Plot Chart
Where in the plot does this occur?
Mr. Jarred acknowledges Alice is not his daughter.
Resolution
What two changes in Alice’s behavior does her sister say?
“Maybe not,” Jenny said, “maybe they’re a little bit different but they just don’t notice. You’re a lot different. You’re a morning person. You never see your old friends. You hang out with Imogen Smith and those snobs. Now you’re going out for cheerleading, for goodness sake. And what is with those sunglasses? Sometimes . . . I don’t know . . . Sometimes I think my sister is dead.” Jenny pushed her chair back and ran out of the room.
she is trying to be a cheerleader.
she has different friends.
This is when the main plot of the story is interrupted to talk about events of the past
Flashback
The suffix -able means “inclined or given to a specified state or action.” What does the word adaptable mean in this sentence
“We’ll get through this,” she said, “the human mind is incredibly adaptable.”
Inclined to adjust to new circumstances.
What does the use of Alice’s initials at the beginning of the story signify:
"If only there were no mirrors, Alice sometimes thought, although she carried one in her backpack wherever she went. It was a silver-plated mirror her father had given her with the initials ACS on the back. Just you, Alice, she would say to herself, looking the way you’ve always looked. Then she’d pull out the mirror. The surprise and disbelief at seeing the reflection was a joke she played on herself over and over."
Alice does not recognize herself in her new body. She feels like she is a stranger to herself.
Where in the plot does this occur?
Alice meets Mr. Jarred and they talk
Climax
Based on the last paragraph of the passage, what can the reader infer about Alice?
"Then she folded the umbrella and secured the strap. In a small corner of the sidewalk she wrote her initials, ACS, with the tip of the umbrella. Alice was here, she thought. And then she walked towards home."
She has accepted herself.
What does this FLASHBACK suggest Alice will accept?
Alice had to re-learn how to move in the hospital, and to speak. At first the world was nothing but a mush of dark images, disconnected voices and prickly feelings all over her skin. If someone touched her arm she wasn’t sure from which part of her body the sensation came. Colors seemed different. People’s voices were pitched a tone higher. When she tried to speak, she bit her tongue, which seemed enormous in her mouth and tasted funny. When she finally learned, the tone was different, but the inflections and the slight Maritime accent were the same. She’d had an accident, they said. But long before the psychiatrist told her, she knew. These weren’t her hands. This wasn’t her breath.
Accept her new body
Alice tried hard to swallow, tried hard not to let her face show any reaction to the cake, but the taste of the mocha forced her mouth into a grimace. What fact does Alice’s grimace reflect?
She has different taste buds now.
How do Mr. and Mrs. Jarred’s reactions to the situation of Alice having their daughter's body differ?
Mrs. Jarred is more upset about the situation than Mr. Jarred
Where in the plot does this occur?
Mrs. Jarred is interviewed on TV about Gail.
Rising Action
Turn to pages 8-9 in your text book and reread paragraphs 7-17:
What does the conversation between Alice and Jenny and the Diary suggest about the differences in their personalities?
Jenny is more sarcastic than Alice
What does a flashback help readers understand?
Flashbacks tell us details about an experience in the character's past.
Capitalizes and punctuate the underlined section in the sentence below.
“I hate looking in the mirror,” he said. “it never shows what I think I look like.”
“I hate looking in the mirror,” he said. “It never shows what I think I look like.”
What is the science fiction theme that is explored in the story?
Identity is not a constant and it can change as your grow.
Where in the Plot does this occur?
Alice learns to walk and speak again
Exposition
What most concerns Alice here:
She would say “excuse me” to her own reflection in shop windows. Mirrors in unexpected places would make her start and lose her nerve. She avoided the girls’ bathroom altogether. Alice took to wearing sunglasses all the time, to remind herself, to keep something constantly in front of her eyes that would remind her that she looked different.
The way she looks/ her physical appearacnce
A flashback
What is a word part that appears at the end of a root or base word to form a new word?
Suffix
What does Alice's use of her initials at the END of the story mean?
"Then she folded the umbrella and secured the strap. In a small corner of the sidewalk she wrote her initials, ACS, with the tip of the umbrella. Alice was here, she thought. And then she walked towards home."
Alice has reclaimed her true identity and feels more confident about who she is.