BLOG 9

Blog 9

Genre	Features	Support ELL/Challenges
Fiction (Realistic/Mystery)	Pictures	Support-Pictures in this story were detailed and specific to what the text was saying, helping students with decoding of words and following the story.
	Setting	Challenges-The setting may not be recognizable to students if it is not a familiar location/area, it was a haunted house and a school yard.
	Story Line	Support-The story line was clear it included a beginning, middle, and end and flowed easily for understanding.
	Characters	Supports- This book was a great example of when characters could be both a support and challenge.  The main characters were identified in the beginning which is helpful.  Challenges-A character was added mid-story that ended up being a major part of the story at the end.  Some of the students hadn’t even realized that he was in the book earlier.
	Point of View	Challenges- Who was telling the story was not of any of the characters, which can cause some confusion.
Non-Fiction (Biography/Memoir)	Pictures	Supports-The pictures were real and not drawn, so they were easily recognizable.
	Labels	Supports-This was helpful to point out key words, and for us to go over them before reading.
	Facts	Supports- Real pictures and factual information helped the reader understand certain types of animals’ important details from the book.
	Point of View	Challenge- This book was a challenge because it was a memoir and her point of view was immerged in the book, which isn’t everyone’s point of view. Supports-It showed the readers that they could create or tell a story about their own lives.
	Table of Contents	Supports- To help organize the story and look back easily for information that needed clarifying or to point out an important detail.