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Thematic Statement Definition/Purpose: A thematic statement is a complete sentence that expresses a universal theme. A thematic statement concludes your literary analysis by answering So What? It explains to your readers why the topic of analysis is important, what it teaches the reader about the world, about humans, about society. Step 1: Pick a thematic topic conveyed in your essay rough draft SOME examples:
Parking Lot After your thematic statement has been approved, write on the Parking Lot for future reference, inspiration, discussion. Studio Time | Analysis Writing Today is continued studio time for your Kite Runner essay. If Addie is not conferencing with you, please work on this essay. Consider the components of strong analysis below. Do each your analysis paragraphs contain these elements?
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Analysis | True For Who? Activity
PROMPT: America acts as a place for Amir to initially rehash his memories of Afghanistan and later work towards redemption. On the other hand, America is a place where Baba mourns his memories and the loss of the place he called home. For Sohrab, America is perhaps something different all together. DRAMATIZE: For each viewpoint respond to the question, How has the world changed?
BABA SOHRAB AFGHANISTAN REFLECT ON NEW IDEAS: What does this situation expose about the generational differences between these characters? About their relationship with Afghanistan? About the generational differences in Afghanistan’s history? Synthesis | Peel the Fruit Activity
Creation | Construct thesis statement, needs Addie's approval Definition/Purpose: topic + argument = thesis. The author presents the audience with the framework of the argument. The audience has a clear understanding of what the text will be about, encouraging them to read further. Outline and Format: Be extremely specific when filling out your answers to the following questions. This worksheet will become the road map for both your thesis statement and your Bridge paper. The more specific you are now the easier it will be to write your essay. Finally, remember that a solid Bridge paper is written in academic language, meaning it should maintain third person point-of-view. Avoid pronouns like I, me, we, ours, us, etc. What | What is your topic? Why | What is important about your topic? What do you want your audience to understand about your topic? What is the outcome? How | Based on your answers from why, how do ensure this happens? What evidence are you going to use to prove your argument true? Who | On occasion it may be necessary to indicate a specific group of people. This group would indicate the who. This group would indicate the who. For example, the information provided above might be relevant only to students or young adults, which you would indicate here. Thesis Statement | Combine the above answers into one sentence. The Afghanistan Project
The story of Afghanistan is in so many ways a very tragic one. Afghanistan is one of the most impoverished nations of the world. It is one of the most war-torn, most ravaged, and most beleaguered of nations. It is a nation that has been beset by invasion, external pressure and internal upheaval since before the time of Alexander the Great. Its people are a people who have endured more than most of us can ever imagine. In fact, for many Afghans, all that has changed in the last one thousand years are the weapons which have been used against so many of them. Analysis Essay: Theme is the overarching subject or topic the reader recognizes or gains from a story. By understanding this subject or topic, we are able to recognize truths about what it means to be human and to be part of a just society. This idea or truth helps us to understand ourselves as human beings who are connected to all human beings in the world, across all spaces, cultures and across all time. The theme is the important thing for us to learn about others, but especially about ourselves. An analysis essay examines the components of a text, the literary elements, in order to construct an argument about this theme. Essay: The Kite Runner has raised questions about morals and ethics by considering the worst of humanity; however, despite Amir (and many other characters, countries included) diving deep into moral depravity, we are capable as humans of putting ourselves in his shoes. In doing so, we consider how his story, struggles, failures and redemption might change our own ideas of morals and ethics. Khaled Hosseini wrote, "there is a way to be good again”. Construct an essay in which you consider societal and individual moral and ethics through the literary work The Kite Runner as well as any topics we have studied within the Social Studies discipline. Peel the Fruit Activity | Writer's Conferences Accordion Book
Do Now | REDEMPTION
Connections | Cain and Abel Answer the following questions in your accordion book during the reading process.
Artistic Rendering Construct an artistic rendering in your accordion book that symbolizes the struggle of power in Cain and Abel, The Kite Runner. Addie's Example: Both Abel and Hassan hold the power of favor over Cain and Amir. God chose Abel's offerings over his brother's while Baba preferred Hassan's masculine nature over Amir's sensitivity. What other similar powers exist within the two stories?
Learning Objectives
Do Now | The Kite Runner Tableaux
Find the table with the number you were assigned at the door. STEP 1: Silently consider the meaning of The Kite Runner excerpt located in your group. When directed, discuss collectively. STEP 2: Decide how to best capture its imagery in a tableau. Decide what the tableau will look like by answering the following questions:
STEP 3: When your group is presenting the frozen image, each individual (whether they represent a person, object, or symbol) will be tapped. At that time you will speak out a phrase or sentence which gives a clue as to who or what you are in the tableau or what your character may be feeling (this is called inferencing). STEP 4: Each group will share the tableau with the class. As an audience member, be prepared to discuss:
Silent Discussion | Kites + Taliban Silent Discussion Protocol
Exit Slips | Questions
Learning Objectives
Do Now | Character Analysis
Select one character from The Runner. Answer the following two questions on the note card handed out at the door as preparation for discussion:
Accordion Book Reflection + Discussion | REDEMPTION
Analysis | Seven Elements of Culture Begin by reviewing the Seven Elements of Culture handout. Today you will begin the process of identifying aspects of Afghanistan culture represented in The Kite Runner. These components of culture will be used to construct your final project. Today we will practice with Buzkashi. Learning Objectives
Do Now | Accordion Books The first 10 minutes of classes will be dedicated to finishing your most recent accordion book reflections:
Academic Discussion | True for Who? Today each of you have been placed in a specific group in order to discuss the tragedy of chapter seven from a specific character's view point. If there is time, we will rotate through the characters so you will have an opportunity to discuss from two different view points. Begin by assigning roles within the group . Each group will need to have a scribe, speaker and seekers. The scribe should record the groups response to the following questions from the character's perspective. The speaker will initially read the response to the class as a whole before full-out group discussion. The seekers find evidence from the text to support the character perspective. Each group needs to have at least two pieces of evidence from the novel for each question.
Ruppel and Austin please see me. Exit Slip | I Used to Think....Now I Think Please give one example of something you heard/considered today that changed or reconsidered your original response to the tragedy. Learning Objectives
Do Now | Accordion Book Grab your accordion book and reflect on the following questions before Socratic Seminar:
Do Next: The Russians are Coming!
Primary Source View: Secondary Source Take Aways........... Ticket out: Completed third chunking in google classroom.
Learning Objectives
Do Now | Accordion Book
HASSAN + AMIR: Please analyze the two main characters from The Kite Runner in your accordion book by answering the following questions based on chapters 1-5:
Analysis + Synthesis | Afghanistan Kite Running + Accordion Book Reflection
Read chapters 6-10
Learning Objective
Do Now | Accordion Book Entries
MORALS + ETHICS
The Kite Runner, Khaled Housseini After we hand out and record book numbers, we will have a group discussion. Please consider the following questions for discussion in your accordion book:
Reading Assignment: Chapters 1-5 of The Kite Runner |
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