What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?
Frame (ELA) What animal, if any, would you like to have as a pet? What are your reasons? Does your preference for one pet versus another tell us anything in particular about you? When we know what characters like or dislike in stories we are able to make better connections to them. Think of some things you’d like to know about someone in your class. How about a character in a story?
Focus (ELA) People have different reasons why they like being at the stable and working with the horses there. Listen for the many different reasons people give. Think about what we learn about these people as they talk about horses.
Follow Up (ELA) Whether a text is fiction or nonfiction, we learn about the people or characters by what they tell us about their likes, their dislikes and their reasons for doing something (motivation). Talk about one fictional character and one real person. How do their likes, dislikes and reasons for doing something influence their lives and the situations in which they find themselves? For example, how do the likes, dislikes and motivations of a politician influence his or her life and situation?