Question

3.02 Planning Your Narrative Assignment Part 1: Read the story below. Notice the author provides colorful descriptions of the growing excitement and the upcoming circus. As the passage ends, two boys read a notice listing a variety of attractions. The Great North American Circus There was great excitement in Smyrna, especially among the boys. Barlow's Great American Circus in its triumphal progress from state to state was close at hand, and immense yellow posters announcing its arrival were liberally displayed on fences and barns, while smaller bills were put up in the post office, the hotel, and the principal stores, and distributed from house to house. It was the largest circus that had ever visited Smyrna. At least a dozen elephants marched with ponderous steps in its preliminary procession, while clowns, acrobats, giants, dwarfs, fat women, cannibals, and hairy savages from Tibet and Madagascar were among the strange wonders that were to be seen at each performance for the small sum of fifty cents, children half price. For weeks the young people had been looking forward to the advent of this marvelous world of curiosities, and the country papers from farther east had given glowing accounts of the great show, which was pronounced greater and more gorgeous than in any previous year. But it may be as well to reproduce, in part, the description given in the posters: Two boys paused to read this notice, pasted with pictures of elephants and circus performers on the high board fence near Stoddard's grocery store. They were Dan Clark and Christopher Watson, called Kit for short. BARLOW'S GREAT NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUS. Now in its triumphal march across the continent, will give two grand performances, AT SMYRNA on the afternoon and evening of May 18th. Never in all its history has this unparalleled show embraced a greater variety of attractions, or included a larger number of world-famous acrobats, clowns, bare back riders, rope walkers, trapeze artists, and star performers, in addition to a colossal menagerie, comprising elephants, tigers, lions, leopards, and other wild animals in great variety. All this and far more, including a hundred DARING ACTS, can be seen for the trifling sum of fifty cents; children half price. COME ONE! COME ALL! Part 2: In the Narrative Organization Chart, plan your own story featuring the two boys as characters and the circus as your setting. Be sure to use details from the text as you organize your story. Complete each box on your Narrative Organization Chart. Beginning Characters (2 or more) • [Text] Setting (time and place) • [Text] Middle Conflict • [Text] Rising Action (2 or more) • [Text] Climax • [Text] End Resolution of Conflict • [Text] Reflection (life lesson learned by the protagonist and reader) • [Text] Rubric 2 Points 1 Point 0 Points Characters Graphic Organizer lists 2 or more characters. Graphic Organizer lists only 1 character. Graphic Organizer does not list any characters. Setting Graphic Organizer lists a time and a place. Graphic Organizer lists a time OR a place. Graphic Organizer does not list a time or a place. Conflict Graphic Organizer describes a conflict. Graphic Organizer does not describe a conflict. Rising Action Graphic Organizer list 2 or more events in the rising action. Graphic Organizers lists only 1 event in the rising action. Graphic Organizer does not list any events in the rising action. Climax Graphic Organizer describes the climax. Graphic Organizer does not describe the climax. Resolution of Conflict Graphic Organizer describes the resolution of the conflict. Graphic Organizer does not describe the resolution of the conflict. Reflection Graphic Organizer describes a reflection. Graphic Organizer does not describe a reflection

Answer 1

The narrative will feature two boys named Dan Clark and Christopher Watson (Kit for short) in the setting of Smyrna during the arrival of Barlow's Great North American Circus. The middle conflict may involve the boys facing challenges in their quest to attend the circus, with events leading up to the climax. The resolution of conflict will involve the boys being able to attend the circus, and they may learn a lesson about perseverance or friendship.

Characters:

Two boys named Dan Clark and Christopher Watson (Kit for short)

Setting:

Smyrna, during the time of the arrival of Barlow's Great North American Circus

Middle Conflict:

The boys are excited about the circus but may face challenges or obstacles in their quest to attend

Rising Action:

Events that lead up to the climax, such as the boys making plans to go to the circus and encountering obstacles along the way

Climax:

The most intense moment of the narrative, where the boys confront a major obstacle or make a critical decision related to attending the circus

Resolution of Conflict:

The conflict is resolved, and the boys are able to attend the circus

Reflection:

The boys may learn a lesson about perseverance, friendship, or the importance of pursuing their passions