Monday, August 27, 2007

Today, students were presented with a warm up question to test their background knowledge of narrative structure:

"Think of television shows or movies that you have seen recently (or books that you have read). What do these television shows, movies, and books all seem to have in common? Think of situations, characters, endings, etc. For example, is good always fighting evil, or is there always a happy ending? Write for 3 minutes; do not stop writing until I have told you to do so."

After discussion of the warm up question, a PP was shown discussing Freytag's Triangle. A link to the PP can be found below:

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To help show narrative structure, several clips from movies and television shows were used:
-The Labyrinth
-The Princess Bride
-Monk
-Hook
-Howl's Moving Castle
-The Nightmare Before Christmas