Monday, January 12, 2015

MISS CATHERINE’S CLASS

Today’s Objectives• Read aloud

descriptions of religions from page 44-45 of My World History Textbooks

• As a group, choose top 3 religions you would like to teach to the class…write on post-it

• What is Fiction?...red notebooks.

1. Christianity2. Judaism3. Islam4. Hinduism5. Buddhism6. Traditional Religions…ex. Religions of Africa, etc.

Discuss with your groups…you have 5 minutes to discuss…

CHOOSE & WRITE DOWN TOP 3 CHOICES…

What is Fiction?

• Great readers know about the different types of fiction…and while there are many different types of fiction, a writer’s purpose remains the same—to entertain readers.

Realistic Fiction• Today, we are going to begin

by starting to read the realistic fiction novel, Journey by Patricia MacLachlan which we will continue to read throughout the unit…maybe during lunch today.

• Realistic fiction means that the characters are made up but that the settings and conflict could happen in real life.

• When building the world of a story, readers must ask a lot of questions.

• Let’s begin reading but as we read, if you think of questions about the story which you feel need to be answered, write them down in your red notebooks.• Read page 1 & point out use

of italics…

Realistic Fiction (cont’d)• Read through page 4…• What characters have we met

so far?• Grandma, Grandpa, our

narrator, Journey and his sister, Cat.

• What information did we read that can tell us about these characters…what are they like?

• Turn and talk to your partners to discuss and jot down in your

notebooks.• Finish chapter 1.• Turn & Talk to your partner

about these characters, about what you think is going on with the story and what you are still wondering.

Realistic Fiction (cont’d)• Read Chap. 2 through page

7…• There seems to be some

problem …Journey seems to be upset about a letter he & Cat received from their mom…I wonder why she’s gone—let’s jot this down.

• What do we know about this so far? Turn & talk to your partners about your thoughts.

• Read through page 10…• Here I notice that Journey’s

bedroom seems to be at his grandparents’ house.• Read till the end of Chap. 3…

• Let’s pause here to create a chart about our characters…who we met, what we know and what questions we have about them.

Building the World of the Story• Begin by listing the

characters and making a note of what we know about them.

• Then ask a question we might have about each of them.• Ex. Why is Journey so

annoyed that Grandpa takes so many

pictures?• Has anyone created a

chart like this about a book they are reading at home?

• Maybe you would like to create a similar chart in your notebooks about your independent reading books.