Story Plot

What is story?
Story is a piece of writing that describes a chain of related events. Every story is about one or more characters trying to deal with some sort of difficulty.

What is a story map?
A story map is a map that helps writer organise the story by focusing on characters, setting, plot; i.e. events that starts with beginning, rising, climax and ending.

What are the eight types of plot?
Plot can be defined as the arrangement of narrative events in a story. It is usually organised in such a way as to create interest and involvement for the reader. It also helps to establish and emphasise causality. There are usually eight types of plot mapped by writer to devise the sequence of events in the story.

from problem to solution
from mystery to solution
from conflict to peace
from danger to safety
from confusion to order
from dilemma to decision
from ignorance to knowledge
from questions to answers

Vocabulary items to remember

6 Adjectives to describe the beauty of sth.
gorgeous, subtle, fabulous, glamorous, gauzy, aesthetic

1. gorgeous a.dazzlingly beautiful; "a gorgeous Victorian gown" 1. 燦爛的,華麗的,豪華的The dining-room was gorgeous.餐廳很豪華。
2. subtle a.1. 微妙的,難捉摸的,不可思議的She smiled a subtle smile.她神祕地笑了笑。2. 纖細的;微微的;隱約的I noticed a subtle change in his attitude.我注意到他的態度發生了微妙的變化。
3. fabulously adv.exceedingly; extremely; "she plays fabulously well"1. 難以置信地;驚人地
4. glamorous a.Having glamour; stylish1. 富有魅力的;迷人的
5. gauzy a.having the qualities of gauze; light, thin, transparent, hazy; figuratively light, giving the effect of haze1. 紗似的,薄的
regal a. having to do with royalty; befitting a kinga.1. 帝王的,王室的2. 莊嚴的;豪華的,堂皇的It was a regal banquet.那是一個豪華的宴會。
6. aesthetic a. relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics; 1. 美學的The professor advanced a new aesthetic theory.那位教授提出了新的美學理論。2. 美的;藝術的3. 審美的;具有審美趣味的an aesthetic person有審美眼光的人n.1. 美學;美學標準;審美觀[U]

Tips for Reading Posted by Terri

Here are six tips for reading.

1. Read and never lose your wonder in seeking meaning.
2. Read with a purpose, follow the argument/s or story plot/s not the details.
3. Have fun in reading, time your reading if you have a timer around. By reading faster, one can make the reading process more challenging. Reading fast can also keep you awake because you must concentrate more.
4. Use a pencil tip to help your eyes scan the text in phrases, and always move forward as fast as as possible.
5. Speed up your reading by practise reading, reading, and reading. Progressively learn to see and comprehend more and more words ( i.e. from 3 to 10 words) at a time.
6. Target yourself to read at an average speed of 200 words per minute to a more advanced speed of 800 wpm.
   

My dairy - To cherish what you have

We always have dinner with my mother-in-law every Saturday.


Tonight, she showed us a photo which included some of her old classmates. In fact, they're also the old classmates of my father-in-law who past away last year. She told us that they had already lost three members in the photo upto now. She was upset to think that the remaining members will past away one by one in the near future.

I feel upset too because that's really ture and this couldn't be changed by anyone. So we can only comfort her. She can arrange more gatherings, possibily as many as they can, so to cherish what they still have.

My diary - Independence day of my child

I'll say today is the 'Independence day' of my boy. To be honest, it's exaggerate to say like this. And of course it's not anything about the Independence Day in US. It's just because my boy went to visit the Hong Kong Observatory under the guidance of a youth centre.

He hadn't gone anywhere under the guidance of a strange organizer before. He did go for similar visits with his parents of course. It is his first visit to somewhere under the organizer by his school as well. That's why the visit today would be a new experience for him to go with strange leaders & members.


In my opinion, it's my responsibility to build up my boy to be a brave and self-dependent child. Besides, he need to learn how to communicate with new friends. So I hope the visit tour today would be his first step to go outside without his parents.

My diary - My son's China tour

Today, I was very happy to have my son back from his China tour.

He went to Fushan for four days with his grandma & grandpa. He really liked to go there because he could play with two of my cousins who live there. Although they were almost ten years older then my son, they still enjoy having fun together. They went swimming, played football, and talked about everything which they were interested in.

Although my son crid when he was about to leave. He looked very happy today when I was back home. I think he has a wonderful tour.

Story Plots

I am trying to work out the how eight types of plot you told me last week. After adopting and analysing the plot to read the novel , I think I can understant how they happened in a novel now.

In the story of Air Babylon, the Duty manager was informed that a snake was found in one of the plane which was just landed. It was found by a hostess when the plane was about to take off. After she saw its head in one of the locker, she had to control herself not to scream. She told other passengers there's a slight leak in the aircon. Then she took away the baggages very slowly and sealed the locker. Until all passengers disembarked, she informed the airline duty manager and the Customs officers. At last, it was taken by the staff of the Animal Reception Centre. In fact, it was brought on broad by a Thai passenger. However, no one could communicate with him because he didn't speak well in english. He brought it abroad with right paper work, but he didn't want to put it on hold. So he just put it in his rucksack and it went away.....

In this part, this story goes from Problem to Solution that the hostess found the snake then informed the right persons to catch it.

It also goes from Mystery to Solution that the hostess finally found the snake was brought in by a Thai passenger.

Moreover, the story goes from Conflict to Peace and from Danger to Safety that after the hostess saw the snake, she was so scared but she tried to calm herself down and not to scream. She had to keep everything as normal until all passengers disembarked. At last, she informed the duty manager and the snake was caught by the staff from the Animal Reception Centre.

After reading the above part in the novel, I understand that the writers always develop their stories by the 8 types of plot.