"Two Kinds"

We began our short fiction/poetry unit today, with a story called "Two Kinds".

Students were partnered up and asked to participate in a "Sort and Predict" activity, using words from the story.  After the words had been sorted into categories, students made predictions about what they thought the story would be about.

Then, we discussed the definitions of two elements of fiction: protagonist and antagonist.  We began the story with a focus on determining who the protagonist is, and who/what the antagonists are.  We will continue with this story next class.