Bildungsroman/Montana 1948

AGENDA:

Bellwork:   Pronouns

HMWK:  For Monday, read Part II Montana 1948


1. With a partner, work on Montana 1948 Part 1 packet (if you have not finished it) and go over questions from the last post. in groups 1-4.  Post your answers as a comment for credit today.

2. Literary Word of the Day:  Bildungsroman

n literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn]; German: "novel of formation/education/culture"),^[1] novel of formation, novel of education,^[2] or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age),^[3] and in which, therefore, character change is extremely important.<sup>[4]

3. Grammar Exercise:

Eights parts of speech

Noun: a person, place, thing or idea (chicken, dancehall, ocean, belief)
Pronoun: replaces a noun (he, she, it, her, them, who, which)
Adjective: describes a noun or Pronoun (lovely, tattered, obese, violet)
Verb: an action word (ransack, stir, rejuvenate, are)
Adverb: modifies or describes an adjective, verb, or other adverb (gladly, helpfully, subtly, slowly)
Preposition: links nouns and pronouns to phrases (over, under, in, near)
Conjunction: links lists, phrases, and clauses (and, but, or, when)
Interjection: conveys emotion (wow, what, ouch, man)

Writing practice:
Write four sentences in which you use all eight parts of speech. The catch? You can't use any part of speech more than once in each sentence.
 

Period 4:  Work on your own short story 

Work on short story:

Your Montana story is to be written in the first person POV  (I).  It should begin with a prologue in the present that may be only a paragraph or so long from the point of view of the protagonist several years after the main incident in the story (he or she is older and wiser).  Then FLASHBACK to the key incident that made him or her "grow up."  Let your story be a "coming of age" story.  At the end, write an epilogue from the point of view of the character in the present.

USE MLA HEADING, TIMES NEW ROMAN font 12 pt. only, and double space!</sup>