Lesson 3.3
Welcome to AP Lit Unit 1, Lesson 3! This lesson's objective is...
Explain the function of a particular sequence of events in a plot
A deeper understanding of plot and structure in texts includes examining how the ordering of events in narratives affect readers' interpretations of texts. Additionally, exploring the relationships of particular events or a series of events to other literary elements, such as conflict, provides opportunities to examine how these plot relationships contribute to meaning. Furthermore, students develop a more sophisticated understanding of structure as they analyze part-to-part and part-to-whole relationships in texts, which may involve contrasts, and develop interpretations considering these structural relationships.
Essential Questions:
How does a particular sequence of events affect the presentation and/or development of characters and conflict?
How does a particular sequence of events and the manner in which a text presents those events to a reader affect a reader's experience with the text?
What is the relationship between a particular sequence of events and a text's structure as a whole?
Text of Study...
In this lesson, we will begin to read and to analyze Jason Reynold's book Long Way Down
Reading Schedule
Before we begin analyzing the text for elements of plot and structure, we need to read the book! Below is the reading schedule for the text, along with dates for upcoming Socratic Seminars. You will need to take notes prior to participating in the seminar, and turn in your notes (either a picture of your handwritten notes, or a copy of your digital ones) to Google Classroom before the seminar date.
Reading #1: pg 1 - 70 - Socratic Seminar on Thursday, November 12
Reading #2: pg 71- 146 - Socratic Seminar on Thursday, November 19
Reading #3: pg 147 - 192- Socratic Seminar on Tuesday, December 1
Reading #4: pg 193- 234 - Socratic Seminar on Thursday, December 3
Reading #5: pg 237- 306 (end)- Socratic Seminar on Thursday, December 10
3.3 Notes
Please click the following links to be directed to College Board in order to watch two instructional videos on the significance of plot events and structure:
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/tfi77rxgwd?sui=13,3
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/hnr7gfalao?sui=13,3
You should take notes as you watch the videos in order to maximize your retention of the information provided.
3.3 Assignment #1...
After reading section #3 of Long Way Down, students should create a double-entry journal to analyze the events of the novel thus far. Students will select particular events from these chapters that seem to have significant relationships to characters and conflicts, placing summaries or excerpts of these events on the left side of the journal entry, and then use the space on the right to respond to the events. After completing the double-entry journals, students will participate in a Socratic Seminar to discuss how the sequence of events they identified in their journals contributed to their understanding of Will's character and the role of the ghosts, or other people in the elevator, in the overall structure of the novel.
Students should create their journals either on paper or on a Google Doc and turn it into Google Classroom by December 10 at Midnight