Semester A Unit 3 Lesson 3

This method is necessary for organizing the novel into its important parts. Another technique students can use when analyzing literature is to find the theme of the book. A theme is a central idea or a message that the author is trying to convey in his or her book. Finding the theme is important because the theme connects the many parts of the plot, such as the background, climax, and resolution. The last technique students can use when analyzing literature is to discover if the novel is an allegory for something greater.

ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2: Determine a theme of central idea of a text and ho it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

What were the objectives of this lesson? How well do you think your students understood the overall purpose and relevance of the lesson? (APS 4.A–C)

AO4 = relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts; explain how texts have been influential and significant to self

Choose passages that speak to you. Consider the parts of the book that made you stop and reflect on what was read. Consider what you may highlight or annotate. Consider the text that may lead to thematic, character, or literary convention analysis. Make connections to the text (text-text, text-self, and text–world). Analyze the style of the text—reflect on elements like symbols, imagery, metaphors, point of view, etc. Apply the different literary critical approaches with which you are familiar.

Describe the central focus and the essential literacy strategy for comprehending OR composing text you will teach in the learning segment.

1. In order for the education system to change and be multiracial there are different sections where you need to work from. Starting from the curriculum structure subjects such as science and math should recognize inventors who created science and math theories. When it comes to english and history; english should allow teachers to pick their authors and subjects that they think their students will be able to enjoy while learning the standards needed for that grade. “…Educators must have knowledge of children’s live outside of school so as to recognize their strengths” (Delpit, 242). As a minority my self having teachers who gave us the options to read books where we could relate to the characters and story lines it was easier for us to actually

RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

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The theme of any literary work is the message that the author is trying to convey, the central point of the story. All stories have a theme, some have more than others and some have less. There is always the main central theme of a story too, one that is at the central conflict of the story. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, a young woman (Antigone) is dealt with the conflict of burying her brother and disobeying the law, or obeying the law and let his corpse rot. Sophocles combines character, setting, and figurative language together to show that rational thinking, like the Gods, Prophets, and others see: is better than stubborn and self centered thinking, similar to Creon's.

2.      Identify the author’s main idea(s). In other words, what is the main point the author is attempting to make about the book?

Big ideas and essential questions are conceptually-based statements that teachers use to design curriculum and instruction that start from standards. They are questions that stimulate thought, provoke inquiry, and altar instruction as a whole. In Mrs. Knau’s eighth grade classroom, we have been working on Common Core Standard RL8.2:Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

Themes are the key points of the story as they provide the audience with a moral lesson or fundamental idea that the character in the story learns as a result of the plot. There are many

In the beginning of analyzing literature, having a theme is important because then you would draw out literary elements which would lead to finding deeper meaning and understand more about the theme