Elements of a Story with“The Blood Bay”Mr. HudsonEnglish 10

“The Blood Bay”-Annie Proulx

● Pull out your copy of “The Blood Bay” and choose your favorite scene

● Write three sentence about why you chose this scene/what you like about it

“The Blood Bay”-Annie Proulx

● Find somebody who chose a different scene than you, and compare/contrast your scenes○ How are they similar?○ How are they different?

Elements of a Story

SettingCharacters

PlotPoint of View

ConflictThemes/Central Ideas

SettingCharacters

Plot SOME OF THE THINGS

What are They?

Setting?

Characters?

Plot?

-Time and place where a story takes place-Sets the mood for a story

-Person (or thing) in the story-Features or traits

-The events that make up a story-Normally take place in a sequence

Setting-Where and When

Time and Place? Mood?

Setting-Where and When

Paragraph 1

Setting-Where and When

The Where and When: 1886-87 (Winter)The West

OR

Setting-Where and When

The Mood:

Freezing Temps= Bitterness, Unhappiness, Will do anything for warmth

Characters-Who

1.Cowboy 12.Cowboy 2

3.Dirt Sheets4.Old man Grice

5.Blood Bay6. Young Montana Cowboy

Groups 1 and 2

Groups 3 and 4

Groups 5 and 6

Mr. Hudson

Characters-Who

Definition

Example Non-Example

Facts/Characteristics

FRAYER MODEL

Dirt Sheets

Cowpuncher

HorseInn keeper

Curltoe boots cracked and holed-paragraph 3

Travels with two other cowpunchers Doesn’t have nice

boots

Characters-Who

Cowboy 1 Cowboy 2

Dirt SheetsWho is the most important cowpuncher?

Characters-Who

Old Man GriceReaction to thinking Blood Bay had eaten Dirt Sheets

First encounter with Old Man Grice

Characters-Who

A young Montana cowboy

Blood Bay

Plot-What Happens

Freytag Pyramid12

3

4

5

6 7

Exposition

Risi

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n

Climax

Falling Action and Resolution

Plot-What Happens

Plot-What Happens

7 Important Actions/Scenes

Young Montana Cowboy dies

Dirt Sheets cut off YMC’s feet

Dirt Sheets puts boots by stove

DS leaves shack and OMG thinks Blood Bay ate him

OMG pays off two cowpunchers to not tell

2 cowpunchers find DS and keep the money for themselves

Cowpunchers arrive at Old man Grice’s Shack

Dirt Sheets cut off YMC’s feet

Plot-What Happens

Freytag Pyramid12

3

4

5

6 7

Exposition

Risi

ng A

ctio

n

Climax

Falling Action and ResolutionYoung

Montana Cowboy dies

Cowpunchers arrive at Old man Grice’s Shack

Dirt Sheets puts boots by stove

DS leaves shack and OMG thinks Blood Bay ate him

OMG pays off two cowpunchers to not tell

2 cowpunchers find DS and keep the money for themselves

Elements of a Story

SettingCharacters

PlotPoint of View

ConflictThemes/Central Ideas

SettingCharacters

Plot SOME OF THE THINGSPoint of ViewConflict

Themes/Central Ideas

Take Home Assignment

Look up the definitions of the Elements of a Story

Point of ViewConflict

Themes/Central IdeasCome in with some examples of each to share!