Ketchup Deal, The 6-pack Author: Janice Marriott ISBN: 9780478124231 Copyright Date: 2000 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 6 Reading Level: Y Strategy/Skill: Comparing and contrasting, Descriptive language, Making predictions, Text structure Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Adventure, Different Views, Invention Classification: Fiction

Book Summary

This story is set in the future after a disaster has destroyed much of life on Earth.  There are no adults and children live in tribes.  An urban tribe is short of food and a searcher is sent on a mission to find supplies.  A rural tribe captures him and a conflict occurs.

Features of the Book

• Science fiction genre
• The descriptions of the setting
• The first person point of view
• The structure of the story line – orientation, problem, climax, resolution, and conclusion
• The use of dashes, exclamation points, italics, and capital letters for emphasis
• Technical vocabulary – inverter, alternator, barter, wind turbine

Purpose

The Ketchup Deal can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• predicting events in a plot
• discussing the use of descriptive language to set a scene
• comparing and contrasting different settings and characters
• analyzing a problem and its resolution in a narrative structure
• comparing and contrasting ideas and descriptions in a text

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