Notes to LMS

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• Notes to LMSs
• This ppt is not meant to be shown all at once.
  Instead, use it as part of a booktalk. Introduce
  a genre, then talk about additional books found
  in your library.
• This ppt is not completed rather it is a work in
  progress.

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GENRES
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Review

• What are nonfiction books?
• Whats your favorite nonfiction book?

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Nonfiction

• Who came up with a plan on how to divide the
  books into groups?
• Why did he do this?

born in 1851
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What do we call his plan?

• THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM

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DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM

• How many main groups did he divide the books
  into?
• What are they?

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Mr. Dewey used the Dewey Decimal System to help
him classify the books in the nonfiction section.
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FICTION

• If nonfiction books are factual, what are fiction
  books?
• Whats your favorite fiction book?

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There are 2 main types of literature

FICTION
NONFICTION
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Within the fiction section there are lots of
books that we can group together because they
have something in common.
FICTION
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Within the nonfiction section there are also lots
of books we can group together because they have
something in common.

NONFICTION
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• These groups have a name.

GENRE
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According to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary, genre means

• 1 a category of artistic, musical, or literary
  composition characterized by a particular style,
  form, or content 2 kind. sort.

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What are some genres in nonfiction?

FICTION
NONFICTION
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What are some genres in fiction?

FICTION
NONFICTION
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biographies
adventure stories
mystery
fantasy
Picture books
Fairy tales
horror
Did we miss any genres?
myths
poetry
romance
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
fables
Historical fiction
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This year well find out what makes some genres
special and read some books from various genres.
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SCIENCE FICTION
WHAT GENRE?
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SCIENCE FICTION
SCIENCE FICTION
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What famous science fiction writer was born in
Syracuse, N.Y.?
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Bruce Coville
born in Syracuse, New York, on May 16, 1950
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He writes lots of different series such as 

• Sixth Grade Alien Series
• Space Brat Series
• Rod Albright Alien Adventures
• Bruce Coville's Books of...
• My Teacher Is an Alien Series

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ALIENS STOLE MY BODY

• Can you imagine what you would be like if your
  brain was empty?! Thats what happens to Rod. He
  has to figure out a way to get his mind and his
  body back together again!

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Most science fiction books have characters with
strange names. Try reading some of the names in
this book

• Selima Khan
• Snout
• Elspeth
• Madam Pong
• Grakker
• Ah-Rit

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What will you do if you cant pronounce a word?
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What does the word SETTING mean?

• The setting of science fiction books can be -
• in the future
• in space
• in a different world
• in a different universe.
• This book takes place on the planet Kryndamar.

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Science fiction books are based on science
theories that could be partly true. Why?
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K. A. ApplegateAnimorph series

• There are 54 books in the ANIMORPH series.
• The kids in these books can morph into an
  animal!
• How? They touch something thats alive and
• aborb DNA into their own bodies. That
• gives them the power to morph.

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Animorph series
What makes these books science fiction?
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Franny K. SteinMad Scientist

• Kissypie! What kind of middle name is that?!
• How can a name like that turn this book into a
  science fiction book?

THE FRAN THAT TIME FORGOT
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Franny K. SteinMad Scientist

• Franny invents a time-warp machine.
• She goes back in time to when shes a baby.

THE FRAN THAT TIME FORGOT
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Tell us about these books. Are they science
fiction?
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If you like science fiction,
youll probably like
FANTASY
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Some authors write both science fiction AND
fantasy books.
Who am I?
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THE MONSTERS RING(fantasy)

• In the Monsters Ring, Russell goes into a magic
  shop and ends up buying a monsters ring.
• He doesnt really believe its magic, but when he
  puts it on his finger, twists it once, then says
  the magic words, he turns into a monster!

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THE MONSTERS RING(fantasy)

• Whats going to happen when he twists the ring
  two times, or even worse, three times?!

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What kind of struggle might happen in The
Monsters Ring?

• A fantasy book is not true therefore it is
  ___________.
• The plot will usually involve a big struggle
  between good and evil.

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FANTASY

• Talking animals
• Magical powers
• Time travel
• Imaginary beings from other planets

This toad has an attitude!
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Harry Potter books by

• Many fantasy books are very long. Have you ever
  read an entire Harry Potter book?

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Whats the advantage to a book having so many
pages?
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What do you see in this picture?
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• Can you imagine being shipwrecked and waking up
  in a land of Lilliputians?

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The country was ruled by horses!!

• Lilliputians were only about 6 tall!

Gulliver in Lilliput / retold by Margaret Hodges
from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
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• While there, Gulliver got caught up in a war
  between 2 nations.
• The war started because the 2 nations couldnt
  agree over which end of a boiled egg one should
  open.

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What would you do if you were Gulliver?
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JON SCIESZKA

• You might know Jon Scieszka as the author of The
  True Story of the Three Little Pigs.
• But have you read the fantasy

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The Not-So-Jolly Roger

• Through magic, 3 boys end up in a coconut tree in
  a desert.

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The Not-So-Jolly Roger

• The pirate Blackbeard comes to the desert to bury
  his treasure. He sees the boys and captures them!
  He takes them to his pirate ship.

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The Not-So-Jolly Roger

• This is just one of the Time Warp Trio series.

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More Fantasy Books!

• Winnie the Pooh
• Alice in Wonderland
• Bunnicula
• The Giver
• Wrinkle in Time

FANTASY Time travel - talking animals -
imaginary beings - magical powers
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What is a mystery book?
Genre MYSTERY

• Lets see if youre right.

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Mysteries

• CHARACTERS SEEM SO REAL
• MAIN CHARACTER COULD BE A DETECTIVE OR A SPY
• MAIN CHARACTER LOOKS FOR CLUES TO SOLVE A PROBLEM
  OR A CRIME

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DAVID ADLER writes mysteries.
DONT THINK, JUST WRITE!
These words are on a sign in David Adlers
office. What does this sign mean?
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After just writing, he would edit his work
several times. Over time, he wrote many, many
books.
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of Flight 54 Cam
Jansen and the Ghostly Mystery Cam Jansen and the
Scary Snake Mystery Cam Jansen and the Barking
Treasure Mystery Cam Jansen and the Triceratops
Pops Mystery Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop
Mystery Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the
Television Dog Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the
Stolen Diamonds Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the
Stolen Corn Popper Cam Jansen and the Mystery at
the Haunted House Cam Jansen and the Mystery of
the Chocolate Fudge Sale Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Carnival Prize Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Monster Movie Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Circus Clown Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball Cam Jansen and
the Mystery of the Gold Coins Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones Young Cam Jansen
and the Double Beach Mystery Cam Jansen and the
Birthday Mystery Cam Jansen 8 Mystery of the
Monster Movie Cam Jansen the Tennis Trophy
Mystery Cam Jansen Mystery of Stolen Diamonds
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the U.F.O. Cam
Jansen Double Mystery 1 Young Cam Jansen and the
Dinosaur Game Young Cam Jansen and the Missing
Cookie Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game Cam
Jansen and the Mystery at the Monkey House Young
Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery Cam Jansen
and the School Play Mystery Young Cam Jansen and
the Lost Tooth Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery Cam
Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House Cam
Jansen Triceratops Pops Mystery Young Cam Jansen
the Substitute Mystery Cam Jansen 12 Mystery
of Flight 54 Cam Jansen 11 Mystery of the Stolen
Corn Popper Young Cam Jansen the Spotted Cat
Mystery Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery Young
Cam Jansen and the Substitute Mystery Cam Jansen
14 Chocolate Fudge Mystery Cam Jansen the
Ghostly Mystery Cam Jansen the Birthday
Mystery Cam Jansen the Catnapping Mystery Cam
Jansen the School Play Mystery Cam Jansen
First Day of School Mystery Cam Jansen the
Barking Treasure Mystery Cam Jansen the Scary
Snake Mystery Cam Jansen the Mystery of the
UFO Cam Jansen Mystery of the Dinosaur Bon
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CAM JANSEN AND THE BARKING TREASURE MYSTERY by
David Adler

• Little Treasure is stolen! (Little Treasure is a
  poodle.)
• Cam will act like a detective. She will use her
  memory to find clues to solve the mystery.

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CLUE
Clue Something that serves to guide or direct
in the solution of a problem or
mystery. www.dictionary.com
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HOUSE OF DIES DREARby Virginia Hamilton
A family is excited to move into this big old
house because the house used to be part of the
underground railroad.
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HOUSE OF DIES DREARby Virginia Hamilton
But whats happening? Is someone trying to scare
them away? What motive would the person have?
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MOTIVE
Motive an idea, need, desire, or impulse that
causes a person to act in a particular way or do
a particular thing reason. His motive for
robbing the bank was not clear. http//www.facts
forlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
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SUSPECTS
Suspect one who is suspected of doing something
wrong or of a crime. She is a suspect in the
robbery. http//www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dic
tionary.asp
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THE CASE OF THE BARFY BIRTHDAYby Michele Torrey

• There are 4 mysteries in this book.
• In each one, Drake and Nell use deductive
  reasoning to solve the cases.

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THE CASE OF THE BARFY BIRTHDAYby Michele Torrey

• In one story, so many people at the birthday
  party seem to be getting sick!
• Drake and Nell make a deduction using what they
  know about bacteria.

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DEDUCTION
Deduction the process of finding an answer by
using what is already known to be true. If you
see footprints in the snow, and you know that the
snow started falling after dark, deduction will
tell you that somebody was here last
night. http//www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dicti
onary.asp
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DEAD LETTERby Betsy Byars

• Herculeah Jones buys a coat at a 2nd hand store.
  Inside the lining, she finds a letter written by
  a woman who is dead. In the letter, the woman
  says that she thinks someone is trying to kill
  her! She even says shes being held prisoner!

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DEAD LETTERby Betsy Byars

• What kind of evidence will Herculeah find to
  prove that the woman really was murdered?
• Worse yet, will Herculeah herself be murdered?

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EVIDENCE
Evidence something that gives proof or a reason
to believe. Scientists have not yet found
evidence of life on Mars. http//www.factsforlea
rning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
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RUDE ROWDY RUMORS

• Brian feels awful! Someone on his soccer team is
  spreading awful rumors about him!
• He needs a witness to help him solve the mystery.

by Elizabeth Levy
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WITNESS
Witness to watch or be present at. He witnessed
the accident. http//www.factsforlearning.com/ff
l-dictionary.asp
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Lets check your memory!

• Clue
• Motive
• Suspects
• Deduction
• Evidence
• Witness

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FOLK TALES
FAIRY TALES
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WHERE CAN YOU FIND THESE IN OUR LIBRARY?
FABLES
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www.dictionary.com
Can you explain this?
2 entries found for folktale. Folktale or folk
tale n. A story or legend forming part of an oral
tradition. Folktale n a tale circulated by
word of mouth among the common folk
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In folktales,

• animals that talk
• monsters
• tricks
• 3 or 7

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Folktales were told all over the world.

• Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm were born in the late
  1700s in Germany. When they grew up, they
  traveled a lot. Wherever they traveled, they
  listened to people tell stories. They published
  many of these stories. Today they are very famous
  and are known as the Brothers Grimm.

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They published these stories.

• Cinderella
• Sleeping Beauty
• Snow White
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Rapunzel
• Rumpelstiltskin
• Hansel and Gretel
• The Frog King

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The Bearskinner a story by the brothers Grimm
with pictures by Felix Hoffmann

• Today were taught not to talk to strangers. But
  this story took place a long time ago so the
  soldier in this story not only met, but also made
  a deal with a stranger.

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The Bearskinner a story by the brothers Grimm
with pictures by Felix Hoffmann

• The 2 agreed that if the soldier could go 7 years
  without shaving, washing, combing his hair,
  cutting his nails, or praying, then he would
  become very rich.

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The Bearskinner

• He didnt look too bad at first, so a woman he
  met fell in love with him. She agreed to wait for
  him for 7 years.
• What do you think happens when she sees him after
  7 years?

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another Grimm story

• Know where the devil lives?
• The hero in this story has to go there to get 3
  hairs from the devils head!

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Remember, folktales were told all over the world.

• Many of the Grimm tales we know are also found in
  other parts of the world. The characters and
  setting might be different, but the plot is
  basically the same.

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Remember, folktales were told all over the world.

• In this book, Judy Sierra collected 15 stories
  from all around the world. You have to read each
  one and match them with a familiar story such as
  The Frog Prince or Rumpelstiltskin.

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Virginia Haviland

• Virginia Haviland was like the Grimm Brothers. In
  that she collected stories from all over the
  world. Favorite Fairy Tales is a series of
  stories told in 16 countries.

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FAVORITE FAIRY TALES TOLD IN INDIA

• Slip Slop Gobble is a story in this book.
• Parrot is greedy and mean while Cat is really
  nice. Nice doesnt cut it though when Parrot is
  hungry enough to eat everyone he meets!

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Did you notice that series said Favorite FAIRY
TALES, not FOLK TALES?
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FOLK TALES

• tales of talking animals
• tales that tell why (Pourquoi tales)
• tales of magic (fairy tales)
• cumulative tales
• tales of exaggeration (legends, tall tales)

Fairy tales are tales of magic. They are folk
tales.
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• CINDERELLA is a fairy tale. It is told in
  different ways all over the world.

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Wanda Gag's The Six Swans

• ONE day a king solved a problem by making a deal
  with an old woman. As a result, he had to marry
  the womans daughter who was very wicked indeed.

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Wanda Gag's The Six Swans

• Because the king had bad vibes about his new
  wife, he worried that his 6 sons and a daughter
  from a previous marriage might not be safe. He
  didnt even want his new wife to know they
  existed. So he hid them in a castle deep in the
  woods. His new wife was smart though. She paid
  the kings servants to tell her where he went
  everyday.

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Wanda Gag's The Six Swans

• She came up with a plan. She sewed some white
  shirts and then sewed a spell in each one. Then
  she set off for the castle. The boys thought
  their father was coming so they ran outside. She
  threw a shirt over each one of them and watched
  as they turned into swans.

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Wanda Gag's The Six Swans

• Its a good thing the daughter didnt run
  outside. Shes the only one who didnt turn into
  a swan. She ran into the forest to find her
  brothers.

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Wanda Gag's The Six Swans

• Eventually she found them and discovered that if
  she wanted to break the spell, she had to sew 6
  shirts made out of star flowers and couldnt
  laugh or speak for 6 years. She was determined to
  do this. It was a little hard though when a king
  decided to marry her. For 6 years of marriage she
  never laughed or talked. She had 3 kids, but her
  mother-in-law took them away from her and hid
  them. She had a very difficult life.

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Wanda Gag's The Six Swans
The king finally decided that she must be killing
her babies and decided she should die. On the
final day of the 6 years, she was about to be
burned to death. Just as someone was lighting the
fire, she looked up and saw 6 swans.
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Wanda Gag's The Six Swans

• She quickly threw the six shirts over them. The
  magic spell was off! There was only one problem
  the youngest brother still had 1 swan wing.

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Wanda Gag's The Six Swans

• The king found out his mother had lied. I dont
  know what happened to his mother, but everyone
  else lived happily ever after.

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Compare parts of the story, THE SIX SWANS, to
other fairy tales.
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Rafe Martin

• Rafe Martin read The Six Swans. When he finished,
  he had a lot of questions that he wanted
  answered. He wondered what happened to the boy
  who still had one wing.

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Rafe Martin

• What happens to that boy?
• What kind of young man will he become?
• How will he find his place on this earth and be
  happy, when all who see him think him a cripple
  or worse, a freak?

http//www.embracingthechild.org/authors2005.html
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BIRDWING

• So Rafe Martin wrote BIRDWING. This story begins
  6 years later and is mostly about the youngest
  boy, Prince Ardwin.

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BIRDWING

• Prince Ardwin cant figure out whether he wants
  to stay with his family or return to the sky.

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BIRDWING

• If he stays, he might have to get a mechanical
  arm. Plus his father might make him marry another
  kings daughter. So he leaves.

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BIRDWING

• While hes gone, he experiences violence, danger,
  struggles and love. He even sees his stepmother,
  the one who turned him into a swan to begin with!

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Folktales by Rafe Martin
A man tells his 2 sons it is time to prove
themselves. One leaves and spends lots of money.
The other leaves and saves a baby bird. He ends
up understanding the language of birds. Then -
danger comes! (Russian folktale)
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Folktales by Rafe Martin
In THE SHARK GOD, 2 children are condemned to
death. Their parents hope the ferocious shark god
will help save them. (Hawaiian folktale)
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FABLES398.2
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FABLE 1 a short tale that teaches a lesson.
The characters in fables are often animals who
speak and act like people. "The Fox and the
Grapes" is a well-known fable by Aesop. 2 a
false story lie. He told us a fable about his
father being a jet pilot.
http//www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
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CHARACTERS

• Characters dont usually have names like we do.
  They go by the type of animal.
• They talk and act like people.

ANT
GRASSHOPPER
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The characters dont change much.

• Foxes are always clever.
• Mice are always small and weak.
• But the main character always learns a lesson.

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WHAT IS THE MORAL OF A FABLE?
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MORAL1 the lesson about right and wrong
learned from a story or event.
http//www.factsforlearning.com/ffl-dictionary.asp
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What do these morals mean?

• Never trust a flatterer.
• It is easy to scorn what you cannot get.
• One cannot get through life without a little
  work.
• Let your actions speak for themselves.
• Too much greed will not bring success.

Aesop
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AESOP

• The man who wrote most of the fables we know is
  named Aesop.
• He lived as a slave in Greece in the 6th century.
• We dont know a lot about him, but we do know
  that his master eventually gave him freedom.

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HAVE YOU READ THESE?
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• The fable in this book that you might like the
  best has this moral
• He who smelt it, dealt it!

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REALISTICFICTION
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to be continued
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websterschools.org/classrooms/state_library/myster
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tionary.comhttp//www.nationalgeographic.com/grim
m/article.htmlhttp//havilands.org/HavilandsCom/B
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Pictures fromhttp//www.altavista.comhttp//www
.metacrawler.comMicrosoft Word 2004 for Mac
cliparthttp//www.youseemore.com/SCSDwww.btsb.co
mwww.google.comhttp//www.stfx.ca/people/edemont
/Courses/301/Laboratories/scaling.htmlhttp//www.
brucecoville.com/www.elizabethlevy.com
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Additional website to use with students
For fairy tale genre http//www.classicfairytales
.com/en/main
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Bonnie FrenchTina LaramieMichele RomeoLibrary
Media SpecialistsSyracuse City School
DistrictSyracuse, New York