DEAR JUNO

OBJECTIVES

Strategy: Analyze Story Structure Skill: Character, Setting, Plot

TODAY WE WILL….

 Analyze the story structure  Use academic language; story structure,

character, setting, and plot

 Identify character traits, plot, and setting

VOCABULARY REVIEW

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Crackle

• Make small, sharp, snapping noises

Announced

• Something told to people in a loud or official way

Soared

• Fly high in the sky

Starry

• When the sky if full of stars

Envelope

• Flat paper container that usually holds a letter or card

Photograph

• A picture made with a camera

STRATEGY:

Analyze Story Structure

 Good readers use story structure to understand a fiction story  A story’s structure is made up of the plot, characters, and setting.

SKILL:

Character, Setting, and Plot

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Characters

    The people or animals in a story The main character’s actions usually move the story’s plot along The main character’s traits, or parts of the character’s personality, usually cause the character to act in a certain way. A reader can figure out a character’s traits by identifying how the character feels, what the character says and does, and what other people say about the character

Setting

 When and where the story takes place  Where the actions take place

Plot

 The events in a story.

 Has a beginning, middle, and end

PREVIEW & PREDICT

When I say “Go”, take 1 minute to preview the illustrations. Ask yourself:  What is this story about?

 Who is the main character?

On your index card, write your predictions. After we listen to the selection, we will see if your questions were answered.

FOCUS QUESTION

 Read to find out…  How does Juno try to communicate with his grandmother?

NOW…you will read along as we listen to….

DEAR JUNO

Let’s Check our Predictions!

 Share with your criss-cross/shoulder partner your questions. Were they answered?  Did you find clues that gave you information about the main character, the setting, and the plot?  Describe how Juno communicated with his grandmother.

TOMORROW WE WILL…  Use our “Character Web” to answer the Comprehension Check on page 67.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT….

 Have you ever written a letter to a relative? If so, who was it and where does he/she live?