Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Introducing the Story
Literary Skills Focus: Foreshadowing
Reading Skills Focus: Visualizing
Writing Skills Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer
TechFocus
Feature Menu
The Tripby Laila Lalami
The Tripby Laila Lalami
Why are dangerous journeys sometimes necessary?
Click on the title to start the video.
The Tripby Laila Lalami
The TripIntroducing the Story
You’re just a few miles from the border.
On the other side waits a better life: money, opportunities, freedom.
But those few miles hold many dangers.
What would you risk to make it to the other side?
[End of Section]
Writers give readers a glimpse of future events when they use foreshadowing—hints or clues that suggest what will happen later in the plot.
The TripLiterary Skills Focus: Foreshadowing
When you spot a possible clue about a future event, you want to keep reading to see what happens and what the clue means.
Which words and phrases provide hints or clues to a future event?
The stragglers cautiously proceeded across the bridge. They gripped the ragged railings, tentatively stepping along the slippery rope while the river swirled menacingly below them.
The TripLiterary Skills Focus: Foreshadowing
The stragglers cautiously proceeded across the bridge. They gripped the ragged railings, tentatively stepping along the slippery rope while the river swirled menacingly below them.
What possible future event is this writer foreshadowing?
The TripLiterary Skills Focus: Foreshadowing
[End of Section]
In “The Trip,” Laila Lalami uses foreshadowing to create suspense and draw readers into the story.
How does the writer foreshadow danger in this excerpt from the story?
He looks at the Spanish coastline, closer with every breath. The waves are inky black, except for hints of foam here and there, glistening white under the moon, like tombstones in a dark cemetery.From "The Trip" from Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami. Copyright 2005 © by Laila Lalami. Reproduced by permission of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a Division of Workman Publishing.
The TripReading Skills Focus: Visualizing
Writers use precise sensory details to help you form a picture in your head of what is happening.
Picturing the details of a story is called visualizing.
The desert stretched endlessly beneath the hot sun. Jake could see nothing but cracked earth and dead trees. He wondered if he’d ever find water.
The TripReading Skills Focus: Visualizing
Visualizing can help you keep the order of events straight because you will have a clear picture of each scene.
Often, these details tell you something else as well:
the feelings of the character who perceives them
hints that the situation is about to change
The TripReading Skills Focus: Visualizing
Listen to this passage from “The Trip.” Try to visualize the characters and setting.
From "The Trip" from Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami. Copyright 2005 © by Laila Lalami. Reproduced by permission of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a Division of Workman Publishing.
Into Action: As you read “The Trip,” use a chart to record descriptive language that helps you visualize the people and the setting in each scene.
The TripReading Skills Focus: Visualizing
[End of Section]
Into Action: Visualization Chart
Scene Descriptive Language
The boat is approaching the Spanish coastline.
“The waves are inky black, except for hints of foam. . . .”
From "The Trip" from Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami. Copyright 2005 © by Laila Lalami. Reproduced by permission of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a Division of Workman Publishing.
As you read, look for significant details that may hint at what will happen later in the story.
The TripWriting Skills Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer
Find It in Your Reading
Write down these possible foreshadowing clues.
[End of Section]
The Trip
TechFocus
[End of Section]
As you read, think about how a director might use foreshadowing in a filmed version of the story.
How can he or she build suspense without giving away too much information?
Vocabulary
pondered v.: thought over; considered carefully.
destinies n.: what becomes of people or things in the end; fates.
exudes v.: seems to radiate; oozes.
prospects n.: things expected or looked forward to; outlook for the future.
The TripVocabulary
putrid adj.: foul; decaying or rotten.
The TripVocabulary
Each man pondered his options before making a move in the chess game.
Do people who ponder decisions tend to act on impulse, or do they take their time deciding?
The TripVocabulary
Maria spent a great deal of time pondering her decision about the new car, showing us that she _________________
a. knew exactly which car she wanted.
b. took her friend’s advice without question.
c. felt unsure about her decision.
The TripVocabulary
Maria spent a great deal of time pondering her decision about the new car, showing us that she _________________
a. knew exactly which car she wanted.
b. took her friend’s advice without question.
c. felt unsure about her decision.
The TripVocabulary
Because my sister Janice is a talented keyboard player, our father feels that her destiny is to be a musician.
The TripVocabulary
Destiny often refers to the course a person’s life takes.
Which of the following physical qualities would most likely belong to a person destined to be a gymnast?
a. flexible muscles
b. brown hair
c. strong fingernails
Destiny often refers to the course a person’s life takes.
Which of the following physical qualities would most likely belong to a person destined to be a gymnast?
a. flexible muscles
b. brown hair
c. strong fingernails
The TripVocabulary
Name some factors that affect a person’s destiny.
The TripVocabulary
What qualities do these athletes exude?
People tend to exude qualities and moods. Without using words, their bodies radiate clues.
The TripVocabulary
This athlete exudes confidence.
This athlete exudes a sense of exhaustion.
What other qualities might an athlete exude?
The TripVocabulary
A putrid smell emanated from the bag of decaying garbage.
What’s your least favorite putrid smell?
The TripVocabulary
Which woman has encountered a putrid smell?
A.
B.
C.C.
The TripVocabulary
The homeless man had few prospects for getting himself out of his sad situation.
His outlook for the future was bleak.
The TripVocabulary
Some students take advantage of the prospect of free music lessons by joining the high school band.
In this sentence, prospect refers to
a. a desirable outcome.
b. excellent grades.
c. a type of essay.
The TripVocabulary
In this sentence, prospect refers to
a.a desirable outcome.
b. excellent grades.
c. a type of essay.
What are some ways for people to improve their career prospects?
Some students take advantage of the prospect of free music lessons by joining the high school band.
The End
