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Author/Illustrator:JeffLimke/TimSeeley
GRL:S
Series:GraphicUniverse
Genre:Fiction,Folklore,GraphicNovel
Standard:Compareandcontrasttwoormorecharacters,settings,oreventsinastoryordrama,drawingonspecific
detailsinthetext(e.g.,howcharactersinteract).
LessonObjectives:toreadapieceoffolkloretounderstandthegenre,toanalyzecharacterinteractions
ComprehensionSkill:ProblemandSolution
Strategy:Inferencing
Fluency:Intonation
AcademicVocabulary:explainorresearchthemeaningsofthewordsbelow.Discussthemorphologyofthewords:suffixes,
takingarootwordandaddingtoittochangethemeaningoftheword.Havestudentstalkaboutthemeaningofeachword,
usingantonyms,synonymsandsituationswhereeachwordcanbeusedcorrectly.
a.whom
b.lyre
c.flattered
d.scheme
e.famine
d.distraught
BeforeReading:ENGAGE!THINK!
1. BuildBackgroundKnowledge
a. Letslookatthefrontandbackcover,whatdoyouknowaboutfolklore?
b. Whatwouldyouliketolearnaboutthemaincharacter,Jason?
c. ThebackcovertellsusthatUnclePeliasstolethethroneandsentJasonaway.Whywouldsomeonedothisto
ayoungster?
d. Howdoestheauthoruselanguagetotellthestory?
2. SkillIntroduction:
a. ProblemandSolutionwealreadyknowaproblemforJasonfromthebackcover.Hehasbeensentaway.
Howdoyouthinkhedealswiththisandovercomesanybadfeelingsfromit?
3. StrategyIntroduction:
a. Inferencingfromwhatwejusttalkedaboutintheproblemandsolution,whatcanyoustarttoinferabout
Jasonscharacter?
b.
4.
Standard:Therearegoingtobepartsinthisbookwithoutdialogueoranythingforustoreadbutthe
illustrations.Whydoyouthinktheauthordidthis?
Fluency:Intonationreadpage12andmodelhowyourvoicechangeswithdifferentpunctuation
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DuringReading:DontWaitUntilItsTooLate!CheckforUnderstanding(StopMidwayThroughtheBook)
1.
2.
Tellmeaboutapartyoudidntunderstand?
TurnandTalk:howisusingthestrategyofhelpfulinyourreading?
3.
Standard:HowdothecharactersPhineusandJasoninteractatthebeginningofthebook?Howwouldyou
comparetheirpersonalitiesandstrengths?InferHowdotheyfeelaboutoneanother?
Standard:Howdoestheauthorusegodsandgoddessestoportrayfolklore?
AfterReading:EVALUATE!
1. Whatisthemostimportantthingtorememberfromthisbook?Whatarethedetailsthatcanhelpyourememberthis?
2. Whatdidyoulearnaboutfolklore?Whataresomecharacteristicsoffolklore?
Standard:CompareandcontrasttherelationshipsbetweenPhineusandJasonandthatofNepheleandIno.
3.
Standard:Howdoesthesettingonashipaffecttheplotandcharacters?HowdoesJasonsolveanyproblems
4.
associatedwithbeingonaship?
StandardreadanotherGreekMyth.Compareandcontrasttheauthorsapproachtosharingtheinformationand
6.
theinformationgiven.
7.AcademicVocabulary:Distraughtgobackintothebook,findevidencethatcharactersweredistraught.
8.Theme/Tone:ifbraveryisonetheme,whatisanother?Howdoestheauthorhelpusunderstandthetheme?Whatis
thetoneofthelastpartofthebookcomparedtothefirstpart?
9.CharacterAnalysis:chooseonecharacterandanalyzehis/hercharacter.
Writing:Writenarrativestodeveloprealorimaginedexperiencesoreventsusingeffectivetechnique,
Standard
descriptivedetails,andcleareventsequences.
a.Orientthereaderbyestablishingasituationandintroducinganarratorand/orcharacters;organizean
eventsequencethatunfoldsnaturally.
b.Usenarrativetechniques,suchasdialogue,description,andpacing,todevelopexperiencesandeventsor
showtheresponsesofcharacterstosituations.
c.Useavarietyoftransitionalwords,phrases,andclausestomanagethesequenceofevents.
d.Useconcretewordsandphrasesandsensorydetailstoconveyexperiencesandeventsprecisely.
e.Provideaconclusionthatfollowsfromthenarratedexperiencesorevents.
4.
Task:WriteyouownGreekMyth.YoucaneithercreatenewcharactersorusethoseinJasonQuestfortheGoldenFleece.Use
thepointsabovetodevelopyourpiece.
IF/THEN:ProblemandSolutionifastudentishavingtroublewithskill,askthemtothinkabouttheproblemofnothaving
enoughmoneytobuysomethingtheywanted,notneeded.Theywantedanewgame.Askthemtolistoutthepossiblesolutions
tothis.Whowouldtheygoto,wouldtheygototheirpiggybankorbankaccount,couldtheypassonbuyingthegameforawhile
aresomepossibilities.
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