| Take a trip around the world of genre |
Ms. Craig's 6th Grade class experienced a new world of genre today in the media center. Students traveled though two of six stations to consume, analyze, investigate and interpret varying genre forms. They sorted poetry styles, selecting their favorite genre excerpt. Historical fiction took them on a journey through time around the world. They oriented their global position the old-fashioned way of pointing to the globe, then transferred the global location of the story setting to a desk map. They indicated the global location, major historical event and timeline in their passports.
In the folklore station, students learned about subgenres of Tall Tales, Legend and Myths. They watched a video about their specific folklore and identified elements in their story. The non-fiction station helped students identify purpose of the text: to inform, persuade or entertain. They often found multi-purpose text and defended their position to their teammates.
The fiction genre station included a QR scan to videos explaining their elements. They noted the characteristics of realistic, fantasy, adventure and science fiction genres. The sixth station gave students opportunity to browse for books to add to their 40-Book Challenge wish lists. They are ready to read tomorrow for D.E.A.R. Friday and have plans to meet their reading challenges along the way. We had fun learning today!
In the folklore station, students learned about subgenres of Tall Tales, Legend and Myths. They watched a video about their specific folklore and identified elements in their story. The non-fiction station helped students identify purpose of the text: to inform, persuade or entertain. They often found multi-purpose text and defended their position to their teammates.
The fiction genre station included a QR scan to videos explaining their elements. They noted the characteristics of realistic, fantasy, adventure and science fiction genres. The sixth station gave students opportunity to browse for books to add to their 40-Book Challenge wish lists. They are ready to read tomorrow for D.E.A.R. Friday and have plans to meet their reading challenges along the way. We had fun learning today!