Unit 2: A Blast From the Past Lesson 1

Unit 2: A Blast From the Past Lesson 1

What do you want me to do?

Learning Targets

• SWBAT deconstruct standards 6RL9 in order to understand Unit 2 expectations.

• SWBAT match GA Standards with student friendly I CAN statements.

Key words are Compare and Contrast, Genre, and Theme.

Compare and Contrast

• to discuss or write about two or more things are similar and different.

• In Unit 2 we will comparing genres, stories, and story elements.

• Let's compare this bee to this butterfly, how they similar and how are they different?

Multiple Choice

When you are asked to compare and contrast two fairytales, what are being asked to do?

• Discuss or write about how the fairytales are the same

• Discuss or write about how the fairytales are different

• Discuss or write about how fairytales are the same and different

When comparing and contrasting, it is important to use certain words to help the reader understand the information you are presenting.

Multiple Select

Which key words should be used when discussing the similarities between two or more things? You may choose more than one.

• Both

• Similar

• Alike

• different

• As well as

Multiple Select

Which key words should be used when discussing the difference between two or more things?

• On the other hand

• But

• Unlike

• have in common

• differ

Multiple Choice

Why is important to use keywords when comparing and contrasting?

• to help the reader understand the type of information being presented

• to sound fancy

Genre

Categories used to describe the different types of literature. The two main types of genre are Fiction and Non Fiction.

Folklore

Folklore is a subgenre of fiction. This means the stories are not real, come from the reader's imagination, and may contain magic and other supernatural events.

Multiple Choice

What are the two main genres?

• Fiction and Folklore

• Informational and Biographies

• Fiction and Non Fiction

Multiple Choice

Which genre is Folklore a part of?

• Fiction

• NonFiction

Universal Theme

Universal themes speaks to morals or lessons that are relevant or important for any culture, country, and time period.

Multiple Select

Which worlds are important to understanding the meaning of the term Theme?

• lessons

• Morals

• topic

• main ideas

Multiple Select

What makes a theme Universal?

• it is a lesson taught in more than one culture

• It is important in different time periods

• It is a lesson everyone can learn

Now let's match the standard with a simpler version.

Read the Standard 6RL9 one more time, match it with the correct I CAN Statement to demonstrate your understanding.

Multiple Select

COMPARE and CONTRAST texts in different forms or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.​ Which of the following I CAN statements correctly matches? Choose all that apply.

• I can find similarities and differences in the way different genres present the same themes.

• I can find similarities and difference between different types of folklore in the way they communicate a Universal Theme.

• I can compare and contrast one author’s version of an event with a different author’s

  version of the same event.