Thursday, October 30, - Notes From a Bottle

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine literary devices (POV and inferencing) in short fiction in order to improve literal and interpretive reading comprehension skills and make real world connections.

DO NOW

Roald Dahl POV practice sheet.

Direct Instruction

NOTES FROM A BOTTLE - BY JAMES STEVENSON

(A BOTTLE CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING NOTES WAS DISCOVERED ON A MOUNTAINSIDE ON ASCENSION ISLAND IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC)

Write down three questions you have about this story prior to reading? 

When and why would someone write notes and put them in a bottle? 

vocabulary review prior to reading

Guided

Read together - Notes from a bottle - pages 375 - 377.

Independent

Answer the critical thinking questions at the end of the story (page 379 - questions #2-8) in preparation for constructed response analyses tomorrow regarding this short story. Questions tomorrow will include point of view, inferencing and irony all related to Notes in a Bottle.

Check for Understanding / 

Review independently with students 

Exit Pass

How might you have reacted in a similar situation?

HW for 1/2 - BIAS worksheet - complete 2-4.
HW for all classes - prepare for test on Inferencing, irony and narrative perspective based on Notes in a Bottle.