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Objectives You will be able to Analyze a story to determine its theme Demonstrate familiarity with new literary terms Take Out Binder with Paper What is a theme Write this down The theme is the central idea of a story ID: 488673

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Short Story - ThemeSlide2

Objectives

You will be able to:

Analyze a story to determine its theme.

Demonstrate familiarity with new literary terms.Slide3

Take Out

Binder with PaperSlide4

What is a theme? Write this down.

The theme is the central idea of a story.

Usually, the theme reveals a truth about human behavior.

The theme is usually not stated directly in a story. You have to figure it out from what happens.Slide5

What is a theme? Write this down.

Stated Theme-

the message of the story is directly stated by the author or a character.Slide6

What is a theme? Write this down.

The theme is

usually not

stated directly in a story. You have to figure it out from what happens.

Implied theme – the message of the story is suggested rather than directly stated.Slide7

How do we find a story’s theme?

Ask:

Does the title add a new meaning to the story? Think of “The

Finish

of Patsy Barnes.”

Does the main character change or learn something?

Are there any important lessons about life or people in the story?

Test your idea on theme- Does it apply to the whole story and not just parts?Slide8

Vocabulary Words – Write these in your note book using Cornell notes.Slide9

Cornell Notes

Put your vocabulary work on the left third of the page.

Put your definition on the right two-thirds.

You can fold over the page to study.

Leave space below the definition to write a sentence.Slide10

bachelor

Slide11

bachelor

N. a man who is not marriedSlide12

resolute

Slide13

resolute

adj.

Fixed in purpose; resolved.Slide14

listlessly

Slide15

listlessly

Adv. Without interest: spiritlesslySlide16

authentic

Slide17

authentic

Adj. Genuine; real

. Slide18

procession

Slide19

procession

n.

a group of people or things moving forward.Slide20

See Text page 575

Use the reference to find each word in the story.

Read the paragraph to see how the word is used.

Then, write a sentence using the word correctly.Slide21

Reading Strategy - Drawing Inferences

Drawing inferences – You fill in missing information based on the material that is provided. Slide22

Read Pages 574 - 575

Theme

Drawing InferencesSlide23

Prepare to read: Author Biographies

http://phschool.com/atschool/phlit/author_bios/saki.htmlSlide24

Prepare to read: Author Biographies

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

(b. 1933)

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve was born on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. She is a writer and teacher and devotes herself to telling about Native American life as she herself has experienced it. She also works "to interpret history from the viewpoint of the American Indian," whom she feels has been misrepresented by historians who are not themselves Native Americans. She is determined to create stories for children that portray Native Americans and their history more accurately, informatively, and accessibly than had much of the existing literature. In 1971, the Interracial Council for Minority Books for Children honored Sneve for her novel

Jimmy Yellow Hawk

.Slide25

Closing

Slide26

Page 575

As you read, ask:

What message does each work communicate about passing along values from adults to children, and

What is the difference in the

tones

in which the messages are communicated?