Book: Beethoven Lives Upstairs Date: 3-1-17 Session #: 1

Students in this group: Andrew, Ashley, Bryan, Sincere

Connections this text has to other studies, other books, etc.
Any other historical fiction readings?
Compose is a term that we use in math a lot make connection between
composing fractions and composing music
Chronological: This story is written in chronological order, like Wolf Pups and some
other stories that the class has read.
Focus/Purpose: Teacher plan, prompts or questions:
Introduce the genre of historical fiction Reading Selection:
Prologue/Introduction
Check-In/Follow-up:
**No previous assignment as this is the Introduction
first lesson** What is historical fiction?
Funds of knowledge formative Fictional story (story is made
assessment: up)
What do students know about fiction? The story is set in a real place
Historical fiction? and time.
What do students know about Vienna? The story sometimes borrows
What do students know about Beethoven?
true things from real life.
New Assignment:
Example: The Witch at
Read the letters written between
Blackbird Pond
Christoph and his uncle from June 1822
*The main girl is a character
through February 1823. Write down three
that is made up, but the time
things you think are historical fact and
and place are both real. The
three things you think are fiction.
religious environment of the
Vocabulary: day is also real, as well as the
composer, sonata, mad, chronological names of political leaders that
are mentioned.
Word work: This story:
Use any dictionary to find the definition Setting: ___________________
for these words. *Mad in this context does Main Character(s): __________________
not mean angry. __________________________________
Elements of the story:
1. Letters, not paragraphs and
chapters
2. The uncle narrates the story in
little paragraphs of italicized
writing
3. No page numbers pages are
organized by the date of the
letter
During Reading Teacher Observations
Name Andrew Name Ashley Name Bryan Name Sincere