Yes, Jennifer, that's the standard.
I think I'll start with the book Smoky Night. Do you think I should
make photocopies and give each student a copy? Should I put it on the
document camera? I want the students to be able to refer back to the
text very specifically (saying, "On page 6... " for example).
Does anyone have suggestions for other books I can use?
Jan
Quoting "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]>:
Is this the standard you are asking about?
"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."
Here's what I'd do with it.
Take a meaty children's book by someone like Eve Bunting or Patricia Polacco.
I'd ask students to determine what the lesson in it is. Then, look at how
characters change and grow throughout the text and figure out how
that change is
related to author's message. What does the setting have to do with the theme?
Would the theme or lesson be the same if the setting were different?
Think about
how the author introduced a problem to the story---and then solved
it--how did
these relate to the lesson or theme?
An objective summary would be the theme or lesson with major plot events that
lead to that theme.
I'd want kids to have some deep discussions, spend time close reading short
sections of important parts of the text as part of the lesson.
Anyone else? I started with the theme and then analyzed what the
author did to
develop that theme. You could just as easily analyze characters,
setting plot---
and then use those to identify the theme. I personally prefer starting global
and then looking at details. Other folks prefer to do the analysis first and
find the global after studying the details.
Jennifer
On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:09 PM,
"[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>"
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I live in Washington state. I feel confused that if the CCSS is national
(well... 45 states), why there would be different tests in the West
from in the
East. I understand that to be true, but I don't know why.
For 8th grade one of the reading literature standards is about theme
and setting
and plot. I'd like a lesson using a children's book that I can use
to show my
students what this standard means. We can then use that information
with a more
challenging book, but I always want to teach a new skill with an easy
text. Jan
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