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
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?
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