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Warm-up!Sept.16,2008

List4fairytalesandwrite2summarysentencesabouteach.

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Youwillbereadingafairytaleandfolktale.

CompletetheT-chart.WHATDOIKNOWABOUTFAIRYAND

FOLKTALES?

WHATCANIPREDICTABOUTTHE2

STORIESWEWILLBEREADING?

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STORY ELEMENTS:

Plot and ThemeTheplotofastoryisthesequenceofeventsarrangedaroundaproblemorconflict.AscharactersaKemptto

solvetheproblem,eventsbuildtoaclimax,orturning

point.TheresoluMon,orconclusion,ofthestoryfollowstheclimax.AsyoureadDragon,DragonyouwillidenMfy

thefollowingpartsoftheplot:

ExposiMon-(introducMonoftheproblem)RisingAcMon-(developmentoftheproblem)Climax-(turningpoint)FallingAcMon-(aertheproblemissolved)ResoluMon-(howtheproblemturnsout)

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Theme

Theunderlyingmessageofthestory.SomeMmesthethemeisstateddirectlyinthe

story.

OtherMmes,youmustfigureitoutbythinkingaboutthecharactersandtheiracMons

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VOCABULARY Turntopg.432inyourPrenMceHallLiterature

Book

Writedownthe5vocabularywords,definiMonsandthenlookinthestoryandcopy

thesentenceeachwordisin.

plagued

ravagedtyrant

reflecMng

craned

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DRAGON, DRAGON

THEE:Itisimportanttolistentoyourparents.

WHILEIREADING:PayaKenMontocharactersacMonsHowthoseacMonsrelatetoorexpressthetheme.