Tuesday, December 4 ~ Short Story #4 Through the Tunnel

Prefixes

• sol(us) - alone
• subter - under, secret
• syn, sin, sys - together, with
• tele - distance

Roots

• derm - skin
• poli - city

JOURNAL 33: Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing (Click here for the story)

• EQ: What steps go into a Plot?

COPY THESE NOTES: Plot - a general pattern of events that takes place in the narrative and the resolution of the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist .

• Beginning
• exposition
• complication or inciting incident (the antagonist presents an obstacle to the protagonist)
• rising action which features
• crisis points

• Middle
• climax or ultimate crisis
• there may be a black moment (darkest point of the climax)
• the protagonist may experience an epiphany, sudden realization, clarification, or anagnorisis

• End
• falling action, denouement
• resolution
• open ending
• closed ending

COPY: SAT Vocab

1. contrition - a state of feeling crushed by guilt
2. luminous - bright or shining
3. supplication - the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly
4. sputtering - spitting or spraying
5. beseeching - urgently requesting someone to do something
6. minute - tiny
7. clambered - to climb, move, or get out of something in an awkward or laborious way
8. incredulous - unbelievable
9. gout - a type of arthritis

ANSWER

1. Before you read: Have you ever taken a risk to prove yourself before? Do you find it convincing that Jerry takes such a large risk and survives?

2. After you read: Track the plot in this story, bullet point style or with a diagram.

HW: Read Through the Tunnel. Then complete Journal 33 & 34

Journal 34: Record the plot line of your own story.

**Journal Check on Block. Roots Quiz moved to Tuesday, December 11.**