Intro to "Children of Blood and Bone"

Intro to
"Children of Blood and Bone"

So, what's it about?

In this excerpt from the novel Children of Blood and Bone, a young girl with magical powers in an imaginary West African land must spar with a scornful noble-born.

Zélie (the protagonist) is chosen to fight against Yemi, a girl from a noble background. Zélie is a divîner—a young person skilled at using magic—which gets scorn and contempt from Yemi.

This story is a fantasy.

Elements of this genre include:
- Magical powers or abilities
- Good VS Evil
- A dangerous quest
- Mythical creatures
- Imaginary lands or worlds

The Fantasy Genre

Multiple Select

Choose THREE elements of the fantasy genre!

• Magical powers or creatures

• Technology and Robots

• A Hero on a Quest

• Mythical creatures & Imaginary Lands

• American Presidents and Civil Wars

"My grandmother spoke with a weak, weathered voice."

worn out or decayed from exposure to nature.

weathered

Multiple Choice

Choose the best synonym for weathered.

Ex: My grandmother spoke in a weathered voice.

• rainy

• worn out

• wrinkly

• fresh

​evident

clear or obvious, clearly seen or understood

​It is evident that he ate the cookies. Look at his face.

Match

Match the following WORDS with their SYNONYMS

• fantasy

• weathered

• evident

MAGICAL

WORN

OBVIOUS

• MAGICAL

• WORN

• OBVIOUS

to appear, or move away from something to come into view

emerge

​The ghostly figure emerged from the fog.

Multiple Choice

What is the best synonym for emerge?

• hide

• appear

• mystery

• see

Match

Match the following WORDS with their SYNONYMS

• fantasy

• weathered

• evident

• emerge

MAGICAL

WORN

OBVIOUS

APPEAR

• MAGICAL

• WORN

• OBVIOUS

• APPEAR

I'm going to intervene in this argument before it turns into a fight.

get involved, to prevent something.

intervene

​"Stop it, you two!"

Poll

If you witnessed someone being mistreated, would you intervene?

• No, it's not my business. 🙅🏽‍♀️

• Maybe, it depends on the situation. 🤔

• Most likely! If it is safe, or I can help. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏽

• Absolutely. I always step in. 💪🏽

Match

Match the following WORDS with their SYNONYMS

• fantasy

• weathered

• evident

• emerge

• intervene

MAGICAL

WORN

OBVIOUS

APPEAR

STEP IN

• MAGICAL

• WORN

• OBVIOUS

• APPEAR

• STEP IN

Drag and Drop

Just looking at the old building, it was ​

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that years of sun and rain had ​

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the building very badly.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

evident

weathered

Dropdown

As soon as you see each graduate

Select answer

on stage, you'll hear their families applaud!

Categorize

Options (4)

emerge

intervene

evident

weathered

Sort the WORDS into the correct PARTS OF SPEECH

VERB (Action)

ADJECTIVE (Description)

Poll

How did you do?

• Not great... It's evident I need to try again.

• Pretty well!

• MASTERY PARTY!

  I emerged victorious!