Stephan Hawking

Christopher Reeve

Richard Pryor

Josh Blue

Last Comic Standing—Josh Blue and Cerebral Palsay • https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx_9kf11TI3 DNldtN3ZTbjJZQ3c/edit

Living with a disability • Stephen Hawking has ALS; also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease • Christopher Reeve had a spinal cord injury leaving him quadriplegic • Josh Blue has cerebral palsy • Richard Pryor had M.S. – All have disabilities that have taken over some parts of their bodies

Jessica Parks’ Story • https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx_9kf11TI3 DNWFFa05QVWcxTVk/edit

Literary Analysis • Epiphany—A moment when a character has a flash of insight about himself or herself, another character, or life in general. – The “Ah-HA!” moment. – When the light bulb turns on.

Non-Fiction—Writing about real events, people, places, etc. • Autobiography—A form of non-fiction writing in which a person tells his or her own life story. – May record personal thoughts – Focuses on the individual author and the events in their life – It is written for a public audience

Christy Brown, Author: “My Left Foot”

Plot Line Freytag Model Climax Resolution Falling Action

Exposition

Exposition • During the exposition you set the scene – Introduce Characters – Introduce the Setting – Introduce the Conflict

Rising Action • During the rising action you: – Develop the conflict – Increase problems – Also known as the development – Takes up most of a story

Climax • The climax is the high point of interest or suspense in the story – It is the turning point – It marks the end of the conflict

Falling Action • The events following the climax • Also called denouement – The time when things fall into place

Resolution • The resolution is the end of the story • It marks a time when an insight or a change as a result of the conflict is shown • A “summing up” of sorts

Plot Line Climax Resolution Falling Action

Exposition

Why Do We Write? • We need to know an author’s purpose for writing: – To Inform – To Entertain – To Persuade

• Sometimes an author has more than one purpose • Your purpose influences how you write: – Formal language or informal – What you write about and how

Author’s Purpose • The reason why we write includes the messages, themes, lessons, etc. we want to share with the audience. • What is Christy Brown’s purpose for writing?