<p>Getting Knowledge- Ready-Pre-reading tasks</p><p>Look at the cover, title, dedication, acknowledgements, dedication, author’s note, maps, glossary and blurb</p><p>Dedication “To the children of war” </p><p>What does this mean? </p><p>Why would an author dedicate a book to kids? </p><p>How would war be different for kids than for adults? </p><p>Image</p><p>Describe the image on the cover? (Discuss colour, texture, patterns etc.)</p><p>Why might these images have been chosen?</p><p>What clues does the story cover give to the reader?</p><p>Cover: What does the cover tell you about the characters, plot and setting?</p><p>Character: (Who are they?)</p><p>Plot (What happens and why?):</p><p>Setting (When and where does the action take place):</p><p>Genre 1.What type of book do you think Parvana can be categorised as? ______</p><p>2.How do you know this?</p><p>Other books by Deborah Ellis</p><p>Parvana's Journey Mud City Women of the Afghan War</p><p>Looking for X (1999) Bifocal (with Eric Walters) The Heaven Shop</p><p>Off To War Children of War A Company of Fools</p><p>I Am A Taxi Sacred Leaf True Blue</p><p>No Safe Place Each Little Bird That Sings Lunch with Lenin and Other Short Stories</p><p>Author Bio: Deborah Ellis is the author of over eighteen books. She is best known for her Breadwinner Trilogy, a series that has been published in twenty-five languages, with more than one million dollars in royalties donated to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and Street Kids International. Deborah lives in Simcoe, Ontario.</p><p>Author: </p><p>What do you know about the author? </p><p>What is the reoccurring subject matter in Deborah Ellis’books? </p><p>Title</p><p>Why was this title chosen? Is it a good title? Why/why not?</p><p>Blurb</p><p>What is a blurb? How does it encourage people to buy or borrow the book?</p><p>After reading the blurb, what do you think will happen in the book and why?</p><p>After reading the cover, what message is the author trying to give the audience?</p><p>Audience</p><p>What clues does the cover give about the target audience? (age, gender, interests)</p><p>Would both children and adults enjoy this book? Why?</p><p>GENRE</p><p>Pronunciation: zhahn-ruh Definition: (Noun) 1. A category of artistic work (art, music, literature) distinguished by style, form, or content, as poetry, short stories, novels are genres of literature. 2. A class, type, or category of anything that is distinguished by particular features. In your own words, what does the word “genre” mean?</p><p>Genre Five key words/features Example (book) Romance</p><p>Comedy</p><p>Mystery</p><p>Science-Fiction</p><p>Fantasy</p><p>War/Action</p><p>Horror/Ghost Story</p><p>Coming of age /growing up</p><p>Historical Fiction</p><p>Adventure</p>