 A way to understand texts like; novels, poems, songs, short stories, letters, documents and other works  A way to organize thoughts and ideas on these works  Developed by AP  Used for Language Arts and History

 S ubject  O ccasion  A udience  P urpose  S peaker  T  O  N  E

 In a story it would be the plot  In a poem it would be what the poem is about  In other words, shrink the work down into a nutshell

 The time and place that influences the creation of the work  The environments, emotions, or attitudes that prompt the author to write  NOT the setting  Example: Shirley Jackson was prompted by the Holocaust to write “The Lottery”

 Who is the author writing to?  Who is the work directed at?

 The same as Theme  What does the author want the audience to think or do as a result of their work?

 Not necessarily the author, but often is  Who is telling the story  Example: in The Hunger Games the Speaker is Katniss but the author is Suzanne Collins

 What is the attitude of the author in the work?  What word choices and imagery show the authors attitude?

 Listen to Queen’s song Under Pressure  Use the organizer, your notes, and lyrics to find SOAPStone (5 min think time)  Jigsaw expert groups (8 min share out) and novice groups (10 min share out)