Interviews

-relate this to the final project in science (habitats)

-do a mock interview with teacher: what went wrong?

-what is an interview?

-how do you get information?
(6Ws)

Interviews

-prepare interview with classmate

-interview with classmate

-compare what you found out with what you expected to find out

Editing

-write a short paragraph

-have friend edit using checklist

Editing

-rewrite the paragraph according to the editing

Folktales (general)

-read a story to class

-introduce folklore (all types) but lets focus on animal tales

-read 3 stories and classify them

Folktales (general)

-read a story to class

-find one of each type with resources in class; classify them

(exploration)

Fables

-read a story to the class

-STORYMAP (theme)

-compare stories with the same theme

Fables

-read a story to the class

-STORYMAP (theme)

-compare stories with the same these

Fables

-read a story to the class

-STORYMAP (plot)

-make a class fable using a plot analysis

-idioms/phrases activity

Fables

-read a story to the class

-STORYMAP (plot)

-make own fable (with a picture – in fable style)

-trade and edit, don’t correct

Pourquoi

-read a story to the class

STORYMAP (character)

-find own pourquoi tales, and describe the characters (“say and do” sheet)

Pourquoi

-read a story to the class

STORYMAP (character)

-animals and human traits activity

Pourquoi

-read a story to the class

-good openings

-make own pourquoi tale (story board it – with a few pictures)

-trade and edit, correct

(Display these?)

Trickster: “too clever”

-read a story to the class

- good closings

“Too clever” tricksters

“Bad” tricksters

Trickster: “weak”

-read a story to the class

-good middles; climax, plot twists (trick!)

Br’er Rabbit: compare easy, hard, hardest versions

Trickster: “powerful”

-read a story to the class

-these are often like myths

Trickster

-read a story to the class

-make own trickster tale (storyboard it – with a few pictures)

-trade and edit, correct, teacher, correct

Sharing

-you have 3 animal tales; lets share them in groups

Compare

-show a fairy tale, a myth, and a legend: how are these different from the kinds of stories we have just learned about?

Extra

-environmental poems

-describe a pet