AUTHOR’S PURPOSEENTERTAIN

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ENTERTAIN?

Entertain: provide someone with amusement or enjoyment

What entertains you?SportsTelevision ShowsMoviesShoppingBeing With Friends

ENTERTAINING THROUGH LITERATURE

Entertain: provide the reader with a story in which he/she becomes emotionally involvedExample Emotions

Rooting for the underdogLaughing along with charactersWishing you were the main character or someone

else involved in the storyBecoming sad when a tragic event takes place

QUICK-WRITE EXERCISE1 SENTENCE PER ANSWER

Think of something (anything) you read where you became entertained (emotionally involved)What was the title of the literature?What scene was the author discussing?What characters were involved?How did it make you feel?

LITERATURE WRITTEN TO ENTERTAIN

The author is telling a storyRemember the 5 elementsMust have a conflictTypically has multiple characters, dialogue, and a

strong P.O.V.

MULTIPLE CHARACTERS

Types of CharactersNarrator tells the storyProtagonist main character with conflict to solveAntagonist obstacle for main character to overcomeDynamic person who changes over timeStatic person who does not changeMajor vital to development of conflict and resolutionMinor complements to major characters

DIALOGUE

Inner and OuterInner Characters speak to themselves

Why is it used?To show what the character is feeling

Outer Characters speak to other charactersWhy is it used?

To provide a first-person P.O.V.

POINT OF VIEW

We are going to learn how P.O.V. works here

Choose one of the photos to use as inspiration for your P.O.V. writing assignment

Write 3 sentences using the following 4 P.O.V. 1st, 3rd objective, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient

Set up your paper like the example here

WRITING WITH DIFFERENT P.O.V.

Everyone should receive a half-sheet of paper that has a table printed on it.

Each student will draw a small slip of paper from my mug, which will have a title on it.

On your half-sheet of paper, write the title you drew in the appropriate space. Don’t do anything else.

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE:WHOLE CLASS WRITING ACTIVITY

Students will pass their papers in a snake pattern. Everyone should receive a new paper.

On your new paper, read the title and fill out the SETTING box. This should include: location (Texas, the forest, a school) and date (1946, or early 17th century).

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE:WHOLE CLASS WRITING ACTIVITY

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE:WHOLE CLASS WRITING ACTIVITY

Students will pass their papers in a snake pattern. Everyone should receive a new paper.

On your new paper, read the title and setting, and then complete the CHARACTERS box with at least 2 characters. Provide the name, gender, and age of each character you list.

Students will pass their papers in a snake pattern. Everyone should receive a new paper.

On your new paper, read the title, setting, and characters, and then complete the CONFLICT box. Write 1-2 sentences identifying a conflict the characters must solve in the story.

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE:WHOLE CLASS WRITING ACTIVITY

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE:WHOLE CLASS WRITING ACTIVITY

Students will pass their papers in a snake pattern. Everyone should receive a new paper.

Look at what your classmates have proposed for the story you now have to write.

Write it on the back of your paper. No less than 7 sentences.