Lesson Springboard Fall 2011

1. What is the relationship between change and growth? 2. How do writers use different types of writing to express their ideas?

 We will access our prior knowledge and analyze the skills we need for our first test.

 Think-pair-share activity  Skimming and Scanning  Predicting  Summarizing/paraphrasing  Graphic Organizer

 This unit emphasizes the idea of “change” as the conceptual focus for the year. By reading exploring, analyzing, and interpreting texts, you will examine the changes that often happen at this time in your life. You will also focus on how individual changes affect your life. Through your responses to texts, and by creating and presenting narrative an expository texts that focus on change, you will better understand that change is a normal, predictable, and often a joyous aspect of life.

One of the first and strongest impulses of human beings is to tell a story. Stories are told to entertain and to teach. Storytelling in the form of oral traditions of folklore, legend, and folk tales evolved into literary or written storytelling. You have already read, listened to, and written many stories. During this year you will study how a story is created and developed so that you have more insight into how and why people write stories. To narrate is the verb used to describe the act of telling a story, so a narrative is the story and a narrator is the person telling the story. All narratives or stories have things in common.

TermsDefinitions 1. Characters 2. Plot 3. Conflicts 4. Point of view a) Sequence of events or incidents with a conflict and resolution b) Problem that can occur within a story c) Man Vs. Man d) First person e) Man Vs. Self f) People in a story for example a protagonist and other minor ones g) Man Vs. Society h) Third person i) Man Vs. Nature

Definition: Problems that occur within a story (internal or external) Internal: within the main character External: outside of the main character Examples: Man Vs. Man Man Vs. Self Man Vs. Nature Man Vs. Society Graphic Personal Connections: Man Vs. Man – Bill and Bubba argue Man Vs. Self – Bill is too afraid to ask Judy out Man Vs. Nature – Bill is lost in the woods Man Vs. Society – Bill is under harsh laws Conflict

Definition: Examples: First Person Third Person Picture Personal Connections: When I tell a story, I only know how I see the issue. Point of View

 You will see how all of these elements of a narrative work together as you read others’ fictional or autobiographical narratives and write your own. A personal narrative is a type of autobiographical writing in which a person tells about significant experiences in his or her life. In the second part of this unit, you will learn the difference between narrative – telling a story – and exposition – explaining an idea.

 Reading a wide variety of texts, such as stories, poems, myths, and informational texts will help you develop more fluent reading skills and broader word knowledge. Suggestions for independent reading for this unit are:  Autobiographical writing, including personal narratives, memoirs, or stories about true happenings.  Fiction and nonfiction narratives about stories that interest you.

What types of changes might occur when you become a teenager? How might your life change during the current school year? In what ways has your life changed since 1 st grade? In what ways has your life changed since last year? 1 2 3

 What words, phrases, and/or images show the kinds of changes you are facing in your life? Make a list below. Consider activities, friends, beliefs, physical appearance, school, life at home, hobbies, and so on.

 Consider how the word change can function in differently in the following sentences.  I changed my clothes. (verb w/ an object)  The weather changed. (verb w/o an object)  Did you notice the change in Isabella? (noun)  Don’t forget you change when you pay for lunch. (noun)