Complete the chart for identifying craft and style. Answer the questions in the corresponding 2 page PDF file. Seuss’ unique style.Īctivity: Read “Bee-bim Bop!” to the students. Ask students if they can identify the author based on the text structure, style and craft. It is a stretch, but lays the foundation for the objectives of the unit.

They identified literary crafts and styles and looked for any styles consistent through the two texts.

Then, I had students use the same chart for “A Long Walk to Water”, which they had already read. Then, more difficult questions are answered (typical CCLS type questions) using this whimsical text. There is a two page PDF file to correspond with this book that asks simple questions about style and craft. But, it is a perfect book to explain style and craft can be identified in any type of work. I photocopied them on a different color paper so students could begin to see the common themes as we went through the unit.Īctivity: Read “What Does Bunny See?” aloud. Then, I would photocopy enough “charts for identifying literary style and crafts” for any or all of the texts studied. Also, I used a class set of “The 39 Clues Storm Warning”.ĭetermine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.Īnalyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.ĭetermine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.Īll lessons correspond with the PowerPoint.Įxplain author’s craft and literary style as used in the CCLS. These books are: “Seesaw Girl”, Wing & Claw “Forest of Wonder”, “Keeping Score”, “A Single Shard”, “When My Name was Keoko” and “Project Mulberry”. However, I kept one hard copy of each of the books for students to view more in depth. The following books I used excerpts from that can be found for use on Linda Sue Park’s website. Teacher will need one copy of the following books: “Tap Dancing on the Roof”, “What Does Bunny See?”, “Bee-bim Bop!”, “Xander’s Panda Party”, and “The Third Gift”.

All texts and excerpts will have to be supplied by the teacher.

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