We are learning about the Text Structure of Informational Text:
Description
Order and Sequence
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
We will start our first workshop...
Poe: The Master of Horror
In these Spine-tingling texts, readers encounter eerie homes that take on a life of their own.
Reading 1: The Fall of the House of Usher, adapted from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
Reading 2: The Haunted House by Jack Prelutsky
Video Story: The Fear Factor
Skills in this unit:
Comprehension
- Story Elements
- Evaluate
- Synthesize
- Text Evidence
Craft and Structure
- Mood Symbolism
- Rhyme
- Text Structure
Vocabulary:
Despair-a feeling of being very unhappy and having no hope
Peculiar-strange
Generation-all of the people of about the same age in a family
Anxiety-a strong feeling of worry
Utter-to speak or make a sound from your mouth
Depressing-making you feel sad
Mental-having to do with the mind
Bizarre-very strange
Remove-to take something away
Linger-to wait around
Topics for Discussion:
What makes a story scary?
Why do you think people like to read or watch scary stories?
Note: When discussing a story ask, "What is the text evidence that supports your answer?"
Text evidence is proof found in the story that supports an answer.
Our 2nd Workshop
Under Pressure...
about the demands of peer pressure.
Reading 1:Tragic Death on Train-Peer Pressure Costs Teen His Life
Reading 2:The Secrets of Self Esteem
Reading3: The Power of Peer Pressure
Skills in this unit:
Identifying Problem and Solution
Reading a Bar Graph
Argument Essay
Evaluating Social Networks
Vocabulary:
Pressure-a force
Convince-to make someone believe or do something
Confidence-Belief in your ability to do something well
Negative-bad, harmful
Authority-someone who knows a lot about something
Topics for discussion:
How does peer pressure affect decisions?
What did the book suggest as the solution to peer pressure?
How do you raise your self esteem?
Are social networks positive or negative?
What do you tell a friend who is being pressured to do something that is dangerous or wrong?