CI Lesson #1

You have a lot of directions to follow… You need your literary notebook and book club novel. Write down your HW including the long- term assignment. Pick up a roots quiz study guide from under the Smartboard. Read it and be ready to ask questions.

Today you will learn how to determine an implied central idea.

Match the holiday to it’s implied meaning. Find your match Match the holiday to it’s implied meaning.

Central Idea The BIG idea or implied meaning of text that is stated in one, concrete noun.

Determining Central Idea Readers ask: What big ideas are the story about? What universal topics are implied? What does the author want me to learn about human nature? Can this central idea be applied to other texts? Central Ideas: Cruelty Jealousy

Possible Central Ideas (CI): acceptance grief reputation anger guilt rivalry beauty happiness secrecy class identity self-improvement community isolation self-reliance compassion jealousy suffering courage legacy survival death love temptation fear loyalty transformation forgiveness popularity truth freedom pride greed privacy

Purpose for Reading: Track one emerging Central Idea (CI) Your group will choose ONE central idea to track together. Bring examples from your reading over the weekend to share.

CI Lesson #2

Follow these directions: Sit with your book club. You need your book club novel and literary notebook. Write down your HW. If your name is not in your book club novel, now would be a good time to write it on the back of the front cover.

Work Time: Interaction of literary elements Pg # Literary Element Evidence (partial quote) Explanation   Work Time: Interaction of literary elements Now that you have evidence of emerging central ideas in your novel, let’s organize your examples…

CI Lesson #3

Follow these directions: Begin a discussion in your book clubs about MORE evidence you have found of your central idea.

Today you will learn how to… justify your evidence with explanation

ARGUMENT: Setting reveals the central idea of cruelty. Use synonyms ARGUMENT: Setting reveals the central idea of cruelty. Pg # Literary Element Evidence Explanation 1   setting It had been raining for seven years; a thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. So what? Use vocabulary How does this example of the setting show cruelty without explicitly saying it?

Pg # Literary Element Evidence Explanation 1   setting It had been raining for seven years; a thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again.  Ray Bradbury’s word choice of “crushed” shows readers how harsh the setting is on Venus and that even the rain lacks compassion.

Thorough explanations include… the answer to “so what? what does my evidence prove?” ideas specific to that piece of evidence only and no other vocabulary from the language of language arts synonyms for over-used words the author’s name

Evidence (partial quote) Pg # Literary Element Evidence (partial quote) Explanation   1 character "What are you looking at?" said William. Margot said nothing. "Speak when you are spoken to." He gave her a shove. CHARACTERS: Who is cruel and how do you know? setting It had been raining for seven years; a thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again.  SETTING: How does the environment expose cruelty? 3 plot event Oh, but," Margot whispered, her eyes helpless. "But this is the day, the scientists predict, they say, they know, the sun..." "All a joke!" said the boy, and seized her roughly. "Hey, everyone, let's put her in a closet before the teacher comes!"  PLOT: What events occur because of cruelty? 2 conflict The children do not want to believe that Margot remembers seeing the sun.  CONFLICT: What problem does jealousy cause? What’s the effect?

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Today you will learn how the central idea of a text is revealed through its literary elements Characters Setting Plot Conflict Central Idea

Central Idea: Cruelty CHARACTERS: Who is cruel and how do you know? SETTING: How does the environment expose cruelty? PLOT: What events occur because of cruelty? CONFLICT: What problem does cruelty cause? What’s the effect?

Central Idea: Jealousy CHARACTERS: Who is jealous and how do you know? SETTING: How does the environment expose jealousy? PLOT: What events occur because of jealousy? CONFLICT: What problem does jealousy cause? What’s the effect?

Synonyms: seclusion, secrecy Antonyms: publicity Central Idea: privacy Synonyms: seclusion, secrecy Antonyms: publicity "Henry wondered less kindly if Brandon Sheringham might think about keeping his nose out of his business” (38). Sanborn’s mother is nosy with Mrs. Smith (39 & 85) Smith family's private beach Salvage Cove (3) Reporter from Blythbury-by-the-Sea Chronicle “sneaked into Franklin’s [hospital] room to get a quick picture of him before” the police officers removed him (8) When Henry returns to school, he hides the emotional state of his family behind the word “fine.” “’Franklin is fine.’ And his family was doing fine. Just fine. They were all fine. They were all so fine they could be America’s Fine Family. Fine.” (36) A picture of the ship is featured in the newspaper and the Smith family lawyer is disappointed that it will encourage publicity. “We never encourage publicity,” said Henry’s mother (59). Town’s reaction to plea bargain (92). Sanborn and Henry argue over Chay's innocenct. Henry says, “And since when did we become everyone’s business?” (94)

CI #2 on your own CI #1 as a group Emerging Central Ideas (CI) Record your thinking about central ideas using direct quotes or paraphrased examples. Central Idea: Synonyms: Antonyms: CHARACTERS: SETTING: PLOT EVENTS: CONFLICTS: CI #2 on your own CI #1 as a group