1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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 ?

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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?

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

14. 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

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

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

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

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

19. For Fun...

20. Let’s Close… …