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Is it better to be feared or loved?Character Unit - How do authors develop themes throughout a text?During this unit, we will be closely reading different texts to see how authors develop themes like love and fear. At the end of the unit, we will have a Socratic Seminar to discuss our driving question, and use evidence from literature to support our claims.Literature we are using as evidence:"The Reaping Scene" from The Hunger GamesAsk yourself: How does the author create the mood/feeling in this scene? What techniques does he/she use?Support for Signpost Entries:
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Summarize the scene that made you think of the signpost.
Sounds like:
In this scene…
This line…
The character says/thinks…
(RL.7.2 – provide an objective summary of the text)Explain why you think this scene represents the signpost.
Sounds like:
This shows…
This explains…
This means…
The character realized…
(RL.7.1 – use textual evidence to support a central idea)
Answer the anchor question.
(RL.7.2 – Determine theme or central idea and analyze its development over the course of the textRL.7.3 – Analyze how elements of a story interact)
Use transitions to show that quotes and evidence come from the text.
Sounds like:
According to…
In the beginning of the story…
The character says…
The author states…
In this line…
(RL.7.1– use textual evidence to support a central idea
W.7.2c – use appropriate transitions to show relationships among ideas)
Offer more than one possible answer to the anchor question.
(RL.7.2 - Determine theme or central idea and analyze its development over the course of the text)
Scenes from Camelot
Socratic SeminarYou and your partner are responsible for collecting evidence from our 4 texts to discuss the following questions:1. What similarities did you find between the texts?2. Which author did the best job developing the theme: LOVE?3. Which author did the best job developing the theme: FEAR?4. Which is a more powerful drive for characters: LOVE or FEAR?Resources:
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