Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze theme across genres (non-fiction and fiction), noting the differences in order to comprehend author's purpose when reading different types of literature in life.

DO NOW

Do you agree or disagree with the two following statements and why?

People are helpless when a natural disaster hits.

I would risk my life to save someone that would probably die if i didn't help. 

Direct Instruction

Read together page 255 - 256 themes across genres.

Look at the title page - 257 - Make predictions.

Read pages 258-261. 

Guided (write the answers to these questions in your notebook)

1.Identify some of the elements of fiction so far.

2. Identify 3 similes. Why does the author use similes?

3. What narrative perspective is this written in? Who is the narrator?

4. Begin a plot structure for this story. How does the rising action build suspense? 

5. What do you think is going to happen? Make a prediction.


Independent

Practice recognizing genres on handout

Pick 5 of the 10 vocabulary words on page 256 and write into notebook. Write a sentence for each and explain why you chose that word.

Closure

Review genre handout

Exit Pass

What other natural disasters do you know of? Do you know ofthem from non-fictional sources (the news, etc) or from fictional sources such as a movie or book based on the true story?