GRADE 8-CONSOLIDATION CAMP-LESSON 5-NERA.pptx

GRADE 8-CONSOLIDATION CAMP-LESSON 5-NERA.pptxGRADE 8-CONSOLIDATION CAMP-LESSON 5-NERA.pptx

1. GRADE 8 CONSOLIDATION CAMP WEEK 1 LESSON 5 NARRATIVE TEXTS (SINGLE TEXTS)

2. TOPIC OF THE DAY Comparing the F eatures of Narratives and Recounts

3. Review (Time : 7 minutes) Which ones do you think are for narratives and which are for recounts ? The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2. Our Summer Holiday 3. The Story of Lebron James 4. The World at War 1939-1945

4. Which ones do you think are for narratives and which are for recounts ? 5. The Dragon and the Snake 6. Diary of a President 7. A Dance to the Music of Time

5. ANSWERS: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2. Our Summer Holiday 3. The Story of Lebron James 4. The World at War 1939-1945 Narrative Recount Recount Recount

6. ANSWERS: Narrative Recount Narrative 5. The Dragon and the Snake 6. Diary of a President 7. A Dance to the Music of Time

7. Purpose of the Lesson Time : 3 minutes In this lesson we are going to look at the similarities and differences between narratives and recounts using two of the texts we looked at in previous lessons.

8. Lesson Language Practice Time : 5 minutes • Narrative • Recount • Setting • Crisis • Resolution • Sequence of events

9. Lesson Language Practice Time : 5 minutes • Narrative - story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional or fictional . • Recount – a sequence of events, except this time it’s not a fictional , imagined text but a non-fiction , factual text .

10. Lesson Language Practice Time : 5 minutes • Setting - the time , place , and duration (the time that passes from the beginning to the end) of the story an author chooses to write about . • Crisis - A problem arises, something happens to disrupt the situation or someone new arrives or both.

11. Lesson Language Practice Time : 5 minutes • Resolution - the final act of a story, where the  climax occurs and the conflict for the main character is RESOLVED . • Sequence of events - the order of events as they occur in a story .

12. Lesson Activities Time : 25 minutes Reading the Text Time: 5 minutes

13. Questions [5 minutes] Q1. How can you tell that The Aged Mother is fictional /made up ? It begins like a fairy tale ; the events are not realistic ; it is designed to give a moral .

14. Q2. How can you tell that Shackleton’s Journey is NOT fictional /made up ? It describes an actual sequence of events and gives a date for the beginning of the journey; the events are realistic and actually happened .

15. Q3.How can you tell that The Aged Mother is a NARRATIVE ? It conforms to the structure of narrative , especially in being based on a problem/crisis that gets resolved (resolution) and contains a moral or lesson .

16. Q4. How can you tell that Shackleton’s Journey is a recount ? It conforms to the structure of recount , with an introduction/background paragraph that tells us when the events happened and the purpose of the journey and then outlines a sequence of events leading to a conclusion of the sequence.

17. Q5. Look at the first paragraph of each text. In what ways are they similar ? Both paragraphs give information about who is involved and where and when the stories take place ( SETTING ).

18. Q6. Look at the last paragraph of each text. How do they compare ? The Aged Mother ends with the problem of the shogun’s cruel law being abolished and the lesson or moral he learned. Shackleton’s Journey ends with all the crew members being rescued .

19. Q7. Read the following statement about recounts and narratives – do you agree with it ? Give reasons using the The Aged Mother and Shackleton’s Journey .

20. Lesson Conclusion (5 minutes) Q1. The focus of the lesson was on learning about the differences between narratives and recounts . How has the lesson helped you to understand the difference ?

21. Q2. Which questions were easy to answer ? Why ? Q3. What strategies did you use to answer the harder questions ?

22. Thank you campers!