I have really been enjoying reading short stories in class and annotating for different things. Before we began this unit I had never annotated for a specific theory or idea. I had always just annotated to help me understand the story or novel. I'm beginning to understand more what the parts of a story are and what is needed to have a developed short story. I am also beginning to add on ideas to my short story as we read more and more stories. I am still, though, having a little bit of trouble coming up with exposition, climax, ect for my story, and I am not sure that I have a stable plot. I think taking notes in class on each literary element and annotating for that element has been really helpful. It has really helped me realize what needs to be in my story. I don't think anything we have done has had no rhyme or reason to it.
My favorite short story that we have read so far is A&P. I liked it a lot because its a very real story and just something that could easily happen, unlike Harrison Bergeron or A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings. A&P was one that we annotated for character in. The characters in the story were all very developed, especially Sammy. You could tell what he acted like and how he thought through the way "he" wrote. The looks and attitudes of the girls in the bathing suits were also very developed from the way Sammy described them. I think A&P was also easy for me to understand unlike some of the other stories.
Reading Log:
Insurgent By Veronica Roth
Pages 363-403
Time: 50 mins
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings- 40 mins
Dry September- 30 mins
Total Time- 120 mins
Hey Katie!
ReplyDeleteI really liked your blog post. Annotating really helps me understand things too. For your next post I would advise you not to start to many sentences with "I".
Happy blogging,
Kate