Week 3 Group Discussion by
Catherine Smart
Workshop 6/8/2012
In today’s tutorial we discussed Gamble
and Yates’ basic narrative structure. The way in which this is implemented into
today’s classroom children follow the structure as a template which doesn’t encourage
good/creative writing. I was mentioned how the books we had read this week for
our reading plan followed the basic narrative structure with a setting,
complication, climax, solution and resolution. We were also introduced to a ‘new
language’ of English terminology and it is important to understand these terms
and be able to explain them in your own way rather than reciting a dictionary meaning.
We went on to discuss what is meant by 1st, 2nd, 3rd
person. We were then given a number of questions to discuss our groups
which made us think about narrative structure, basic plots, verb tenses and
some English terminology more in depth. The main focus of this discussion was
around the Gamble and Yates reading and looking at specific sections of this
reading in relation to the class questions.
Catherine
Thanks for the wrap up Catherine.
ReplyDeleteI recall we also discussed the Brooker's 7 basic plots in as an overview of our weekly reading. This covered: Overcoming the monster, Rags to riches, The quest, Voyage and return, Comedy, Tragedy, Rebirth. I found these quite useful as they offered an insight into some of the time honored story-lines that readers find appealing.
Ben