Comparing and Contrasting Stories in the same genre

Comparing and Contrasting Stories in the same genre

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Read the informational text.

Multiple Choice

Which event occurred first in Mary McLeod Bethune’s lifetime?

• She married Albertus Bethune.

• She attended Scotia Seminary in North Carolina.

• She started her own school in Daytona, Florida.

• She started a civil rights organization, the NCNW.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an accurate statement about Mary’s childhood?

• She was privileged and attended an elite private school.

• She was an orphan and never knew her parents.

• She was one of 17 children and the only one who attended school.

• She received a scholarship in elementary school and left home at a young age.

Multiple Choice

“The merged school was known as Bethune -Cookman College.” What is the best definition of merged, as used in the quote?

• Combine to make one

• Separate into different parts

• A school for all types of people

• New and different

Multiple Choice

How did the author

mostly organize the passage?

• She compared the life of Mary Mcleod Bethune to other civil rights leaders.

• She described the major events in Mary McLeod Bethune’s life in chronological order.

• She described what led Mary McLeod Bethune to become a teacher.

• She described problems Mary McLeod Bethune encountered in life and told how she solved them.

Poll

Where are you on the scale at the beginning of the lesson?

• 1. I can identify and describe the genre of a story.

• 2. I can describe similarities and differences of story themes and topics in the same genre.

• 3. I can compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

• 4. I can explain the similarities and differences between themes and topics across genres.

Comparing and contrasting stories in the same genre

Read the texts.

• How are the story topics similar?

• How are the story themes similar?

Read the two short stories. Once done type into the chat how the stories are similar and different? How do their themes compare/contrast?

Open Ended

Use the venn diagram to compare and contrast the two stories.Think back to the questions on the previous slide. How are the topics similar and how are the themes similar? Draw the venn diagram into your interactive notebook to compare and contrast the two stories.

Multiple Select

Which of the following is true about both mysteries?

• Each mystery has to do with homework assignments.

• Something unexpected is discovered in an unlikely place.

• Weather makes the main character's problem worse.

• Talking to a distant family member finally solves the mystery.

Multiple Select

Choose two pieces of evidence, one from each story, that support your answer to part A.

• "When she opened the box again, she was still shocked at the contents: money, and lots of it." (Mystery of the Old Sea Chest)

• "Gloria asked her mom what she knew about the chest." (Mystery of the Old Sea Chest)

• '"Oh, that's right," she said. 'My sister never got to take any of her trips.'"(Mystery of the Old Sea Chest)

• "On our old porch sat the saddest dog we had ever seen, his face and paws encrusted with ice." (Mile-High Mystery)

• "Just then I heard a muffled jingle of metal from under all that fur." (Mile-High Mystery)

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about both mysteries?

• Both mysteries are about things that are stolen.

• Both mysteries involve families working together.

• Both mysteries lead to further adventures.

• Both mysteries lead to family secrets being discovered.

Multiple Select

The main characters from each of the stories turn to others for help with solving their mysteries. Choose two pieces of evidence, one from each story, that best support this statement.

• "What she saw made her eyes bulge so she shut the box closed."

• "Gloria asked her mother what she knew about the chest."

• "Gloria was frustrated but she didn't give up."

• "I sighed, but I just couldn't give up."'This is a job for the internet,'"I said.

• "There was a mile-high Animal Clinic in Denver, along with a phone number, that I called immediately.

Poll

Where are you on the scale at the end of the lesson?

• 1. I can identify and describe the genre of a story.

• 2. I can describe similarities and differences of story themes and topics in the same genre.

• 3. I can compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

• 4. I can explain the similarities and differences between themes and topics across genres.