Journal 9/21/15
Once you finish your quiz, quietly raise your
hand so Mr. Dowd can collect it from you.
In your journal, write about your experience
writing your letter home on Friday. What was
the easiest part for you? What was the
hardest? What would you do differently if you
could do it over?
Agenda
Take Quiz
Complete and discuss journal
Take notes on setting
Complete setting activity
Read chapter 9 together
Answer questions on chapter 9
Setting
Setting draws us into the world of a story. Details
of setting tell us
• where and when events are
happening
• how the situation feels
• who the characters are
• what challenges the
characters face
Setting
Details about a place usually are an essential part
of a story.
• The setting may include
people’s customs—how they
live, dress, eat, and behave.
Setting
Setting also may reveal a time frame.
era
time of day
season
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Setting, Mood, and Tone
Setting can add to a story’s emotional effect—its
mood or atmosphere.
relaxed, carefree
lonely, sad
foreboding,
mysterious
Setting, Mood, and Tone
Details of setting also help express tone—the
writer’s attitude toward a subject or character.
Listen to this passage. What is Mark Twain’s
tone? What details help create that tone?
The furniture of the hut was neither gorgeous nor much in
the way. The rocking-chairs and sofas were not present, and
never had been, but they were represented by two threelegged stools, a pine-board bench four feet long, and two
empty candle-boxes. The table was a greasy board on stilts,
and the table-cloth and napkins had not come—and they
were not looking for them, either.
from Roughing It by Mark Twain
Setting and Character
Setting also can reveal character.
• What do these details tell you about Meg?
Meg sat back in the stylish chair and
chatted on her cell phone. The shopping
bags at her feet bore the colorful labels
of many different stores—but each
seemed to have “fashionable” and
“expensive” written all over it.
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Setting and Conflict
In some stories, the characters’ environment
• provides the main conflict
• directly affects the story’s meaning
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Practice
Analyze the setting of the Community
as it has been presented so far. How is Jonas’s
community different from the one you live in?
Use at least three pieces of textual evidence from
three different chapters. Write your answer in
your journal under today’s entry.
Practice
Setting Examples:
Ceremony of 12 p.62 – Conflict and discomfort for Jonas
Silence in the City p.59 – Mood detail
JONAS chant p.64 – custom of community
December p.1 – turning 12, cold
Feeling sharing p.5 – custom of community
Never heard of animals p.5 – lack knowledge
The River p. 44 – Danger despite rules
Reading Chapter 9 together
1. Tell how the Assignment of Receiver differs from
other Assignments.
2. Describe how Jonas’s friends treat him
differently after the Assignments are announced.
Why do you think they do this?
Homework:
Predict, Read, React to Chapters 10-12
Work on Summer Reading Project