Planet Boring 6-pack Author: Bill Gaynor ISBN: 9780478124248 Copyright Date: 2000 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 6 Reading Level: W Strategy/Skill: Cause and effect, Comparing and contrasting, Main ideas, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Explanation, Report Theme/Topic: Change over Time, Different Lands, Environment Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

Mag gets out of a boring trip to Earth when her friend Gork wins tickets to a concert on planet Frenzzi.  The trip to the concert is an adventure, but is it real?

Features of the Book

• The science fiction genre
• The narrative structure – orientation, problem, climax, resolution, and conclusion
• Invented compound words – thrillsuit, thrilldome, vidwall, Vibeshield
• Colloquial speech – Knock it off! This is for real. Yeah, right! Big thrill. Way cool!
• The use of ellipses for effect and italics and capitals for emphasis
• The use of simile – as white as a slimeworm; like a twisting animal

Purpose

Planet Boring can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• skim reading a text for a set purpose
• investigating the use of hyphenated and compound words
• discussing an author’s intention and style
• writing dialogue using words other than “said”
• using the information in a text to create a story map

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