9-20-11

•Turn in your character trading card with the rough draft bule paper to your group folder.

•Take home Vocabulary Unit 2 in your Tuesday Folder.

•We will correct Handbook pp.2-3.

Agenda 9-20-11

• AR 1st Quarter Goal due Wednesday, October 12th.

• Literature Test tomorrow. Study Lit Notes, review Rikki and 3 Skeleton plot.

• Vocab Practice Fun due Thursday.• Vocabulary Test is Friday.

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Who the characters are andwhat they want.

What is the basic situation?

Conflict

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A character struggles withanother person, a group,

or a force of nature.

What is external conflict?

Rikki

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This event leads up to Rikkiliving with Teddy and

his parents.

What is a summer flood washes him out of his home?

Three Skeleton Key

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The reason the narrator takes the job at Three Skeleton Key .

What is it pays good money?

All the loose ends of the storyare tied up.

What is the resolution?

Elements of a Story

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A young man struggles with the loss of his mother is an example of what type

of conflict.

What is an internal conflict?

Conflict

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These two characters are similarbecause they stay in their

nests and care for their young.

Who are Darzee and Nagaina?

Rikki

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The narrator convinces usthat the rats are the worst

possible sort by telling us thetale of two terrier ______being eaten by sea rats.

What are dogs?

Three Skeleton Key

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What happens in the story.

What is plot?

Elements of a Story

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The narrator of the story does this when the Cornelius de Witt, the abandoned ship, crashesonto the island.

What is crying(tears in his eyes) ?

Conflict

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Nag’s reason for hiding in thebathroom.

What is wanting to kill Teddy’s father?

Rikki

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The officers and crew of the first patrol boat look at the lighthouse with horrified expressions because…

What is the lighthouse being completely covered

with rats?

Three Skeleton Key

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A series of events that make

the plot more complex, increase the reader’s anxiety,add to the conflict and make it

more intense.

What are complications?

Elements of a Story

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Rikki being washed out of hisburrow by a summer flood isan example of what type of

external conflict.

What is man vs. nature?

Conflict

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The birds and the frogs in thegarden rejoice at the end ofthe story because they are...

What is overjoyed that the snakes are dead?

Rikki

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The thickness of the windowin the lantern room implies thatthe window will ___________.

What is collapse?

Three Skeleton Key

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Hinting at events that willhappen later in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

Elements of a Story

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True or FalseA story can have both internal

and external conflicts.

What is true?

Conflict

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This character is so scared of Nag and Nagaina that he

cannot even walk across the room.

Who is Chuchundra?

Rikki

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This lighthouse attendantdies from rat bites.

Who is Itchoua?

Three Skeleton Key

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The most emotional or suspenseful moment in the

story.

What is suspense?

Elements of a Story

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The problem in the story.

What is conflict?

Elements of a Story

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The feeling of anxiouscuriosity.

What is suspense?

Elements of a Story

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This lighthouse attendantreturns to the island.

Who is the narrator?

Conflict

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True or FalseIn Rikki-tikki-tavi, conflict

could not be avoided.

What is true?

Conflict

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The following event adds to the conflict in Three Skeleton Key,

“The rats first get into the lighthouse when the _________

gives way.

What is window?

Conflict

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“Complete this statement,Rikki instinctively knows howto fight snakes that is why he

is not_____________.”

What is afraid?

Rikki

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Following Nagaina into the holewas an unwise thing for Rikki

to do because…

What is the cobra might turn and strike?

Rikki

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If Teddy’s father had not usedhis ________, Rikki might have

been killed.

What is gun?

Rikki

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The island was namedThree Skeleton Key because

of this event.

Who are three convicts dying on the island?

Three Skeleton Key

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This lighthouse attendantis sent to an insane asylum.

Who is LeGleo?

Three Skeleton Key

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Ships did not sail close to the island because the waters

were___________.

What is treacherous?

Three Skeleton Key

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This event was the climaxof Rikki-tikki-tavi.

What is Rikki following Nagaina in the hole?

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The conflict in Rikki-tikki-taviis resolved when Nag is killedin the bathroom, Rikki destroysNagaina’s _______, and whenRikki follows Nagaina in the hole

What is eggs?

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The waters surrounding the key swarm with sharks, the window

is eaten away, and the abandonedship crashes onto the island. All

these things help to create...

What is suspense?

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This event is the climaxof Three Skeleton Key.

What is tempting the rats onto a barge filled with meat

and setting it on fire?

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The history of the rock tellsenables us to predict that

“Three Skeleton Key” willbe a __________ tale.

What is frightening?

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Because Rikki-tikki-tavi and thesnakes are natural enemies, the_________ of the story cannot

be avoided.

What is conflict?

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Rikki becomes the protectorof the garden and everyone

is happy.

What is the resolution?

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The reason for a character’sbehavior.

What is motive?

Literary Focus

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