1. This week’s goals:
• Expand on our plot chart
• Find out more about the characters
• Increase our knowledge of the themes

2. HISTORY AND CULTURE OF JAPAN
• Quick Facts:
• Capital: Tokyo
• Population: 127,000,000 (10th in world)
• Main Islands: Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido,
Shikoku
• Area: 377,835 Sq Km.
• Language: Japanese

3. Checklist
• Whilst watching the film we should be:
• Filling in our plot chart
• Making notes on characters
• Making notes about the themes

4. Stage 1: Orientation which:
• introduces the characters and tells the reader
something about them
• tells the reader when, where, who, what and
why
• gives a hint about the problems which the
characters will encounter

5. Describe the setting.
• Where is it ?
• Who is involved ?
• What's happening ?

6. Describe Chihiro's Characteristics.
• How is she acting ?
• What does this suggest to you ?

7. Does Chihiro's behaviour suggest any problems
she may have ?
• Is she a reluctant participant in what is
happening ?
• Is her attitude positive or negative, ?
• Does she have any control over what is
happening ?

8. Stage 2: Complication
• Complication which is where the reader
discovers the problem and something
happens that the characters do not expect.
• What events happen that are unexpected ?
• Where is it ?
• Who is involved ?

9. What problems do these events cause ?
• What is the main problem to be resolved ?
• What is the response to these problems?