FICTION

QUESTIONS
1.What is fiction?
2.What is a plot?
3.What are characters?
4.What is a setting?
5.What is a theme?
6.How do I read fiction?
7. How is a plot at a glance?

PREDICT
1. Fiction is a type of writing about something that is not true.
2. The plot is what the story is about.
3. The characters are the people that appear in the story.
4. The setting is where the story takes place.
5. The theme is the main idea of the story.
6. I pay attention to what I'm reading.
7. You can see how the plot starts rising and then falls.

READ
RECITE
1. Fiction is writing that comes from a writer's imagination. It can be inspired by actual events or completely made up.
2. Plot is the sequence of events in a story. The plot is the writer's plan for what happens,when it happens and to whom it happens. A plot is usually built around a central conflict. Most plots develop in four stages:
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
3.Characters are the people,animals,or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story.
4. A story's setting is the time and place in which the action of the story happens.
5.A theme is the meaning,moral,or message about life that the writer conveys to the reader.
6. To read fiction you have to look at the title and illustrations, and skin through the pages to familiarize yourself with the selection.
Connect: compare the setting and characters with people you know.
Question: the story's events,characters and ideas should all make sense to you.
Predict: ask yourself what will happen next.
Visualize: visualizing will make the story seem more real to you.
7. Plot at a glance:
Exposition: provides background to the story.
Rising Action: the plot thickens as the central conflict begins to unfold.
Climax: is the point of greatest interest or suspense in the story.
Falling Action/Resolution: occurs after the climax and resolves the conflict.

REVIEW

Week 2.- READ: Raymond's Run by Toni Cade Bambara Page 32
BLOG ACTIVITIES:
A.- Summarize the events. (Write the plot in a cause effect sequence)
Squeaky is going to participate in a running race,her main rival is Gretchen. Squeaky's brother,Raymond, is a disabled person. Squeaky sometimes can be rude,but is only because she is defending her brother. Squeaky practices a lot for the race and Raymond always goes with her. In the race she wins the fisrt place and Gretchen wins second. During the race Squeaky notices that Raymond is running next to her,and that he is a good runner. She thinks that if she stops running she might be his coach.

B.- Explain the conflict and the attitute toward disabled people presented in the story.
Many people think they are better than them. People talk about them,and sometimes they even make fun of them. Other people just ignore them.

C.- Write comments in your peers`BLOGS!

Welcome (:

Week 1.- Read Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant Page 22
BLOG activities:

A.- Describe the characters and each of their motivations
(The reason he or she thinks, acts or reacts in a certain way)
Place special attention to the reactions on pages 26-28.

The girl was sad because she wanted to grew up in her childhood town, instead of moving away. She enjoyed going to the supermarket. Her hair was long and red, and she wore an orange bow.

The boy was very shy and when he was nervous the thing fell of his hands. Both of them liked each other but they didn't said anything because they were nervous and shy.

B.-Write predictions you thought of, while reading the story and explain which one became true. Make connections to your own life.

I thought that they would like each other and that they would become boyfriend and girlfriend. In the story they did like each other,but they didn't say anything.

C.- Write a synthesis of the story in your BLOG.

A girl moved to a new city,but she didn't want to. In the grocery store she saw a boy and she instantly liked him. He also liked her, but they were really shy and nervous so they didn't say anything. Everyday he would look for her and she would look for him. Even if they saw each other they wouldn't speak. One day they saw each other again, but they were with different people. They had decided to move on.

Add pictures to help visualize your understanding of the story.