Independent+Novel

=Course Syllabus/Contract Outline: = =Review the [|Elements of Literature]= For More Specifics, Go to the following:

Setting: [|Character]: http://www.blevinsenterprises.com/files/ppt_LC_Characterization.pdf [|Characterization]:http://daniellmiddle.typepad.com/files/methods-of-characterization.ppt [|Plot:] http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson904/MidPlotStructure.pps [|Theme:] http://www.pv.noacsc.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ZYi3GNy0VH4%3D&tabid=354&mid=1148
 * Complete the exercise on the last two slides of the powerpoint.
 * Analyze a film or television show and pick two characters. Are they static/dynamic? Flat or round? Directly and indirectly characterize each character.
 * Analyze the plot in a comedic movie that you have viewed recently or a longer television comedy, such as an hour-long situation comedy. Discuss how the length of the text affects the plot structure of its narrative.
 * Analyze a dramatic television show, such as a mystery or crime drama. Once you have completed your diagram, compare the plot structures of situation comedies to the drama. Draw conclusions about the plot structures of different genres based on your observations.
 * Most films and many television episodes have a theme; find the "message" of a film or television show, and explain how you discerned that this was the theme from the events, character changes, and other elements.