I sat down this weekend to make test-prep material for the inevitability of exam season, and one thing is clear to me as we move toward that horizon: my students need a lesson in discovering theme (abstractions are confounding far too many a student).
So, in this introductory lesson, we went basic: the parable of The Three Little Pigs.
After circle time, in which I read the story aloud, students tussled with our theme formula (what is being compared to what ... or ... are we talking about a wolf and three little pigs, or are we talking about something else?).
At present, a have far too many students struggling to write a complex thesis, so in the video we revisit the inverted thesis frame (heuristic).
What you'll see me do is breakdown three stellar examples that pulled the strings of the frame exactly.
All the slides featured in the lesson are available for free in the video's description.
This week, I'll make a few more (if there is interest) that highlight some more complex children's stories (I'm thinking Goodnight Moon and The Giving Tree).
Happy teaching and happy writing!
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