Narrative Writing & Theme

Narrative Writing & Theme

Today we will discuss theme and your final narrative project.

6th Grade Goals & Learning Targets

• 6RL1: Cite Evidence to support your analysis (your deep thoughts)

• 6RL2: Determine the theme or central idea of a text

• 6RW3: Write a narrative to develop real or imagined events or experiences.

Continued.......

• SWBAT write about the development of the theme in "Nadia the Willful" citing evidence from the text to support their ideas.

• SWBAT think and write about a time they fought for what they cared about

• SWBAT think & write about a real world issue they would like to fight against

Multiple Select

What are the elements every story needs? Check all that apply.

• Main Conflict

• Plot

• Characters

• Theme

• Setting

Multiple Choice

What is one major purpose of the story elements?

• each story element combines to develop or convey a certain theme.

• They all make the story interesting

Multiple Choice

Which answer choice best defines theme?

• The theme what the story is mostly about.

• The theme is the central message of the story used to communicate ideas about life.

• The theme is what the topic of the story.

• The theme is the title of the story.

Multiple Select

Which answer choice(s) speaks to a major theme in Nadia the Willful? Check all that apply.

• Keep the memory of your family alive.

• Stand up for what you believe in and other's will follow.

• Obey your parents.

• Love your big brother.

Multiple Choice

Which answer choice speaks to a major theme in "The Scholarship Jacket"

• Make good grades

• Always make your mother proud

• Stand up for what is right

• Love your teachers because they stand up for you.

Let's make a connection

• Read the quote.

• How did Nadia's character illustrate the advice of former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Let's write about it

How is the theme "Fight for the things that you care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" developed in Nadia the Willful?

Narrative Writing is....

• Telling a story

• Can be fiction or non-fiction (based on real and true events)

• Can be realistic (based on characters and events that could really happen)

• Can be based on characters and events that could never happen.

Brainstorming: Writing down our ideas.

• What some things you've stood up against?

• What are somethings you would like to stand up against?