Ms. Munro

The Story Experience

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-we all tell stories and want to listen to stories others tell us.

-we remember times when somebody read to us or told us a fascinating tale

-allows our imagination to be swept away as we are taken into others’ lives

-come to understand motivations and approach to life as they react to conflict

*read All Summer in a Day-Ray Bradbury – page 283 from Sense and Feeling

*read I Wish You Were Here-Frank Jones - page 13 from Inside Stories I

 

Character

-as we move through life, we get to meet and become close to many people

-some are just acquaintances but others will become lifelong friends.

-reading gives us access to characters we can get to know well simply by turning pages.

-we are provided an opportunity to grow in awareness and understanding of ourselves and others

-we get to know people in the following ways:

• Appearance, what they say, do and what others say about them or how they react to them.

• What the character thinks and how they feel also helps reveal character

• Writer can also just tell us what the character is like

-an acronym we can use to help us with this is STEAL

 

S=what the character says

T=what the character thinks

E=how the character affects other

A=the characters’ actions

L=what the character looks like/body language

 

We are dealing with people often, but characters can be people, animals, robots, etc

 

Types of Character

                Protagonist – main character in the story

                Antagonist – obstacle the protagonist is trying to overcome. Might be a person, but                                         can be a situation

*can also be major and minor characters