Kia Hamsters

Setting
Plot
Theme (statement about life)

Black Sheep

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Characters, Plot, Setting, Theme, Conflict -- Mood, Tone

Metaphor

HOT Questions

Higher Order Thinking Questions

Creating - Question Stems

How would you generate a plan to . . . ?
What facts can you gather . . . ?
How would you explain the reason . . . ?
What alternative would you suggest for . . . ?
What would happen if . . . ?


Evaluating - Question Stems

What criteria would you use to assess . . . ?
How would you determine . . . ?
How could you verify . . . ?
What information would you use . . . ?
What data was used to evaluate . . . ?

Plagiarism

Copy 'n Paste Consequences
https://youtu.be/MZuMUrtsjEM

Academic Theft video

George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

Life of GW Carver (12:00)

Pop See Koo

GWC Poem

Verse from Stevie Wonder's "Same Old Story"

Was he pushed? . . .

Or did he fall?

At five-feet-six – one hundred and ten pounds, Queenie Magnolia Pettiford was a sight to behold. When she tore out of the house after a tiff with her husband, Arthur, she went to the country club where there was a party going on.

Queenie left the club shortly before one in the morning and invited a few friends to follow her home and continue the party. They got to the Pettiford’s residence about ten minutes after Queenie – who, as she met them at the door, was heard to exclaim the following:

"Something terrible happened. Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs. He was coming down for another drink – he still had the glass in his hand – and I think he’s dead. Oh, my goodness gracious, what ever shall I do?"

The autopsy, conducted later, concluded that Arthur had died from a wound to the head and confirmed that he had been drunk.

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We are investigators trying to determine what really happened at this scene. Our first question should be, ‘Can we believe what the witness says?’ Witnesses are not always reliable. What do you think? Is what you see in the picture consistent with what Queenie says?

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What's Your Story?

Dear Abby Online

The Cookie Thief

http://www.vanceholmes.com/edu/cookie_thief.docx

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

 

Name Dance

Animal Alphabet

People Machine

Object Rhymes With

"I am thinking of something in the room that rhymes with . . .”The others then raise hands to ask questions to figure out what it might be. The one that guesses it correctly goes next. (Expand the boundaries as needed.)

I'm Going to the Moon

The first person starts the game by saying, "I'm going to the moon and I'm taking..." and names an object that begins with the letter "A" – (or an object that starts with the first letter of their name). The second person repeats the first part of the sentence, repeats what the first person is bringing, and then adds something starting with the letter "B".

Yes, and So

In a circle, explain that the group is going to develop a collective story. Each person is going to say one sentence to add to the story. There are two rules about their offerings: 1) Every sentence MUST begin with the words -- "yes and so" -- building on what the person before has said. 2) It has to include some number or mathematical information.

Please Be Seated

All the players stand in the circle and all have to sit down – but only one person can sit at a time, without discussing who will go next; if two people or more sit down at once then everyone has to stand up and the process has to start again from scratch.

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Language Arts Games

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Elements of a Narrative

A narrative is any story --
fiction or nonfiction -- expressed in a text.

• Character - imaginary person represented in a narrative fiction
  

  protagonist, antagonist, hero/heroine are the people that move the plot along and the reason that many readers stay with a story

• Plot - basic situation of a narrative
  

  these are the events in the story from the beginning until the end

• Setting - environment and context in which a story is placed
  

  this is where a story takes place in time and location

• Conflict - opposition between characters or forces in a story
  

  this important part of a story often prevents the characters from achieving their goals but allows them to grow from the experiences and then continue onward in their journey

• Theme - central idea or insight about life
  

  the central idea of the narrative, which is often abstract (e.g. greed, love, coming of age)

  Mood - the atmosphere and feeling of a text
  
  Tone - an author's attitude toward the subject or characters