Morals/Themes
What is the theme/moral of "Little Red Riding Hood?"
Don't talk to strangers!
"You walk gravely along as if you were going to school."
~ Little Red Riding Hood
What does the word gravely mean?
Gravely - in a serious manner
Who is the best English teacher?
Mr. Morgan
What is the point of the greatest tension in a story called?
Climax
"we shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow..."
This is in regards to growing old.
What is the theme/moral of "The Fisherman and His Wife?"
You can't buy happiness/ Greed will get you nowhere
"The man felt very reluctant and unwilling to return to the seaside."
~ The Fisherman and His Wife
What does the word reluctant mean
Reluctant - unwilling or hesitant to do something.
Who wrote "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?"
L. Frank Baum
What is the climax of Little Red Riding Hood?
Little Red Riding Hood gets eaten by the wolf.
Why is the forest used as a place where dangerous things happen?
Forests are dark and scary. Animals live in the forest.
What is the theme/moral for "The Wizard of Oz?"
There is no place like home/ Home is where the heart is
We always have what we need in ourselves.
"Dorothy was thanked by the Scarecrow with an abundance of joy."
-The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
What does the word abundance mean?Abundance - a large quantity; plenty; a lot
Who wrote the poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and the children's book The Giving Tree?
Shel Silverstein
"Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room – and this room contained a rusty-looking cooking stove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs and the beds. Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner and Dorothy a little bed in another corner."
What part of the story structure is this?
Exposition/Introduction
Explain the difference between "The place where the sidewalk ends" and "this place."
Give an example from the text.
Sidewalk Ends is beautiful and welcoming.
This place is stinky and unwelcoming and makes you grow old.
What is the theme/ central idea for "The Importance of Imagination?"
Imagination is important for the future/ Don't lose your imagination.
"Then we hit an age when we're presented with a scantron of bubble-in options, a template for a CV that we need to create, and Excel."
- "The Importance of Imagination"
Which is the best option for the meaning of template?
A. A piece of metal to hold in place
B. a guideline to follow
C. a circular pattern to cut
D. none of them above
B. a guideline to follow
How does Esha Chhabra break parameters and assumptions in "The Importance of Imagination."
Give an example from the text.
Esha is Asian and is more creative in doodling, than she is at math or numbers or engineering.
"And so off he went as well as he could for fright. And a dreadful storm arose, so that he could hardly keep his feet; and the houses and trees were blown down, and the mountains trembled, and rocks fell in the sea; the sky was quite black, and it thundered and lightened; and the waves, crowned with foam, ran mountains high.
So he cried out, without being able to hear his own words, “O man, O man! — if man you be, Or flounder, flounder, in the sea — Such a tiresome wife I’ve got, For she wants what I do not.”
“Well, what now?” said the flounder.
“Oh dear!” said the man, “she wants to order about the sun and moon.”
What part of the story structure is this?
Falling Action
Explain the significance of the weather changing in "The Fisherman and His Wife."
The weather helps create the tone and mood of the piece. As the wife's greed becomes more and more, the weather gets worse. By the the end of the story, the Fisherman is walking through a tornado to make the wish for his wife.
What is the theme/ central idea of "Where the Sidewalk Ends?"
Children can lead us back to our imagination.
"So he went, feeling very frightened, and despondent, and he shivered and shook, and his knees trembled."
-The Fisherman and His Wife
What is the best definition for the word "despondent"?
A. feeling great discouragement, or sadness
B. feeling of relief
C. feeling of reluctance
D. none of the above
A. feeling great discouragement, or sadness
Name the three types of connections when reading informational texts.
text-to-text
text-to-self
text-to-world
Choose one person from your team to come to the board and draw and label the story structure mountain.
Exposition/Introduction
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution/Conclusion
Compare and contrast the imagery in the settings of Kansas and Munchkinland in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
In Kansas, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em lack color. It is dry and lonely.
In Munchkinland, everyone is full of joy. Lots of color is described.