Do NowOn the KWL handout, make a list of what you know about werewolves.

Things to think about:-characteristics of werewolves.-what do they do?-how do they act?-werewolf stories, books, movies.

“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”: Pre-Reading

Activity

“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”: Pre-Reading Activity

STRATEGY FOR EFFECTIVE READING:Activating Prior Knowledge Before You Read

TOPIC: Werewolves & Lycanthropy

OBJECTIVE: SWBAT apply their newly acquired and prior knowledge of werewolves to effectively make predictions about the text they will be reading.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:•What are the characteristics of werewolves?•How do traditional werewolf stories differ from modern day werewolf fiction?•How will my knowledge about werewolves help me make predictions and better understand the text we are going to be reading?

•History's Mysteries: the Origin of Werewolves: http://www.knowmia.com/watch/lesson/32844

“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls

Raised by Wolves”: Pre-Reading Activity

PROCEDURES:•Review Do Now•Read sections of article as a class•Create KWL chart in groups•Consider psychology of werewolves and essential questions

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:•What are the characteristics of werewolves?•How do traditional werewolf stories differ from modern day werewolf fiction?•How will my knowledge about werewolves help me make predictions and better understand the text we are going to be reading?

•History's Mysteries: the Origin of Werewolves: http://www.knowmia.com/watch/lesson/32844

ACTIVATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGETOPIC: Werewolves & Lycanthropy

ARTICLE: Where do werewolves come from?

What I Know What I Want to Know

What I Learned(from others and the

article)

WEREWOLVES: HISTORY AND ORIGIN

LYCANTHROPY

lycanthropyly·can·thro·py

Lukos = wolfAnthrōpos = human being

*Therefore, lyncanthropy is the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf.

WEREWOLF PSYCHOLOGY

WEREWOLOVES: POP CULTURE

•TEEN WOLF – MTV series – teenager werewolf

basketball star•TRUE BLOOD – tv series•MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER – music video•TWILIGHT SERIES – novel and movie series – Jacob•HARRY POTTER – Remus

*Can you think of any others?

Closure/Wrap-Up

HOMEWORK TO BE HANDED IN:Using your prior knowledge and what you have learned from the article and your classmates write a paragraph making predictions about what you think the text we are going to be reading will be about.

St. Lucy’s: Pre-Reading Activity

Vocabulary to provide directly (will not include extended instruction)

lycanthropic (adj.) – relating to the magical transformation of a person into a wolf

Jesuit (n.) a member of a Roman Catholic religious order

Vocabulary to teach (may include direct word work and/or text-dependent questions)

initial (adj.) – first or beginning

couth (adj.) showing or having good manners or sophistication

culture shock (n.) a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social and cultural environment.

kempt (adj.) – neatly or tidily kept

exuberant (adj.) – extremely joyful and vigorous

kinetic (adj.) – characterized by movement

remedied (v.) – corrected or removed a problem of any kind

VOCABULARY LESSON 1