Unit 5 Sorry, Wrong Number

Tracking: • Unit  3:  Text  Structures  (Parents  of  a  Rescued  Teenaged  Sailor)  1.  End  =  Text  Structures  Nearpod  (I  will  tell  you  your  score)  Complete:  “My  effort  during  this  unit”,  “Goal  met”,  “Why  was  I  successful  or  unsuccessful”      • Unit  4:  Theme  (Flight  of  Icarus)  1.  Assignment  1  =  Icarus  AcHvity  2.  Assignment  2  =  Niobe  AcHvity  3.  Assignment  3  =  Arachne  (Close  Reader)  4.  Assignment  4  =  Hubris  Essay  5.  End  =  Theme  Assessment  Complete:  “My  effort  during  this  unit”,  “Goal  met”,  “Why  was  I  successful  or  unsuccessful”      

BAV: Round Robin DRAMA

DIALOGUE

SUSPENSE

POINT OF VIEW

Opening Activity

Look closely at this

picture.

1.  Write 2 sentences describing what is happening in the picture

2.  Describe the job of a switchboard operator then use the internet to research the answer. (you can use your phones). Write down your findings.

You will only have 5 minutes to complete this task.  

Opening Activity—cont.

Round Robin: What jobs are similar to

that of a switchboard operator today?

Opening Activity—cont.

Possible Answers:411 operator, 911 operator, telemarketer, call center.

3. What are the purposes of these jobs? 4. What are the purposes of phones in general?

Telephones:  Now  &  Then  Write  one  paragraph  about  how  telephones  have  changed  from  AND  remained  the  same  to  their  original  purpose(s)  when  they  were  invented  in  the  19th  Century.  What  changes  to  telephones  have  you  seen  during  your  lifeHme  so  far?  What  do  you  see  telephones  being  used  for  in  the  future?    

J O U R N A L

Learning Goal

Students will be able to analyze how particular elements of a story interact and how setting shapes the characters or plot.

Sorry, Wrong Number

You  will  get  4  minutes  to  fill  out  the  tracking  sheet.    Do  not  forget  to  shade  in  your  beginning  raIng  in  the  graph!  

Essential Questions • While reading, think of these question (and of course, the answers)

• How does the setting affect the characters and plot of the story? • What is the central idea of the piece?

Prediction RoundRobin:

What do you think this story will be about? Yes, you will be sharing!

Sorry, Wrong Number • Turn to page 111 and read the background information and information about the author.

• Read “Setting A Purpose”

Reading Tasks • Read lines 1-29 1. Cite text evidence – find descriptive details in the stage directions that tell what is lit and what is in darkness onstage. • Read to line 125 2. What do the audience and Mrs. Stevenson learn at the same time? 3. What detail describes what the audience see onstage? • Read to line 200 4. The stage directions in lines 176-183 reveal how Mrs. Stevenson feels. Why does she feel that way? 5. In lines 194-200, what is Mrs. Stevenson’s conflict and how does she try to resolve it?

Reading Tasks • Read to line 304 6. What is the rising action? 7. In lines 289-304, what does the audience see as Mrs. Stevenson dials the phone? • Read to line 349 8. In lines 337-349, what words show Duffy’s reaction to Mrs. Stevenson’s call? 9. What effect is it meant to create? • Read to line 405 10. What does Mrs. Stevenson reveal to the audience as she speaks to Duffy? 11. What does the word “invalid” mean in the context used?

Reading Tasks • Read to line 539 12. In lines 487-498, what can you infer about Mrs. Stevenson that she herself doesn’t seem to realize? 13. In lines 537-539, what sound is heard and why is it significant? • Read to line 643 14. What obstacle does Mrs. Stevenson encounter in lines 567-581 and how does she handle it? • Read to line 689 15. What new obstacle does Mrs. Stevenson face? 16. What emotions are conveyed in the stage directions, line 683-689?

Reading Tasks • Read to line 795 17. How does the dialogue between Mrs. Stevenson and the Woman at Henchley Hospital build suspense? • Read to line 837 18. Based on Mrs. Stevenson’s dialogue starting on line 821, how do you think audiences are reacting at a play? • Read to line 898 19. In lines 850-871, why is this the climax? 20. What is ironic about George’s remark and action at the resolution of the play?

Essential Questions • Round Robin

1.   How does the setting affect the characters and plot of the story?

2.   What is the central idea of the piece?

Exit Slip: Plot • Write one paragraph (5-7 sentences), using evidence from the

text and providing elaboration:

• How does the setting affect the characters and plot of the story?