11/24/14 - MO

        genre writing/genre study
I. intro to STORY STRUCTURE/ PLOT ELEMENTS
- Ms. Conley leading kids to a Wintry Tall Tale - exaggerated stories about just how cold it is...

- Watch "Big Buck Bunny" and identify the plot elements w/ details
        exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7VzlLtp-4

    A . Write the exposition (introductory information) for your own short movie in spiral

II. Watch Pixar's "Lifted" and identify plot elements individually

III. Read McBroom packet and identify the plot points in the stories


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HOMEWORK - finish your McBROOM TALL TALES Bk Rpt by Wednesday
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 NO GEOGRAPHY CW, NO ATLAS, NOW VOCABULARY THIS THREE DAY WEEK


___    finish "McBroom Tall Tales (3 stories),"
          * should already be done and working on book report

___   continue McBroom Tall Tales Bk Rpt
          * setting and character descriptions should be done
          * complete 1-2 plot summaries; OR seek out quotes for
             hyperbole and figurative language quotes (20 each story)