06 IEW Homework 4 // Due the week of Oct. 14, 2014

Hi Everyone!

This week, we learned about summarizing a story effectively in 1-3 sentences!

To do so, we need to mention 3 parts of a story:

1. Exposition: Setting and main characters
2. Inciting Event: Event that gets the story going and changes everything
3. Climax/Resolution: The biggest, most exciting, or most important part of the book, usually the most important

Then, you can turn those into 1-3 sentences. For example:

1. Finding Nemo
1. 3 things:
1. Exposition: Ocean; two clownfish fish—Marlin and his son Nemo
2. Inciting Event: Nemo gets captured and Marlin must go on a journey to find him
3. Climax/Resolution: Marlin saves Nemo and goes back home
2. Sentences: "Finding Nemo is the epic story of a clownfish named Marlin and his son Nemo who live in the ocean. When Nemo is captured by fishermen and taken away, Marlin must journey the world to find him. After a long journey Marlin finally finds and rescues his son, and together they return home." That's all you need!
2. Hunger Games
1. 3 things:
1. Exposition: Dystopian (bad) futuristic world; a young girl named Katniss
2. Inciting Event: Katniss must go to the hunger games, a competition where children are forced by the government to fight each other by the bad government
3. Climax/Resolution: Katniss wins the Hunger Games and becomes a symbol for the people of how someone can overcome terrible things
2. Sentences: "The Hunger Games is a book about a young girl named Katniss living in a terribly dystopian futuristic world where the government forces children to compete and fight in a competition called the Hunger Games. When Katniss is forced to go into this competition, she experiences many troubles, but finally wins in the end. In winning, Katniss becomes a symbol for the people of how someone can overcome terrible things.

Homework:

• So, your homework is to read the two stories from the next two lessons—
• The Salt Merchant
• The Serpent and the Eagle
• Summarize each story in 1-3 sentences (the summary will go at the top of your page)
• Expand each story into 7+ sentences that really tell the story of the story, but including each of your many dress-ups that we have discussed in previous weeks.
• Feel free to change things up a bit—as long as you use that exposition, inciting event, and climax/resolution.
• Paper must be/have:
• Double-spaced
• 12 pt., Times New Roman Font
• Header at top right:
• Your name
• Teacher name
• Class name
• Date
• Dress-ups underlined:
• Adverb
• Adverbial clause (WWWASIA)
• Because clause
• Strong verb
• Who/Which Clause
• 1 piece of good imagery (description using one of the five senses as a reference)