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
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bachelor
N. a man who is not marriedSlide12
resolute
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resolute
adj.
Fixed in purpose; resolved.Slide14
listlessly
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listlessly
Adv. Without interest: spiritlesslySlide16
authentic
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authentic
Adj. Genuine; real
. Slide18
procession
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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
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Closing
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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?