PREVIEW
As students preview Purple Coyote have them think about who the fantasy character is and what he does in the story. After students preview, ask:
- Why do you think the author wrote this story? (to entertain; to make a point)
Link to Writing
Before students start writing, have them brainstorm a few ideas for a different ending, then choose the idea that would make the best ending and tell why.
FANTASY
Use the sidebar on p. 132 to guide discussion.
- A fantasy is a story in which one or more of the literary elements of character, setting, and plot are not and could never be real.
- To understand a fantasy, we need to be able to understand characterization, setting, and plot events.
- Review with students elements of characterization (why characters say and do the things they do; what kind of person a character is), setting (where and when a story takes place), and plot (beginning, middle, and end events in the story). Discuss who the characters are in "Purple Coyote," where the story takes place, and what happens.
AudioText
The graphic organizers students use may vary, but all should show what happens during the story.
Access Content Point out and
explain words in the story that
students may not know, such as
arid and untangle (p. 133), and vast
(p. 137). To assess, have students use the words in a sentence of their own.
LessonTOC
PrintResources
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