Week 3 Workshop Discussion Summary
The week three group discussion began with a discussion of this weeks reading with a primary focus on the Gamble and Yates reading and more specifically the concept of story shapes. A story shape shows the structure of a story including the setting, climax and conclusion. There are many different story shapes which can be used to show structure, in the group we discussed our preferences which were the basic story shape and the story shape used for a Dark, dark tale.
The next part of our group discussion placed emphasis on our personal reading plan and the books we had chosen to share in this particular lesson which included -
- Danni: I Want To Be An Olympian
- Kelly: The Greedy Triangle
- Genna: Roar of a Snore
Through the discussion of our chosen books we returned to the Gamble and Yates reading in order to discuss the seven basic plots which occur in fiction. Through our discussion we discovered that there were a couple of the seven basic plots which were common within our books for the week these included the quest and voyage and return. The quest was most prominent in each book as each of the main characters was on some sort of quest whether it be to discover their true shape, make the Olympics of find the snorer!
EXAMPLES OF STORY SHAPES
The next part of our group discussion placed emphasis on our personal reading plan and the books we had chosen to share in this particular lesson which included -
- Danni: I Want To Be An Olympian
- Kelly: The Greedy Triangle
- Genna: Roar of a Snore
Through the discussion of our chosen books we returned to the Gamble and Yates reading in order to discuss the seven basic plots which occur in fiction. Through our discussion we discovered that there were a couple of the seven basic plots which were common within our books for the week these included the quest and voyage and return. The quest was most prominent in each book as each of the main characters was on some sort of quest whether it be to discover their true shape, make the Olympics of find the snorer!
EXAMPLES OF STORY SHAPES
2 comments:
The basic story shape that was described in the reading (and that two of us used) was interesting in the way that you could pull out plot points and place them into the shape to get a visual representation of the story. It also showed us an important tool we can use when we are with students to help them to gain insight into the books that they are reading.
The discussion into Booker's Basic Plots was interesting as we had all chosen very different books and yet they all had the same plot - The Quest. As I have been reading the books in my personal reading plan I am finding that The Quest is a popular plot in children's and young adult fiction.
The narrator in the books we had read all had one specific storyteller. My book was narrated in the third person. This narrator was able to tell the events of the story and still be able to have insight into the plight of the poor triangle (the main character) - omniscient, knowing all and telling all.
I too thought that the story shapes would be a great way to get students to look at the overall structure of their book, presenting it using the standard narrative structure (setting, action leading to the climax, the climax, the solution and the conclusion), the home and away structure ( the character learning the value of home by loosing it and then finding it again) or a story shape they think is suitable to describe the story structure of their book.
Our group held a discussion into Booker's Basic Plots exploring these within our selected book. Together we found that although our books were very different and about very different topics they all still seemed to have a main character that was a on a quest.
Overall, this Wednesday discussion really made us all aware of Brooker's basic plots and how they are very popular especially in children's books. This is definitely something that we will all use in schools and something we will explore with the many other books we are reading.
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