Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Learning Objectives:
I can…

• examine the elements of a non-fiction narrative
• express how a narrative examine a cause/effect relationship
• examine effective narrative beginnings

Opening:

1. Spelling Bee Practice during Tutorials today and tomorrow.  Spelling Bee moved to FRIDAY.

2. Grade Update

3. Small Groups: Share your dialogue from "My Superpowers"

4. Journal: Create a Multi-Flow Map that represents the cause/effect relationship between Dan Greenburg's experience with the bullies and what follows.

5. Under the Multi-Flow Map: Write a Topic Sentence/Summary of what Dan Green berg learned from this incident.

    "From this incident, Dan Greenburg learned that..."

Work Period:
6. Pages 27-28:
In your small groups: 

• Reread the openings of Kira-Kira and "My Superpowers"
• Highlight important details of setting
• Mark important details that detail the situation or background behind the incident.

7. Discuss: 

• What do you notice about Openings that build expectation for the rest of the story?  
• What do we learn from about the narrators from the openings?
• What feelings are expressed?  
• How do they express them?  
• Is there dialogue?  
• Why or why not?

Closing:
8. Read the descriptions at the top of page 29, then complete the questions below the descriptions.