDENCE:

Reread lines 239–258 and identify how Sully and Scoot have overcome the first big obstacle in their way.

Open Ended

Now Sully and Scoot know that

Multiple Choice

What is mental telepathy?

• using the telephone

• communication between minds

• communication by conversations

Open Ended

Lines 272-281: Why does Sully keep repeating the same words over and over?

Poll

Do you think it will work?

• yes

• no

The Climax

• The suspense has built to the breaking point

• The most important moment

• The conflict is resolved

• Is it good?

The Sea Dog

Open Ended

Do you think the Sea Dog was a hero in the story? Explain.