Blog #5 - Guiding Questions



King Tut: Lost ...And Found                                  Time Warp Trio - TUT TUT
by Judy Donnelly                                                    by Jon Sciezka

_______NON-FICTION________________l________________FICTION____________

            Lack of background knowledge                        Lack of background knowledge

                    Facts                                                 may have issues with facts vs fiction                          

                        Vocabulary                              l                          Vocabulary_______________

                     Academic Vocabulary                              Vocabulary with pictures

                        Comprehension                      l                            Comprehension___________
         
              motivation may dictate                           Figurative language may complicate


1.  With both of these books a lack of background knowledge may interfere with students comprehension, interest on topic, and motivation.  A KWL chart, a gallery walk, or a video discussing Egypt during the time of King Tut could be used as a prereading activity as well as an activity on Hieroglyphics to increase background knowledge as well as motivation and excitement about exploring more in the book. Time for indept discussion would enhance background knowledge and encourage oral language for the diverse learner.

2.  Vocabulary presents a challenge for both non-fiction and fiction.  I believe that non-fiction presents a greater issue to diverse learners because finding picture representation, context clues, drawing pictures, and using in  meaningful sentences may not be possible with academic language so you are limited to exact definitions.

3.  Comprehension may be easier with the non-fiction book if all the prereading activities are done well because the text is sequential and fact based.  Where the fiction book is full of figurative language which may be hard for the diverse reader to understand (Cat got your tongue?).  The story line mixes modern day events and past events at the same time further complicating comprehension.  This story also mixes actual facts with imaginary ones.  It complicates discussion when you have to go back and forth.