4th grade Comprehension of Literary Texts/Literary Non-fiction

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4th grade Comprehension of Literary Texts/Literary Non-fiction TEK 4.7A Identify similarities and differences between the events and characters' experiences in a fictional work and the actual events and experiences described in an author’s biography or autobiography

ENGAGE Read fictional pieces by the author. Make some inferences about the author.

ENGAGE Read fictional pieces by the author. Make some inferences about the author. Notice & Discuss: What can you tell about the author? What do you think the author’s interests are? Why? Where might the author get his/her ideas from? What makes you think this? Does this remind you of anything else you’ve read or seen? What? How?

EXPLORE/EXPLAIN 1 Begin filling in actual events & characters’ experiences on a T-chart (to compare the fiction story to the biography/autobiography). Events & Character Experiences in Nettie Jo’s Friends Actual Events & Experiences of Patricia McKissack i.e. --imagining talking to animals --excited about being in a wedding

EXPLORE/EXPLAIN 2 Read the author’s autobiography or Biographies about the author. Fill in the “actual events” part of the comparison chart.

EXPLORE/EXPLAIN 2 Read the author’s autobiography or biographies about the author. Fill in the “actual events” part of the comparison chart. Events & Character Experiences in Nettie Jo’s Friends Actual Events & Experiences of Patricia McKissack i.e. --imagining talking to animals --excited about being in a wedding --teacher told her she had a wonderful imagination --told a story about a mouse & rabbit touring her around

ELABORATE Write a concluding statement or reflection statement, based on the information you gathered in your chart. Events & Character Experiences in Nettie Jo’s Friends Actual Events & Experiences of Patricia McKissack i.e. --imagining talking to animals --excited about being in a wedding --teacher told her she had a wonderful imagination --told a story about a mouse & rabbit touring her around Conclusion Statement: (what is similar, different, what do you notice, what are you thinking now?) i.e. McKissack likes using her imagination. She probably got some of her ideas from stories her father told her.

EVALUATE Reader’s Response Kilgo’s Question Stems: What do the characters in ________ and have ___________ have in common? A similarity in events between the two selections is ______________. In what way are ____________’s experiences different about his/her life than in the biography he/she wrote?

RESOURCES!! Jane Yolen Patricia Polacco Cynthia Rylant Seymour Simon Richard C. Owens Publishers Meet the Authors Series http://www.rcowen.com/ Jane Yolen Patricia Polacco Cynthia Rylant Seymour Simon Paul Goble Eve Bunting Lois Ehlert

RESOURCES! The Children’s Literature Web Guide “Authors on the Web” (link) http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html For example: http://www.memfox.net/welcome.html **For biographies & autobiographies about authors, search iBistro, key word: authors**