21st Century Literature (Balayan Senior High School - 2016) PDF

st 21 Century Literature BASIC ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY  RECALL : SITUATIONS 1. Before beginning a remedial class, the teacher tells the students how a boy who used to struggle in reading To Bring Cheer managed to be a proficient reader....

st 21 Century Literature BASIC ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY  RECALL : SITUATIONS 1. Before beginning a remedial class, the teacher tells the students how a boy who used to struggle in reading To Bring Cheer managed to be a proficient reader. 2. Before beginning a lecture on not following traffic rules, a father tells his son an incident of collision that caused To Reminisce many lives due to ignoring traffic signs. 3. A mother tells her children a story about her life in the province when To Caution she was a teenager. 4. At the dinner, a Grade 11 learner shared his story on his first day at school when he got lost and attended To Persuade or inspire a wrong class. Liberating Network in Education  OBJECTIVES: ▪ Demonstrate understanding of a short story, and identify its basic elements; ▪ Appreciate the use of multimedia in sharing the lessons learned from a short story; ▪ Perform a self or peer-work assessment in evaluating one’s work Liberating Network in Education “The Death of Time” Liberating Network in Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t2XKslBg2o Liberating Network in Education Processing Questions: Have you accepted the fact that all of us will die? Do you believe in afterlife? What about in Grim Reaper? Do you think it is real? Liberating Network in Education  SINIGANG BY: MARIE AUBREY J. VILLACERAN Liberating Network in Education  MARIE AUBREY J. VILLACERAN -a professor at the Department of English and Comparative Literature in the University of the Philippines, Diliman. Liberating Network in Education  Directions: Read the story. Answer the following questions. 1. Where did the story happen? 2. Who are the characters in the story? 3. What do you think led to the emotional separation of Liza from her father? Liberating Network in Education  Directions: Read the story. Answer the following questions. 4.What was the most interesting part of the story? 5.What was the story about? 6. Who narrated the story? Liberating Network in Education BASIC ELEMENTS of a SHORT STORY 1. Character 2. Setting 3. Plot 4. Conflict 5. Theme 6. Point of View Liberating Network in Education  CHARACTER ▪ A character in a short story is a person, in some stories an animal, who takes part in the action of the story or other literary work. ▪ The way an author develops the character in a story is very important in making the story appeal to the readers. It is said that the heart of the story are the characters. Liberating Network in Education  TWO IMPORTANT CHARACTERS IN A SHORT STORY Protagonist is considered as the main character or most important of all the characters. The antagonist is the character that challenges the main character. It has no concern for the well-being of the main character. Liberating Network in Education  SETTING ▪ The place (locale) and time (period) when the story happens ▪ may be based on real place and real time or it may also be based on the author’s imagination. Liberating Network in Education  When analyzing the setting of the story, consider where the action is taking place. Most authors use descriptive words to describe the landscape, scenery, buildings, season, or weather to provide a strong sense of setting which will help the reader visualize the story and connect to the story’s plot. Liberating Network in Education  PLOT ▪ is the actual story ▪ It is what the story is all about. ▪ The series of events and characters’ actions that lead to the highest point of interest in a short story. Liberating Network in Education  DIFFERRENT PARTS of a STORY’s STRUCTURE 1. EXPOSITION the beginning of the story where the author introduces the characters, identifies where the story is happening, and establishes the main conflict. Liberating Network in Education  DIFFERRENT PARTS of a STORY’s STRUCTURE 2. RISING ACTION the most exciting part of a short story. part in the story when important decisions are made, or important things are discovered. Liberating Network in Education  DIFFERRENT PARTS of a STORY’s STRUCTURE 3. CLIMAX event occurs as you begin to move throughout the story. where conflicts start to build. Liberating Network in Education  DIFFERRENT PARTS of a STORY’s STRUCTURE 4. FALLING ACTION This point occurs after the climax as the problems in the story start to work themselves out. The excitement becomes less and less as the conflict is resolved. Liberating Network in Education  DIFFERRENT PARTS of a STORY’s STRUCTURE 5. RESOLUTION the solution to the problem in a story The solution may not be what you hoped for but as long as it fits the story in tone and theme, the conflict has been resolved. Liberating Network in Education  DIFFERRENT PARTS of a STORY’s STRUCTURE 6. CONFLICT The problem in the story The main character needs to have someone or something to challenge him. Without conflict, the story will not go anywhere and will not be very interesting to the readers. Liberating Network in Education TYPES OF CONFLICT man versus man man versus nature man versus himself man versus society Liberating Network in Education Liberating Network in Education Liberating Network in Education Liberating Network in Education  DIFFERRENT PARTS of a STORY’s STRUCTURE 7. THEME the central idea in a short story and a general truth. considered as the author’s message to the readers. Liberating Network in Education  DIFFERRENT PARTS of a STORY’s STRUCTURE 8. POINT OF VIEW the way the story is told or narrated. also known as the vantage point that a writer uses to narrate the story. Liberating Network in Education  TYPES OF POINT OF VIEW First Person ▪The narrator participates in and tells the story using the pronoun ‘I’. ▪Example: *I heard the monster's growl from somewhere in the woods. *He was following me. *I couldn't believe I had been rejected from my first choice university. Liberating Network in Education  TYPES OF POINT OF VIEW Limited Third Person ▪the narrator is not in the story and narrates using the pronouns ‘she’ or ‘he’. ▪Also, the narrator is unable to see into the minds of the characters. Liberating Network in Education  TYPES OF POINT OF VIEW Omniscient Third Person ▪The narrator is not in the story and tells the story using the pronouns ‘she’ or ‘he’. ▪In this point of view, the narrator can tell the thoughts of the characters as he can see into their minds. Liberating Network in Education  Third-person limited vs. third-person omniscient Third-person limited reveals a single character's inner thoughts, perspective, opinions and desires. Third-person omniscient allows the author to describe all characters' thoughts, revealing not only what every character does but also what they think and feel. Liberating Network in Education  LIMITED THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT THIRD PERSON The sun was setting over the horizon, casting a beautiful The sun was setting over the horizon, casting a beautiful orange hue over the city skyline. Jane was walking home from orange hue over the city skyline. Jane was walking home from work, her mind preoccupied with thoughts of the day. She work, her mind preoccupied with thoughts of the day. didn’t know that her neighbor, Derek, was plotting his next Meanwhile, her neighbor, Derek, was plotting his next crime, crime, unaware that the police were already closing in. unaware that the police were already closing in. The stars twinkled in the night sky, illuminating the forest The stars twinkled in the night sky, illuminating the forest below. John and Sarah had been walking for hours, trying to below. John and Sarah had been walking for hours, searching find a way out. John could sense that something was following in vain for a way out of the labyrinthine woods. Unbeknownst them, but he couldn’t see what it was. He didn’t know that a to them, a group of bandits was following close behind, ready group of bandits was lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce to pounce at the first sign of weakness. at the first sign of weakness. The snowflakes were gently falling onto the street, coating the The snowflakes were gently falling onto the street, coating the old town in a layer of white. The shopkeeper was busy inside old town in a layer of white. The shopkeeper was busy inside the store, wrapping packages and ringing up sales. From his the store, wrapping packages and ringing up sales. Across the vantage point, the mayor could see the shopkeeper, but he street, the mayor was meeting with his advisors, discussing didn’t know what was being discussed in the meeting he was plans for the town’s upcoming holiday celebration. having with his advisors across the street. Liberating Network in Education Liberating Network in Education  ACTIVITY: DIRECTIONS: Identify the six (6) elements from the short story “Sinigang”. 1. Setting : ___________________________________________ 2. Characters : ___________________________________________ 3. Plot : ___________________________________________ Liberating Network in Education 4.Conflict: _______________________________________________ ______ 5.Theme : _______________________________________________ ______ 6. Point of View: _______________________________________________ Liberating Network in Education  Activity 2: VLOG The class will be grouped into three (3) groups. Each group will create a 3-minute vlog about the moral values you got from the short story “Sinigang” and its impact on you as a 21st-century learner. The video vlog will be presented using the class television. Let your classmate/friend from the other group/s evaluate your performance using the rubric below. Be guided by the score and its description. SCORE DESCRIPTION 5 EXCELLENT 4 VERYGOOD 3 GOOD 2 FAIR 1 POOR Liberating Network in Education  Activity 2 NO. 5 4 3 2 1 Uses audio/visual aids or media to 1. clarify information. Presents relevant content based on 2. the theme of the story. Shows considerable originally and 3. inventiveness. Presents the ideas in a unique and 4. interesting way. Liberating Network in Education  Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer. 1. What point of view did the author use in telling the story? a. Third Person c. First Person b. Omniscient Third Person d. Limited Third Person 2. What type of conflict was shown in the story “Sinigang”? a. man versus man c. man versus himself b. man versus nature d. man versus society Liberating Network in Education 3. What element refers to the events in the story? a. Setting c. Plot b. Theme d. Conflict 4. What is known as the essence of fiction? a. Setting c. Conflict b. Theme d. Climax Liberating Network in Education 5. What element creates the tone, presents the characters and other important facts to introduce the story? a. Setting c. Exposition b. Theme d. Climax Liberating Network in Education Thank you! Liberating Network in Education