Day 1 Skill Lesson

• RL.4.7 Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text​

CompareThe Polar Express Text, Illustrations and Movie

Directions:   

1. Create the following page in your journal
2. Read the passage, watch the video, and review the image.  
3. Complete your chart with the meaning, tone, and beauty for each version.
4. Does the meaning or tone change when reading the text, view the illustration or watching the movie? What changes and why?
5. Be ready to discuss your graphic organizer in small group.

Train Refreshments

Text

On Page 6 of the book, The Polar Express, it reads:
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"The train was filled with other children, all in their pajamas and nightgowns. We sang Christmas carols and ate candies with nougat centers as white as snow. We drank hot cocoa as thick and rich as melted chocolate bars. Outside, the light of the towns and villages flickered in the distance as the Polar Express raced northward."

​Movie

Illustration

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