Steve Jobs This unit was created by the Louisiana Department of Education in partnership with LearnZillion. It includes approximately 36 days of instructional materials including classroom-ready materials, assessments, graphic organizers, and texts.

Jaguar Jumpstart Write each sentence. Circle the direct object and underline the indirect object. Write the definition of direct object. Write the definition of indirect object.

Yesterday, We... Re-read the story of David and Goliath Determined some of the themes of the story Examined how the themes are conveyed (shown) through the details

A Quick Review… THEME = the main social issue being addressed by the text A social issue is something about which people feel very strongly. What are some examples of THEME ?

squirrels topic Review of Vocabulary… TOPIC = a subject of conversation or writing. If we began discussing this, our topic would be __________. .. In writing, the topic of a paragraph is usually stated in the ______ sentence. squirrels topic

What is the difference? subject message What about Why written REVIEW: Topic vs Theme… .. What is the difference? subject Topic is the __________ presented in your writing. Theme is the ________________ conveyed through your writing. .. TOPIC = ________ is the story _________? THEME = ________ was the story __________? message What about Why written

address social uses convincing opinion awareness REVIEW: Topic vs Theme… .. When theme is involved, the story is written to ______________ a certain ______________ issue. The writer simply _______ the topic as a way of ______________ people to believe his ___________ about the issue. OR…she may just be trying to bring _______________ to the issue. address social uses convincing opinion awareness

theme statement textual Review Goes On… When we state the theme as a complete sentence, it is called a ______ _________. We must have ______ evidence to back up our theme statement. .. theme statement textual

Today, We Will... Compare and contrast themes and topics of Casey at the Bat and David and Goliath … Cite (show) specific examples from the text to illustrate the themes and topics

Let’s Discuss... VOLUNTEER #1 – Tell us the story of Casey at the Bat in your own words. VOLUNTEER #2 – Tell us the story of David and Goliath in your own words.

It is dangerous to be over-confident. Let’s Discuss... Are there any particular themes that we see in both stories? .. One Example: It is dangerous to be over-confident.

Was Casey over-confident? Was Goliath over-confident? Let’s Discuss... It is dangerous to be over-confident. Was Casey over-confident? .. How did that turn out? Was Goliath over-confident?

Any other overlapping themes? Let’s Discuss... Any other overlapping themes?

same different compare contrast Let’s Learn... COMPARE = we list how things are the _______ CONTRAST = we list how things are _________ You will often be asked to ________ and _________ two passages. .. same different compare contrast

Let’s Learn... …from the two lazy frogs

Let’s Apply... vs. What are three ways that Casey at the Bat and David and Goliath are similar?

Let’s Apply... vs. What are three ways that Casey at the Bat and David and Goliath are different?

We have just __________ and ____________ the two stories. Let’s Apply... vs. compared We have just __________ and ____________ the two stories. contrasted

For Fun...

Let’s Close… …