REFLECTION SUMMARY M3 LA1 NARATIVE TEXT ( FOLKTALE )

REFLECTION SUMMARY M3  LA1

NARATIVE TEXT ( FOLKTALE )

1.    In this activity, I have learned;

To understand detailed information of Rip Van Wrinkle, The Unfortunate Lebai, and The Man and The Pears by completing the table of the story elements (e.g. setting, characters, problem, solution, ending) correctly.

to analyze the structure of the texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g. setting, plots, characters, or problem)

To draw conclusion of the plot, character(s) and personality, the problems occurred, and the solutions to the conflicts in each story

to understand and make inferences of the narrative style in terms of vocabulary, sentence structures, and other language features in the plots or sequences, characters, problems and solutions or in other aspects of the story.

2.    The key features of narrative texts in stories of Rip Van Wrinkle, The Unfortunate Lebai, and The Man and The Pears are;

Narrative text ( Folktale) is a text which has these elements: setting, plot, theme, characters, problem and solution.

Setting: refers to the time and the place in which an event or an action happens. Components of setting are Location; Weather; Time Period; Time of Day. To identify key aspect of setting you have to find words and phrases that signal the time and place a story occurs. Read the beginnings of stories and noting the clues for time and place.

Characters are the people or personified animals who are involved in the story. Authors use a variety of words to develop their characters’ traits and problems and the story’s setting. To describe a character who is typically sloppy, an author does not repeat the word sloppy but creates a sense of this trait with words such as slovenly, chaotic, and disorganized. The unknown words in narrative texts are often synonyms for concepts you already have but are often words that you have not encountered before.

Plot is sequence of events involving characters in conflict situations: Plot is Beginning, Middle, End or Introduction, Problem, and Resolution. To understand the plot, you have to look for the information included in the introduction of a story: time, place, circumstances, main characters. You look for the series of incidents where main characters go about achieving goals; Call attention to how the goals are achieved or not achieved in the conclusion, and the high point of the action; and make time lines of the story.

Problem in a narrative text is also called complication. It is presented in the plot (beginning, middle, and the end of the story). Problem is when the (main) character faces problems/series of incidents where the main character goes to about achieving goals. To understand conflict in a narrative text, you look at

Solution is the way character respond to the problem encountered. You have to look for the action. What do characters do about the problem and what is the outcome?

Point of View is seen from the perspective of

1) First Person:

a) Story is told through eyes of one person; b) Reader experiences story as the narrator views it; and c) Found mostly in picture books.

2) Third Person:

a) Readers can know the viewpoint of one character; b) The author is godlike: sees and knows all, c) Found mostly in chapter books.

3.    What I like most about this activity is/are; First, I have read a story of Rip Van Wingkle that I used to watch its video in youtube. After reading the story, I try to retell to my daughters before going to sleep. Second, I have learnt much about folktales which which has these elements: setting, plot, theme, characters, problem and solution.

4.    What I need to improve/learn more is/are

a.    Read as many as folktales

b.    Try to remember every folktale I read

c.    Try to make local folktales based on stories told by local people in my village