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Literary Themes
Literary Themes
Literary Themes:
Literary Themes:
After dipping our toes in the novel, we will now try to get into the mind of the author. His particular choice of topics, themes, mannerisms until you can find a good topic to inspire your analytical essay.
Literary themes consist of ideas, concepts, or messages that are explored through a work of literature. It can be underlying or painfully obvious, but it's a message the author wants to speak about or convey.
Objectives:
Objectives:
Students will be able to identify themes.
Students will be able to connect themes to personal experience.
Students will be able to explore complex themes and critically analyze them.
Students will be able to apply thematic analysis in writing.
Materials:
Materials:
For this unit, we'll only have one material, which is a PowerPoint. All our focus will be centered on workshops so we can develop and incentivize your ingenuity.
Themes in the novel Presentation
Themes in the novel Presentation
Copy of Themes in Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe.pptxAssignments and Homework:
Assignments and Homework:
Infographic Worksheet
Infographic Worksheet
Themes Digital Picture Worksheet.pdfTheme Worksheet and Video Rubric
Theme Worksheet and Video Rubric
For these last two assignments, we will do the worksheet in class and organize ourselves for the first big assignment of the semester.
We will choose a scene from chapters 3-6 of the novel that shows important character development. Groups of three for a total of ten scenes for the week. We will then watch the video and then have a dialogue discussing the theme and the meaning of the scene in the novel whilst comparing and contrasting it with the video interpretation.
Copy of Video Rubric.docxPurple Theme Reading Worksheet.pdfHomework
Homework
Read the chapters 4-6 of the novel-due the 3rd of May.
After reading the chapters, I'd like for you to watch the video interpretations of the scenes and identify the themes you saw in them. Afterward, we will dissect the novel and use these themes as a basis for the final project of the semester. Due for the 6-10th of May.
Lastly, I'd like for you guys to start drafting your final essay papers, or at least have a topic ready for the end of the term.
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