Literature Settings: Weather or Not Day 1

 Watch the following video of the Joplin tornado and respond.   Alternate Video  From NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) 

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

Compare the Videos Joplin Video NOAA video

Literature Setting: Weather or Not Day 2 Goal: I will describe a character and setting. Rate yourself

Joplin TornadoNOAA VideoOne 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) PositiveNegative In real Life In literature (Tornado books) Positive & Negative Effects of Weather

Literature Settings: Weather or Not Day 3 Goal: I will make connections between a story and a visual of the text. Rate yourself

Steps for identifying similarities and differences. Compare: describe how things are the same and different. 1.Select items to compare 2.Select characteristics on which you want to base you comparison of the items 3.Explain how the items are similar and different with respect to the characteristics 4.Summarize your findings and draw useful conclusions

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 yourself 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 Questions Day 5