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Literature Settings:Weather or Not
Day 1
Watch the following video of the Joplin tornado and respond.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfdK6H9d6J0 Alternate Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAtN_ILP44k
From NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXndj1eEjT4
Essential Question
How does the author's use of setting affect the plot of a story?
Affect? Setting? (What does a setting
include?) Plot?
Rate yourself 1-2-3-4
Compare the Videos
JoplinVideo
NOAA video
Literature Setting: Weather or NotDay 2
Goal: I will describe a character and setting.
Rate yourself 1-2-3-4.
Joplin Tornado NOAA Video One Day in the Prairie
Title/Author
Fiction: Characters Videos: Who is in the videos?
Setting
Summary
Positive
Negative In real Life
In literature (Hurricane books)
Positive Negative
In real Life
In literature (Tornado books)
Positive & Negative Effects of Weather
Literature Settings: Weather or NotDay 3
Goal: I will make connections between a story and a visual of the text.
Rate yourself1-2-3-4
Steps for identifying similarities and differences.
Compare: describe how things are the same and different.
1. Select items to compare2. Select characteristics on which you want
to base you comparison of the items3. Explain how the items are similar and
different with respect to the characteristics
4. Summarize your findings and draw useful conclusions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YLW2MeZCks
Watch the scene from chapter one in the movie The Wizard of Oz.
Read chapter one aloud of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Characters
Setting
Write a summary statement about your findings
Reading Informational Text about Tornadoes
Day 4
Rate yourself1-2-3-4
Goal: I will use details and examples from a text when explaining what the text says.
Type of weather
How is it caused?
What positive effects does this weather have?
What negative effects does this weather have?
What do we need to do to prepare for this kind of weather?
What parts of the world experience this weather?
Reading Technical Tornado Piece and Answer QuestionsDay 5
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