1.4 Unit Review

1.4 Unit  Review

​Lesson 1.1

• Identify the basic stages of a plot.

• Analyze how conflict and setting affect plot.

• Identify nonlinear plot elements, including flashback and foreshadowing.​

​Practice!

• ​Read "Story 1 - Pierre the Trackstar" and be prepared to identify these literary elements in the questions that follow.

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the rising action of this story?

• Pierre changes to try out for Town Creek Middle School's track team.

• Pierre took a deep breath, he took off running, and won first place.

• Pierre began panicking but coach gave him a talk to calm him.

• Pierre was glad to have made the team.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the climax of this story?

• Pierre changes to try out for Town Creek Middle School's track team.

• Pierre took a deep breath, he took off running, and won first place.

• Pierre began panicking but coach gave him a talk to calm him.

• Pierre was glad to have made the team.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following quotes is an example of foreshadowing?

• Each time it was Pierre's turn to run, he began shaking and it was hard to breathe.

• "You've got this! I know you can do it," (coach) said.

• Pierre knew he had won first place.

• He laughed at himself as he remembered how he felt earlier.

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is the main conflict of this story?

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Nature

Multiple Choice

Which other setting would this conflict work in?

• a waitressing job

• staying at a friend's house

• going to church

• a swimming competition

Open Ended

How would this story be different if the conflict changed and Pierre was overly confident instead of nervous?

​Lesson 1.2

• Determine how dialogue, setting, and conflict shape characters.

• ​Analyze how character motivations lead to conflict and therefore a plot.

• ​Identify the different points of view a narrator might use.

​Practice!

• ​Read "Story 2 - Francesca the Swimmer" and be prepared to identify these literary elements in the questions that follow.

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Multiple Choice

What is the point-of-view does the narrator use to tell this story?

• First person

• Second Person

• Third limited

• Third omniscient

Multiple Choice

Which character uses dialogue in this story?

• Francesca

• Teacher

• Mom

• Nurse

Multiple Choice

How does the dialogue in this story contribute to the plot?

• It shows us the setting.

• It develops the character's motivation.

• It shows us the nurse's characteristics.

Multiple Choice

The main character's motivation is to...

• make sure she doesn't get a cold.

• skip some school to get a nap.

• be the most popular girl.

• stay healthy to beat the other school.

​Lesson 1.3

• Use explicit and implicit details to infer a story's deeper meaning.

• ​Identify the themes of a story based on evidence.

• ​Determine universal themes that multiple stories share.

​Practice!

• ​Using the passages you have already read, identify the universal theme shared by these passages.

• ​Provide details to prove your reasoning.

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Which theme is the universal theme that could be applied to these stories?

• You have to stay healthy to be successful. 

• Nervousness can fuel success.

• Reassurance can come from many places.

• Focus and effort are the keys to achievement.

Open Ended

Which evidence helped you find this theme?

​To Do:

• ​Finish Lessons 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3

• ​Independent Reading Time! - Need to have the whole book read by the beginning of NOVEMBER!