Wednesday's Class - Determing the Theme of Story

DO NOW - THINK
Entry Title:  Alliteration and Imagery

What might be one of the literary symbolic meanings behind the the following line from the story?

“She stood by the window and looked out dully at a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard.”

Use the TREES method of paragraph development to respond.  A possible topic sentence could be...  In the short story, "Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry the author uses literary symbolism. This is to enhance his narrative (story). For example...



AGENDA

1. Bellwork - Reader Response: Literary Symbolism
2. Homework Check: Literary Symbolism Worksheet
3. EQ - Can you determine the theme of the story, "Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry?
4. Learning Objectives - 1) Reinforce how to determine the theme of a story using a plot structure diagram.
5. Mini-lesson - Review the process of determining the theme of a story using a plot structure diagram.
6. Guided Practice - Working in pairs and using the short story, "Gift of the Magi" and a plot structure diagram, determine the theme of this story.
7. Assessment - Theme statements based on plot structure diagram.  This is a Classwork Grade.
8. Homework - Study vocabulary words for the test on Friday.

Blank Plot Structure Diagram