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Greek Mythology
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A. Compare Model with Text – W.6.3 (10 minutes)
Invite students to retrieve their Narrative Writing Plan graphic organizer, Model
Narrative, and Narrative Writing checklist.
Distribute and display Model Narrative Comparison with Text. Read the directions aloud, and direct students to work in pairs to complete the comparisons. Each pair could be assigned one or two sections rather than completing the entire handout. Students could continue working on the comparison if needed for homework or during other available time. Refer to Model Narrative Comparison with Text (example for teacher reference) as needed.
After about 5 minutes, direct students to Think-Pair-Share in response to the following questions:
“What do you notice about how the model uses the text from the novel?” (It keeps some key details and moments; it starts and ends in the same place; it retains the events of the scene; it shifts the perspective, making Percy another character rather than the narrator; the new character is the narrator, and the scene is told from her point of view.)
“What do you notice about what from the text was left out of the model?” (Some minor details or information not relevant to the events of the story or to the new character were left out; the scene wasn’t changed by the deletion of the details.)
“What do you notice about the new content that was added to the model?” (Information about the new character and the new character’s parent was added, the point of view has shifted to the new character, it tells some things that weren’t finished in the novel— what happens to the other characters after Percy jumps.)
Facilitate a quick discussion of their observations. If productive, use Goal 2 Conversation Cues to help students seek to understand their classmates’ comments.
“Who can tell us what your classmate said in your own words?”
Remind students to keep these ideas in mind and use the model comparison as they continue to plan their narratives in this lesson and when they write in the next lesson.
Work Time
B. Plan Scene – W.6.3 (10 minutes)
Direct students to work individually or with a partner to continue planning their scene using the Narrative Writing Plan graphic organizer. Suggest that they use sticky notes to indicate in their text what sections from their scene they might keep, what might be cut, and what they might add.
Circulate and support students as they plan. Remind them to be creative but to remember that their narratives should be based on a scene from The Lightning Thief, and to refer to their research and the Model Narrative as they plan.
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