Warm up:Diagram the following sentences in your notebook (remember to write the sentence and then diagram it)

1. Rabbits jumped.2. Run.3. We studied.4. Everyone screamed.

The Bully The Bully Chapters 3-4Chapters 3-4

What genre is What genre is The BullyThe Bully??

• Realistic Fiction• Realistic fiction, although

untrue, could actually happen. Some events, people, and places may even be real.

•form of fiction (not true)

•accurately reflects life as it could be lived today

•everything in the story could actually happen

•people living in our natural physical world

•the characters have normal human powers

•story may be set in real places, but the story is NOT based on history,nor does it contain elements of science fiction

SettingSetting is the time and place of a story. Setting can include

• the locale of a story

• people’s customs—how they live, dress, eat, and behave Hong Kong

SettingSetting is the time and place of a story. Setting can include the

• weather

• time of day

• time period (past, present, or future)

SettingSetting provides a background—a place where the characters live and act.

[End of Section]

How Is Setting Created?Writers carefully select images and details to create a setting that draws us into the story.

• sightsight • hearinghearing

the steady beat of the drum

the tart apple

three hot-air balloons colored the sky

• tastetaste

How Is Setting Created?• smell

gritty, wet sand between her toes

strong, sweet scent of a rose

• touch

[End of Section]

Setting and CharacterSometimes writers place characters in settings that reflect the Sometimes writers place characters in settings that reflect the characters’ personalities. characters’ personalities.

What do you think these characters are like?

[End of Section]

Setting, Mood, and ToneSetting can also create mood, or atmosphere. It can affect the way we feel about the characters.

mysterious

peaceful

menacing

Setting, Mood, and ToneSetting can also express a tone, or attitude toward a subject or object.

Now, with supper finished, we retire to the room in a faraway part of the house where my friend sleeps in a scrap-quilt-covered iron bed painted rose pink, her favorite color. Silently, wallowing in the pleasures of conspiracy, we take the bead purse from its secret place and spill its contents on the scrap quilt.

from “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote

• What is the tone of this passage? How do you think the writer feels about these characters?

[End of Section]

What is the setting of The Bully?What is the setting of The Bully?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

California

Review Vocabulary Chapters 1-3Review Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

• 1. wavering • 2. retaliate • 3. dread • 4. menacing • 5. wearily• 6. awe

Vocabulary for Chapters 4-6

• scolded p. 38• lurking p.38• deliberately p.45• sullen p. 45• scowled p. 74• frantic

Scolded (v.) to speak to angrily; use harsh language

Deliberately (adv.) done on purpose; intentional; careful

Sullen (adj.) gloomy; dark

Scowl (n.) an angry, harsh facial expression; frown

Frantic (adj.) wild; hectic; out of control

Lurking (v.) to sneak around