1. K-5 ELA Module 1 Training Understanding the K-5 ELA Vertical Alignment Narrative and Response to Literature Genres CHAPTER 7: Modeling/Demonstration Lesson of Reading Instructional Task

2. An Example of Reading Instructional Task Charts Narrative Settings Good authors describe the time and place where a story occurs. Example: School in winter Example: Grandma’s house in August of 2007 Good authors add sensory details. Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch Good authors tell how a setting makes them feel.

3. Authors Use Details to Describe Setting TitleAuthorExample Tomas and the Library Lady Pat MoraIt was midnight. The light of the full moon followed the tired old car. Tomas was tired too. Hot and tired. He missed his own bed, in his own house in Texas. Tomas was on his way to Iowa again with his family. Something BeautifulSharon Dennis WyethWhen I look through my window, I see a brick wall. There is trash in the courtyard and a broken bottle that looks like fallen stars. There is writing on the front of my building.

4. Authors Use Details to Describe Setting TitleAuthorExample ThundercakePatricia PolaccoOn sultry summer days at my grandma’s farm in Michigan, the air gets damp and heavy. Stormclouds drift low over the fields. Birds fly close to the ground. The clouds glow for an instant with a sharp, crackling light, and then a roaring, low, tumbling sound of thunder makes the windows shudder in their panes.

5. Authors Use Details to Describe Setting TitleAuthorExample The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree Gloria HoustonIt was getting toward Christmas in the valley of Pine Grove...the Appalachian Mountains lay blanketed with snow. The road wound like white ribbons around the misty blue ridges, tracked by the runners of wagons, sleds, and sleighs. Occasionally an auty- mobile chugged its way through the silence... in the valley all was at peace.

6. Reading Instructional Task Chart  During your independent reading time today, read and think about how the author captures your interest.  Look for evidence of the strategies we have discussed about so far this year.  Mark your evidence with sticky notes.  Look especially for evidence of the author using the descriptive setting strategy. Be ready to share.