story and identify the theme lesson Write it in your notes Jenny was so excited She had a pack of Starburst in her lunch and she had been looking forward to eating them all morning Lunch finally came and Jenny sat down to eat her Starbursts when her ID: 810909
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Slide1
Bell-ringer: 12/1/14
Read the short story and identify the theme (lesson). Write it in your notes.
Jenny
was
so excited. She had a pack of Starburst in her lunch and she had been looking forward to eating them all morning. Lunch finally came and Jenny sat down to eat her Starbursts when her
friend
Judy
sat next to her.
“
Let me get the pink ones,
”
asked
Judy
. Jenny liked the pink ones best, but she thought
Judy
was funny and Jenny wanted
Judy
to like her, so Jenny gave
Judy
all of her pink Starbursts. Before Jenny was done giving
Judy
the pink ones, Carrie sat on the other side of Jenny.
“
Let me get the red and the orange ones, Jenny. Remember when I gave you that Snickers?
”
Jenny
did not
remember that, though she did remember when Carrie ate a whole Snickers in front of her, but Jenny thought Carrie was cool, so she gave her the red and the orange Starbursts. Now that she only had the yellow ones, Jenny
was no
t
so excited about eating starbursts anymore.
Slide2Theme
Slide3What is Theme
?
A main idea, moral, or lesson conveyed in a provided text.
The message may
be
about life, society, or human nature.
Themes
often explore timeless and universal ideas and are
almost always implied
rather than stated explicitly.
Slide4THEME
is
THE
ME
ssage
Slide5Instructions:
For each proverb, you must identify the theme Then briefly explain WHY it is appropriate
Slide6A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them
fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit
was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The
two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit
with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop,
that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took
heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down
and died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again,
the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.-author unknown
Proverb #1
Slide7Once there was a mean little boy who lived in a small village. This mean little boy loved to mess with people, so one day he ran up to a sheep herder and shouted,
“WOLF! WOLF! A wolf is attacking the town!” The sheep herder grabbed his staff and ran to defend the town, but realized he had been fooled when the boy started pointing and laughing at him.
“
Ha ha! I made you jump,
”
said the boy. Then the boy ran up to a farmer and shouted,
“
WOLF! WOLF! A wolf is attacking the town!
”
The farmer grabbed his pitchfork and ran to defend the town, but when the boy started pointing and laughing at him, he realized he had been tricked. As the boy went back to his family’s farm laughing about the funny trick he played, he saw a real wolf in his father’s chicken coop. As the wolf ate all of his father’s chickens, the boy screamed over and over again, “WOLF! WOLF! Please help us!” But nobody came to help him.Proverb #2
Slide8Angie loved to draw. She made colorful designs of people
’s names with bright hearts & flowers, but she lost own markers, so she borrowed her teacher’s. The school day was ending, but Angie wanted to keep coloring, so she took the teacher
’
s markers home and lost them in her messy room. She came back to school the next day and wanted to color again, so she asked the teacher for more markers. The teacher replied,
“
Sure, Angie, but this is my last pack.
”
Angie said she would be careful, but by the end of the day the markers were scattered all over the floor and the custodian swept them up and disposed of them. When Angie came in the next day, she asked the teacher for more markers, but she was disappointed to find that there
weren
’t any more. “I don’t know where all of my markers went,” said the teacher, “but I don’t have them.” Angie had to draw her pictures with drab pencils.Proverb #3
Slide9Jenny hated reading class. She
didn’t understand point of view or figurative language, and not knowing how to do the work frustrated her. She asked the teacher for help, but he spoke so fast and used such big words that she still couldn
’
t understand. The teacher asked if she understood, and she nodded her head, but she
didn
’
t. Jenny
’
s friend Katie knew that Jenny was having trouble, and, rather than just giving Jenny all of the answers, Katie explained to Jenny how to solve the problems. Katie spoke clearly and at Jenny
’s level, and Jenny was happy that she finally learned how to do the work. Later in the week, Katie was having trouble in math class. She didn’t understand coordinates and was really frustrated. Seeing that Katie was having problems, Jenny, who understood math very well, taught Katie coordinates. Both girls made honor roll that quarter. Proverb #4
Slide10Bell-ringer: 12/2/14
Read the short proverb and identify the moral (lesson) of the story. Write
it in your notes.
Once upon a time there was a Miser
(someone who doesn’t like to
spend money) who
used to hide his gold at
the
foot of a tree in his garden; but every week he used to go and dig it up and brag over his wealth. A robber, who had noticed this, went and dug up the gold and ran away with it. When the Miser next came to brag over his treasures, he found nothing but the empty hole. He pulled at his hair, and threw such a fit that all the neighbors came around him, and he told them how he used to come and visit his gold. "Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them.”No," said he, "I only came to look at it.""Then come again and look at the hole," said a neighbor; "it will do you just as much good."
Slide11Instructions:
For each song, you must identify the theme Then briefly explain WHY it is appropriate
Slide12Brainstorm……..
Which themes should we be paying attention to as we listen and read the lyrics?
Love
Acceptance
Identity
Overcoming Adversity
Good
vs.
Evil
FriendshipPerseveranceLoss of InnocenceUnreturned LoveIll-Fated LoveLoyaltyHeartbreak
Slide13Song/question 1: KATY PERRY, “Firework”
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards,
One blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep?
6 feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you'Cause there's a spark in youYou just gotta ignite the light, and let it shineJust own the night like the 4th of July'Cause baby you're a fireworkCome on, show 'em what you're worthMake 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Slide14song/question 2: bill withers, “lean on me”
Sometimes in our livesWe all have pain, we all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'
Til
I'm gonna need somebody to lean onPlease, swallow your prideIf I have things you need to borrowFor no one can fill those of your needsThat you won't let showYou just call on me, brother, when you need a handWe all need somebody to lean onI just might have a problem that you'll understandWe all need somebody to lean on
Slide15Song/question 3: bon jovi
, “it’s my life”This
ain't
a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I
ain't
gonna
be just a face in the crowd You're gonna hear my voice When I shout it out loud It's my life It's now or never I ain't gonna live forever I just want to live while I'm alive It's my life
Slide16Song/question 4:
tim mcgraw, “live like you were dying”
I went sky
divin
',
I went rocky mountain
climbin
',
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull name
Fumanchu.And I loved deeper, And I spoke sweeter, And I gave forgiveness I've been denying, And he said someday I hope you get the chance,To live like you were dyin'.He said I was finally the husband, That most the time I wasn't.And I became a friend a friend would like to have.And all the sudden goin' fishing, Wasn't such an imposition.And I went three times that year I lost my dad.Well I finally read the good book,And I took a good long hard look at what I'd doIf I could do it all again.And then.Like tomorrow was a gift and you've got eternityTo think about what you do with it,What could you do with it, what canI do with with it, what would I do with it.