Writing Strategies
Writing Strategies
The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals:
21st Century Skills—You will use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills and communicate effectively.
Directions
Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________
Teacher-Graded Activities
Write a response for each of the following activities. Check the Evaluation section at the end of this document to make sure you have met the expected criteria for the assignment. When you have finished, submit your work to your teacher.
1. Purpose, Voice, and Theme Themes in literature, such as heroism, love, corruption, greed, and perseverance, often reflect and relate to the issues we encounter in our daily lives or read about in the news. In this activity, you will develop ideas for an essay that relates a current news issue to a theme from a work of literature you have read.
a. Think about some of the literature that you have read. Consider novels, essays, speeches, poems, and short fiction. Brainstorm a list of titles.
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b. Choose three titles from your list and write them in the chart below. Then list the themes from each work. Remember that the theme of a piece of literature is the main idea, the message, the subject, or the concept that the author is trying to convey by telling the story. Examples of themes include love, hate, the innocence of youth, love of life, courage, struggle, loyalty, survival, and triumph over adversity.
Type your response here:
|Title |Theme |
|The Odyssey |Determination |
|The Boy in The Striped Pajamas |Curiosity
The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals:
21st Century Skills—You will use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills and communicate effectively.
Directions
Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________
Teacher-Graded Activities
Write a response for each of the following activities. Check the Evaluation section at the end of this document to make sure you have met the expected criteria for the assignment. When you have finished, submit your work to your teacher.
1. Purpose, Voice, and Theme Themes in literature, such as heroism, love, corruption, greed, and perseverance, often reflect and relate to the issues we encounter in our daily lives or read about in the news. In this activity, you will develop ideas for an essay that relates a current news issue to a theme from a work of literature you have read.
a. Think about some of the literature that you have read. Consider novels, essays, speeches, poems, and short fiction. Brainstorm a list of titles.
Type your response here:
b. Choose three titles from your list and write them in the chart below. Then list the themes from each work. Remember that the theme of a piece of literature is the main idea, the message, the subject, or the concept that the author is trying to convey by telling the story. Examples of themes include love, hate, the innocence of youth, love of life, courage, struggle, loyalty, survival, and triumph over adversity.
Type your response here:
|Title |Theme |
|The Odyssey |Determination |
|The Boy in The Striped Pajamas |Curiosity