2/24/15 Do Now: -Hand in your Into the Wild prediction Paragraph Homework: Read Chapter one Into the Wild Vocabulary Content Objective: Content Objective: Students will begin reading and understanding Into the Wild. Language Objective: Students will use guided reading to ask questions and demonstrate their understanding. Students will use the guided reading questions to help them record their understanding.

-How is Into the Wild different from other books you have read? -What text features do you notice? -Who is telling the story? -Why is the author writing this text? -When does the story start? -What confuses you? Questions to Consider:

One cannot help but be struck by the variety of genres that are included in this non-fiction (prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history) book. It seems to be such a mix of different types of story: part survival, part journey, part coming of age, part man vs. nature, part nature documentary, and part philosophical reflections. Genre(s):

Multigenre research paper is an alternative to the traditional five paragraph. It emphasizes the use of multiple genres to represent a given research topic. With this type of project, writers are expected to research their given topic and then present the information they gathered using a variety of genres, with an emphasis on writing and composition. The genres created to represent the topic can be put together through the creation of a theme and bracketed by an introduction and conclusion. This creates a unified research paper that avoids the structure of a traditional five paragraph essay. Multigenre research paper:

First Person: The use of I, me, we and other first- person pronouns to relate the thoughts, experiences, and observations of a narrator in a work of fiction (a short story or novel) or nonfiction. (The Great Gatsby – Nick Carraway) Third Person: The third person point of view is a form of storytelling in which a narrator relates all action in third person, using third person pronouns such as "he" or "she." Third person point of view allows a writer more freedom in how a story is told. (Jon Krakauer – Into the Wild) Point of View:

Technical term (Latin) for the epic convention of beginning "in the middle of things," rather than at the very start of the story. (Out of chronological order) Examples: Homer's The Odyssey Dante's The Divine Comedy In medias res:

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