1. Literature Settings: Weather or Not Day 1

2.  Watch the following video of the Joplin tornado and respond.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfdK6H9d6J0 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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXndj1eEjT4

3. 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 1-2-3-4

4. Compare the Videos Joplin Video NOAA video

5. Literature Setting: Weather or Not Day 2 Goal: I will describe a character and setting. Rate yourself 1-2-3-4.

6. Joplin TornadoNOAA VideoOne Day in the Prairie Title/Author Fiction: Characters Videos: Who is in the videos? Setting Summary

7.  Positive  Negative  In real Life  In literature  (Hurricane books) PositiveNegative In real Life In literature (Tornado books) Positive & Negative Effects of Weather

8. Literature Settings: Weather or Not Day 3 Goal: I will make connections between a story and a visual of the text. Rate yourself 1-2-3-4

9. 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

10. 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

11. Characters Setting Write a summary statement about your findings

12. Reading Informational Text about Tornadoes Day 4 Rate yourself 1-2-3-4 Goal: I will use details and examples from a text when explaining what the text says.

13. 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?

14. Reading Technical Tornado Piece and Answer Questions Day 5