| Award Winning Videos in BookFlix! |
At the American Library Associate Mid-Winter meeting, Weston Woods picked up a bunch of wins for Notable Children’s Videos. Two of the wins went to animated storybooks that are in BookFlix:
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs and Diary of a Fly. Let’s check our new pair Diary of a Fly and Flies Are Fascinating to see what all of the hype is about.
- Use the pair Diary of a Fly and Flies Are Fascinating to introduce a diary narrative, encourage creative thinking, and teach about the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
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Introduce a diary narrative by reading aloud other fictional or real diaries. Discuss with students the purpose of keeping a diary. Then, give students or patrons an assignment to keep their own daily diaries for at least one week. Young children can keep a pictorial diary and/or have parents or guardians scribe for them.
At the end of the week, set aside a time for students to share entries from their diaries.
- In Diary of a Fly, Fly dreams of being a superhero and talks about her special talents. Encourage your students or patrons to get creative and imagine what special powers they would want if they could be a superhero.
- Review the difference between fiction and nonfiction by creating a Venn diagram comparing the two books. Ask: What happens in Diary of a Fly that does not happen in Flies Are Fascinating? and vice versa. What clues in Diary of a Fly tell a reader that it is a fiction book? What clues in Flies Are Fascinating tell a reader that it is a nonfiction book?
Diary of a Fly is narrated by a famous young actress- watch the movie in its entirety to find out who. If you liked this pair, remember to check out our other award winner Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! and A Ladybug Larva Grows Up. |
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