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The Giver/Parts
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Quiz
Review Model Paragraph
Homework Description
What needs improvement in homework
Theme Review
Parts of Speech
Literature Discussion
Quiz
• What occupation is Jonas assigned?
• Name two of eight things that Jonas can now do.
• What is the first memory that is given to him?
• What is the first painful memory given to him?
Open your book to p. 86
Review
• What are the five parts of the model
paragraph?
Homework
• The Giver- Chapters 12-15
• Summary/ Reflection 5 [for freshman it will just be a
reflection] (with vocabulary portion and discussion
questions). The focus for this week is theme. Make
sure you’re your reflection either covers a major
theme or a minor theme.
• 6 entries into your dialectical journal.
• Grammar Assignment (There is a “parts of speech”
worksheet in the “documentation/ instructions/
examples
part
of
the
website
http://coophighschoolwriting1.weebly.com/)
Make sure to print out this page and fill in the
answers. This must be turned in next week.
***Read pp. 19-27 in The Only Grammar Book That
You’ll Ever Need.
THEME
Theme
• Theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying
meaning of a literary work that may be stated
directly or indirectly.”
Major v. Minor Theme
• “Major and minor theme are two types of themes
that appear in literary works. A major theme is an
idea that a writer repeats in his work, making it the
most significant idea in a literary work. A minor
theme, on the other hand, refers to an idea that
appears in a work briefly and gives way to another
minor theme.”
How Are Themes
Demonstrated?
• “A writer may express a theme through the feelings of his
main character about the subject he has chosen to
write about.”
• “Similarly, themes are presented through thoughts and
conversations of different characters.”
• “Moreover, the experiences of the main character in the
course of a literary work give us an idea about its
theme”.
• “Finally, the actions and events taking place in a
narrative are consequential in determining its theme.”
-Information about theme from http://literarydevices.net/theme/
List of Major Themes
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Birth - life after loss, life sustains
tragedy
Death - death as mystery,
death as a new beginning
Heroism - false heroism, heroism
and conflicting values
Escape - escape from family
pressures, escaping social
constraints
Love - love sustains/fades with
a challenge
Journey - most journeys lead
back to home Coming of age boy becomes a man
Patriotism - inner conflicts
stemming from patriotism
Peace and war - war is tragic,
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Hope - hope rebounds
Hopelessness - finding hope
after tragedy
Generation gap experience versus youthful
strength
Home - security of a
homestead
Betrayal - fading bonds of
love
Power - Lust for power
solation - the isolation of a
soul
Judgment - balance
between justice and
judgment
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Individualism - choosing
between security and
individualism
Deception - appearance
versus reality
Race relations - learned
racism
Suffering - suffering as a
natural part of human
experience
Alienation - creating
emotional isolation
Loss - loss of innocence, loss
of individualism
Discovery - conquering
unknown, discovering
strength
• God and spirituality - inner
struggle of faith
• Good and evil - the
coexistence of good and
evil on earth
• Duty - the ethics of killing for
duty
• Survival - man against
nature
• Conformity - industrialization
and the conformity of man
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List of themes from:
http://homeworktips.about.co
m/od/englishhomework/a/sam
plethemes.htm
What needs improvement on
the Summary/ Reflections
• Make sure that you are distinguishing the difference
between summary and reflection.
Summary- in a page you tell me that major events
that happened in the readings without opinion, and
also in sequential order.
Reflection (Analysis)- In this section of the assignment
you are analyzing the literature (your opinion is
involved). We are focusing on specific literary
elements. In addition, you must follow the model
paragraph.
• Cite you quotes. We are following APA formatting
(author last name, year of publication, p.#).
Example (Alvarez, 2011, p.11).
• In relation to this make sure you are using quotes as
textual evidence.
• Make sure that you are only writing in the third person
voice. Do not write in the first or second person (I, we,
my, mine, you, yours).
Instead of saying “we can see,” you can say “the reader
can see.”
• Make sure to employ alternate sentence formulas.
Some of you are repeating the same sentence
formula.
• Make sure to edit your assignments. There were
quite a few errors, though the most severe were
misspellings.
• Make sure to include the vocabulary portion and
the discussion questions.
Reflection Checklist
1) Does my reflection have all five elements of the model
paragraph?
2) Did I use at least one quote and properly cite it in APA
formatting?
3) Does my reflection focus on analysis rather than
summary (make sure to use the notes you took in class)?
4) Am I following the prompt for this week?
5) Did I include the correct amount of vocabulary words?
Did I first define them? Did I actually use them correctly in
my “reflection”? Did I bold them in my reflection to
distinguish them as my vocabulary words?
6) Did I include the two discussion questions at the end of
my reflection?
7) Is there a title? (Only a requirement for Freshman
students)
8) Do I have my name, reflection #, date, and title in the
appropriate location.
9) Is this draft double-spaced, in 12pt Times New Roman
font, 1 inch margins,
and at least 250 words?
10)Is my writing fluency strong? Are there grammar errors?
11)HAVE I REVISED THIS AT LEAST ONCE? HAVE I EDITED THIS
AT LEAST ONCE?
12)Does my draft look like the model draft in layout?
Parts of Speech
The Parts of Speech:
Introduction
• As in any subject, it is important that writers understand
the “nuts and bolts” English grammar. The most basic of
these are the parts of speech.
The 8 Basic Parts of Speech are:
• Noun
• Pronoun
• Adjective
• Verb
• Adverb
• Conjunction
• Preposition
Focus for this week…
• For this week we are only going to be focusing on
the different types of nouns, pronouns, adjectives,
and verbs.
Noun
Nouns are, “words that are used to name persons, things,
animals, places, ideas, or events.”
Example:
Mozart is considered to be one of the greatest composers
of classical music. (A person’s name)
Cats are sometimes considered to be reclusive animals.
(Names an animal)
“Freedom of expression” is the most important liberty.
(Names an idea)
Types of Nouns (5
Different Types)
• Proper- “proper nouns always start with a capital
letter and refers to specific names of persons,
places, or things.”
Examples: Westside Christian Co-op, Jimi Hendrix,
The Vatican
• Common: “common nouns are the opposite of
proper nouns. These are just generic names of
persons, things, or places.”
Examples: school, musician, city
• Concrete: “this kind refers to nouns which you can
perceive through your five senses.”
Examples: water, dirt, cookie
• Abstract: “unlike concrete nouns, abstract nouns
are those which you can’t perceive through your
five senses.”
Examples: freedom, happiness, love, anger
• Collective: “refers to a group of persons, animals, or
things”
Examples: class (group of students), team (group of
players), troop (group of soldiers, or in the animal
world a group of monkeys)
Schoolhouse Rock Nouns:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk4N5kkifGQ
Types of Nouns (Quiz)
Janis decided that she had to study more.
Proper noun
The class went on a fieldtrip.
Collective noun
The water was cool.
Concrete noun
Where is the school located?
Common noun
This country was founded on the ideal of freedom for
all.
Abstract noun
Pronoun
• “is a part of a speech which functions as a replacement
for a noun. Some examples of pronouns are: I, it, he, she,
mine, his, hers, we, they, theirs, and ours.”
Examples:
Marc is an incredible musician. He learned how to
improvise over the “Coltrane” changes.
They are the most brilliant students.
I am quite happy today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu1ciVFbecw
Adjective
• “This part of a speech is used to describe a noun or
a pronoun. Adjectives can specify the quality, the
size, and the number of nouns or pronouns.”
The Requiem, by W.A. Mozart, is a beautiful.
I ate six slices of pizza.
The surface of this rock is rough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs
Verb
• “Simply put, this is a word that shows an action (physical
or mental) or state of being of the subject in a
sentence.”
Alex jumped high to get the rebound.
Verbs that are State of Being Verbs: “am, is, was, are, and
were”
The park rangers were prepared for any emergencies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8mGU1MzYw
Pronoun, Adjective, Verb
Quiz
She is very excited to be going on vacation.
Pronoun
He bought two shirts.
Adjective
She ran the mile in seven minutes.
Verb
He was prepared for the quiz.
State of Being Verb
Freytag’s Pyramid/ Literary
Archetype: The Hero
Freytag’s Pyramid
• “Gustav Freytag was a Nineteenth Century German
novelist who saw common patterns in the plots of
stories and novels and developed a diagram to
analyze them. He diagrammed a story's plot using a
pyramid like the one shown here:”
- http://www.ohio.edu/people/hartleyg/ref/fiction/fre
ytag.html
• “Exposition: setting the scene. The writer introduces
the characters and setting, providing description
and background.”
• Inciting Incident: something happens to begin the
action. A single event usually signals the beginning
of the main conflict. The inciting incident is
sometimes called 'the complication'.”
• Rising Action: the story builds and gets more
exciting.”
• “Climax: the moment of greatest tension in a story.
This is often the most exciting event. It is the event
that the rising action builds up to and that the
falling action follows.”
• “Falling Action: events happen as a result of the
climax and we know that the story will soon end.”
• “Resolution: the character solves the main
problem/conflict or someone solves it for him or her”
• “Dénouement: (a French term, pronounced: daynoo-moh) the ending. At this point, any remaining
secrets, questions or mysteries which remain after
the resolution are solved by the characters or
explained by the author. Sometimes the author
leaves us to think about the THEME or future
possibilities for the characters.”
http://www.ohio.edu/people/hartleyg/ref/fictio
n/freytag.html
The Hero Journey
• “The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative
identified by the American scholar Joseph
Campbell that appears in drama,
storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and
psychological development. It describes
the typical adventure of the archetype
known as The Hero, the person who goes
out and achieves great deeds on behalf of
the group, tribe, or civilization”
http://www.thewritersjourney.com/hero%27s_journey.htm
The Hero’s Journey
The Hero’s Journey
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The Ordinary World
The Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
Meeting with a Mentor
Crossing the Threshold
Test, Allies, Enemies
Approach
The Ordeal
The Reward
The Road Back
The Resurrection
Return with the Elixir
The Hero’s Journey