Modern Fantasy 5 th Grade Connection We have learned how to analyze a series of chapters stanzas or scenes to explain how they fit together to provide the overall structure of the story Understanding ID: 612277
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Slide1
Comparing Themes
Modern Fantasy
5
th
GradeSlide2
Connection
We have learned how to analyze a series of chapters, stanzas, or scenes to explain how they fit together to provide the overall structure of the story.
Understanding
this structure helps us to interpret a theme in the text.Slide3
The ugly duckling
bad case of the stripes
Today
we will compare and contrast stories on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
We are
going to
use
the theme, “Be true to
yourself” to analyze two texts.
Who can retell the story “Bad Case of the Stripes?”
Now let’s listen to “The Ugly Duckling.”
http://www.speakaboos.com/full-text/the-ugly-duckling/
this
story has the same theme as
A Bad Case of Stripes
which is “Be true to yourself.” Slide4
A strategy we can use to compare and contrast how authors approach similar themes is to think about the
pivotal
moments that are present throughout the book.
What
challenges do the characters face?
How
do characters respond to the challenges they face?
We
can record our ideas on a chart so that it is visually easier to compare and contrast the different approaches.Slide5
Comparing Approaches to Themes in Stories
Theme:
Be true to yourself
Title of Text
Summary of the Text
Similarities of how the theme is developed through character interactions.
Differences in how the theme is developed through character interactions.
A Bad Case of Stripes
Camilla loves to eat lima beans but is afraid of what people might think about her. She wakes up with a bad case of the stripes which makes her even more worried about what her classmates think. She continues to hide herself which makes the bad case of stripes worse. An old lady gives her lima beans to eat in order to cure the bad case of stripes. Admitting the truth about liking lima beans she is cured.
In both stories the main characters are in search of acceptance. They want to fit in with the other characters within the text.
The differences within the stories is in A Bad Case of Stripes Camilla realizes she shouldn’t change anything about herself no matter what other people think. However, in The Ugly Duckling the duckling finds happiness when he changed from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan.
The Ugly Duckling
The duckling starts off different and considered ugly by the other animals. He runs off in search of acceptance and finds a gaggle of swans who accept him. At the end of the story he turns into a beautiful swan. Slide6
Discuss
By comparing and contrasting these approaches we can gain new perspectives of a theme.
How
have these different approaches
altered
your
perceptions
of this theme? Slide7
Guided Practice
You will reread
Sleeping Beauty
and then read the text
Beauty and the Beast
.
You and a partner will complete
the Comparing Approaches to Themes in Stories chart for both stories.Slide8
Title of Text
Summary of the Text
Similarities of how the theme is developed through character interactions.
Differences in how the theme is developed through character interactions.
Sleeping Beauty
Beauty and the Beast
Comparing Approaches to Themes in Stories
Theme:
True Love Conquers AllSlide9
Link
As you read stories on your own, take time to think about how they compare to other stories you have read with similar themes.
Making
connections among texts, comparing and contrasting authors’ approaches to development of themes will help you gain a deeper understanding of a theme’s meaning.