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?

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Compare the Videos

JoplinVideo

NOAA video

Literature Setting: Weather or NotDay 2

Goal: I will describe a character and setting.

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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.

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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

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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