Musically Inclined

Watch the video. Pause the video on the Literary Element Slide and fill in the blanks below. You can use the wordbank. What is a literary element? Element means a part of something, and literary means about literature or stories, so a literary element is a part of a story. What are the literary elements? the firstcolumn will be: setting, characters, plot, conflictthe second column will be the definitions for the first column - choose from the ones below.the thirdcolumn will be: narrator, theme, mood, tonethe fourth column will be the definitions for the third column - choose from the ones below.the person telling the story (not the author)important events and actions in the storythe author's attitude toward the details in the storywhen and where a story takes placepeople and animals in the storyhow the story feels for the readerthe big problem to solvethe story's message about life setting mood tone characters plot conflict theme where and when a story happens people and animals in the story important events and actions in the story the big problem to solve the story's message about life how the story feels for the reader the author's attitude toward the details in the story the person telling the story (not the author) narrator Literary Elements Video Watch the video after you finish your warm up. You will watch the entire video 2 times. The story Crime and Punishmenttakes place in the 1860's in Russia. Most events happen in the city of St. Petersburg, and others take place in a prison in Siberia.This information describes the setting conflict mood tone In the story Prisoner B-3087, the narrator says, "But it was too late. The Germans were here. If I had only known then what I know now, I would have run." setting conflict tone In Harry Potter, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are the people who make important decisions and carry out important actions in the story.Harry, Ron, and Hermione are the main setting characters plot mood In Hunger Games, the main character, Katniss, says, "It doesn't change anything. It doesn't make things fair. It doesn't fill our stomachs."These words form a sad and desperate narrator plot mood In Twilight, Edward is a vampire who loves Bella. Edward wants to be close to Bella, but he is afraid he will hurt her.This describes the _ of the story. plot conflict mood In The Kitchen God's Wife, Pearl is born in America and raised by immigrant parents who follow traditional Chinese customs.In this story, one _ is that a person can have two different cultures and love and value both of them. conflict theme mood In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet meet at a party and fall in love. Their families hate each other. Romeo, Juliet, and other characters take actions that result in a tragic ending to the story.These are some actions in the _ of the story. setting conflict plot The story Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is told by the main character, Holden Caulfield.Holden Caulfield is the _ of the story. setting narrator theme tone Musically Inclined - read the text as you listen to the recorded reading (1) Gibson thought, at least, that it could have been worse. His parents could have named him Fender, given him the middle name Les Paul, or worse yet, Stratocaster. This was a small comfort to him as he reminded himself that he really never had a chance. It was not he who chose the music. He was born into it, and even named after one of the most famous guitars. It was like the music had found him.(2) Gibson could not remember a time when he did not know how to play music. His mother was a singer when she was younger, and his father played the lead guitar in the band Mookie Harper. Growing up, he learned to read music at the same time he learned to read words. Music felt as natural to him as walking and was a big part of his life.(3) There were many instruments in Gibson’s house, and over the years, he had learned how to play most of them. He started with a piano when he was very young, moved to the harmonica and drums when he was a bit older, and had just begun learning how to play the violin. But Gibson’s favorite instrument was the one he had been playing the longest: his father’s Gibson Les Paul guitar.(4) At school, Gibson felt lonely most days. His family had just moved from Seattle, and the other kids at school thought it was weird that he carried a violin case to school for his fourth period music class. At his old school, he was in the school band, and had a lot of friends who enjoyed playing music with him.(5) “Why would you play the violin?” Joe asked as he snickered in his chair. “Only girls play that. I bet it was the only thing you could learn,” he laughed. The rest of the class laughed behind him.(6) Gibson sat in his chair and rolled his eyes. He thought that this kid obviously didn’t know anything about music, because the violin was one of the most challenging instruments to learn. He left the case on the floor by his chair and waited for his second period history class to begin.(7) The teacher walked into the classroom pushing a cart. Gibson immediately sat up in his chair. He knew exactly what was in the cases and smiled.(8) “I was able to borrow these from the music section of the museum to show you today,” Ms. Conway said. “Can anyone tell me what these are?” she asked.(9) “They are guitars, Ms. Conway. Duh,” Joe, a boy in the back of the room, said. The class laughed.(10) Ms. Conway squinted her eyes at Joe. “He is half right,” she said. “These are in fact guitars. But can anyone tell me what kind of guitars they are?” She looked around the room. Everyone sat still.(11) “The one on the right is a 1958 Gibson Les Paul,” Gibson said out of the silence. “And the one of the left is a vintage Fender Stratocaster from 1954. Oh, and they are electric guitars,” he said.(12) The class looked at Gibson and stared in silence. Ms. Conway clapped her hands together. “Wow! You’re right, Gibson. Great job!”(13) “How’d you know that?” a girl asked behind him.(14) “My dad has both of them,” he said. “And I’ve been playing them since I was little.”(15) “You can play the guitar?” Joe laughed. “Yeah right! You play the violin!” He looked around, but no one else was laughing.(16) “Would you like to play something?” Ms. Conway asked. Gibson looked down at his feet. He didn’t know what to say. He just wanted to stay in his seat and have no one look at him.(17) But then he thought of his dad and smiled. “I’ll play the Les Paul,” he said. “It’s my favorite.”(18) He walked toward the front of the class and picked up the guitar. He played the opening notes of “Gone into the Sun.” It was his favorite Mookie Harper song. All of the children sat in awe as they watched him play, and when he was done, they all started clapping and cheering.(19) “Maybe I’ll start playing the violin,” the boy next to him said. “If it will get me to play a guitar like that!” Point of View Watch - then TRY the challenge question THIS IS A CHALLENGE QUESTION!!You can tell if this story is written in first or third person by looking at the pronouns (I, he, she, they or it, me, him, her, them, or it) in the first paragraph.Gibson thought, at least, that it could have been worse. His parents could have named him Fender, given him the middle name Les Paul, or worse yet, Stratocaster. This was a small comfort to him as he reminded himself that he really never had a chance. It was not he who chose the music. He was born into it, and even named after one of the most famous guitars. It was like the music had found him.You can tell if the narrator is omniscient(knows everything all the characters are thinking) or limited(knows what one character thinks by looking for thoughts of different characters. Paragraph 6 shows that the narrator knows Gibson's thoughts but not everyone's.Gibson sat in his chair and rolled his eyes. He thought that this kid obviously didn’t know anything about music, because the violin was one of the most challenging instruments to learn. He left the case on the floor by his chair and waited for his second period history class to begin.Fill in the blanks with the correct choice. The story is third-person as it is not told in the first-person, by Gibson or any other character, and the narrator is limited because he or she only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character, Gibson. Why did the narrator include the detail that the family was from Seattle? To show why the family loves music To show that Gibson was a new student To show that the family moves a lot because of the father’s band To show that the family is on vacation What does Gibson mean when he assumes that he “never really had a chance?” That he was destined to play music because of his family and his name That he was never going to be good at playing the violin That he was never going to be popular at school That he is going to be in a band one day like his father In paragraph 16, why did Gibson want to sit in his seat? He did not like the guitar and did not want to play it He did not want the attention of the other children to be on him He wanted to play the violin instead He thought the guitar was too old to play An internal conflict is a problem we have inside ourselves, like being afraid of doing something. Gibson doesn't want to play guitar because he does not want to have students looking at him. How is this internal conflict in the story resolved? Gibson decides to be himself and play on his favorite guitar Gibson decides not to play in front of everyone Gibson decides to start a band with people in his class Gibson plays a song for his dad