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Learning Target and EQ

Learning Target and EQ. I can . . . Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases ( ELACC7L6 ) EQ : How does our understanding of text genres help us be better readers and writers?. Literature Genres. Opening. Introduction to Genre

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Learning Target and EQ

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  1. Learning Target and EQ • I can . . . Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases (ELACC7L6) • EQ: How does our understanding of text genres help us be better readers and writers?

  2. Literature Genres

  3. Opening • Introduction to Genre • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDhUmn4IZ78 • Practice – Pre Test • http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/genresp.cfm

  4. Realistic Fiction Realistic fiction is made up of stories that could really happen. Contemporary realistic fiction is realistic fiction that is set in modern times.

  5. Examples of Realistic Fiction Because of Winn Dixie Crash Owl Moon Shiloh Summer of the Swans Babysitter Club series

  6. Historical Fiction Historical fiction is made up of stories that take place in a certain time and place in the past. Real historical figures and settings may be included in a fiction story.

  7. Examples of Historical Fiction A Boy at War Across Five Aprils Ben and Me The Butterfly Charlie Skedaddle Sign of the Beaver Titanic Crossing Dear America Series

  8. Folklore Folklore includes stories, myths, and fables that people told one another over the years. Later the stories were written down.

  9. Examples of Folklore Aesop’s Fables Beauty and the Beast The Bunyans Cinderella John Henry The Talking Eggs The Tortoise and the Hare

  10. Fantasy Fantasy is fiction that has elements that are not real. Sometimes this includes talking animals or characters with magical powers. There’s usually a conflict between good and evil.

  11. Examples of Fantasy Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Charlotte’s Web The Wreck of the Zephyr Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe Lord of the Rings Harry Potter Series

  12. Mystery Mysteries are stories that have a real setting and a problem to be solved that includes clues, distractions, and an answer to the problem.

  13. Examples of Mystery The House of Dies Drear Never Say Die The Treehouse Mystery Mystery of the Midnight Message Encyclopedia Brown Series Boxcar Children Mysteries

  14. Science Fiction Science Fiction is made up of stories that blend fact and fiction with futuristic technology.

  15. Examples of Science Fiction Aliens for Breakfast A Wrinkle in Time My Best Friend is Invisible Star Wars The Time Machine

  16. Poetry Poetry is verse written to inspire thoughts and feelings in the reader. It often uses rhyme and rhythm, or it can be written in free verse.

  17. Examples of Poetry Where the Sidewalk Ends New Kid on the Block Chocolate Dreams: Poems Mammalabilia A Pizza the Size of the Sun Love That Dog

  18. Informational Informational books are nonfiction books that give true facts on a variety of subjects.

  19. Examples of Informational Writing Dirt Bikes Flying Animals Danger! Earthquakes Newspapers Encyclopedias

  20. Biography A biography is the true story of a real person’s life from the past or present.

  21. Examples of Biography Tiger Woods: An American Master The HomerunKings: BabeRuth and Henry Aaron Clara Barton, a Red Cross Pioneer Sacagawea

  22. Work Period • Practice what you’ve learned • http://betterlesson.com/document/56455/genre-exerpts-from-novels?from=search • http://www.quia.com/jfc/382369.html • http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/genre/

  23. Closing • Journal – Write 3-5 sentences in your writer’s notebook. Use the word GENRE. • What I thought you taught about genre. • CRCT QOTD: • Next day his luggage arrived through the slush—and very remarkable luggage it was. • Which of these is the BEST meaning for the word slush as it is used in the selected sentence? • A. soft mud; slop; mire • B. partially melted snow or ice • C. to walk or proceed through melted snow or ice • D. nautical grease or fat discarded from a ship’s galley

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