1st Nine Weeks
Reading - Fiction text is the target genre this nine weeks. We are reading stories to be entertained and learn life lessons (themes).
Reading - Fiction text is the target genre this nine weeks. We are reading stories to be entertained and learn life lessons (themes).
SOME FICTION STORY ELEMENTS INCLUDE:
SOME FICTION STORY ELEMENTS INCLUDE:
- Characters: main characters & supporting characters
- Setting: when and where did the story take place
- Problem or Conflict: usually introduced early on; can be external or internal
- Plot or Text Structure: the rise and fall of action
- Solution or Resolution: how the problem or conflict is solved
- Point of View: 1st person (main character telling story; use of “I” and “me”) or 3rd person (narrator telling story; use of “he/she”, “him/her”)
- Theme: More than the topic of the story, the “message” the author is trying to send through the use of the story
*Not all fiction works include all of these elements.
