WEEKLY STANDARDS: 1.3B, 1.4B, 1.1E, 1.5E
Objective: Students will be able to describe a character’s motivation behind his/her actions.
Journal: What expectations do your parents have for you? How do they expect you to act? What do they want you to accomplish in your life? Who do they want you to be? Do you feel you have reached their expectations so far?
Agenda: 1) Preview Vocabulary: prodigy, lamented, listlessly, mesmerizing, discordant, dawdled, stricken, fiasco, nonchalantly, betrayal
2) Note-taking:
Internal vs. External Conflict
Internal Conflict: a problem a character has which only involves him/her and takes place inside his/her mind
External Conflict: a problem a character has which involves another character, object or a part of nature
Main Types of Conflict
Man vs. Man: a person or group of people against another person or group of people
Man vs. Nature: a person or group of people against an element in nature (ie. An animal, a natural phenomenon, a disease)
Man vs. Machine: a person or group of people against a man-made device (ie. A computer, a building/structure, a car)
Man vs. Self: a person against himself/herself (ie. A psychological disorder, a personal problem)
Character Motivation: reasons for a character’s behavior
3) Being reading “Two Kinds” pp. 99-107. Complete half of “Motivation-Conflict” Chart
Homework: Finish outline and rough draft of Theseus/Sigurd compare/contrast essay.
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