Identifying Theme
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Objective
I can determine a theme of a text and analyze its development.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Two crucial thinking steps that can lead us to a deeper meaning of literature are practicing insight and acknowledging complexity.
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Insight is the ability to arrive at an intuitive understanding of a big idea using only small clues to get there.
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To acknowledge complexity in your writing, refrain from making broad generalizations about a text or establishing quick, simple judgements about a character.
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Practice
10 questions
What are the two thinking steps mentioned in the video that can lead to identifying deeper meaning in literature?
Define 'insight' as it is used in the context of literary analysis, according to the video.
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Exit ticket
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“What is a possible theme of the Anansi the Spider story from the video, and how is that theme developed throughout the story? Provide at least two specific examples from the story to support your answer.”
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