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Great job Sydney! Love ms. Hughes

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Theme Statements

What is theme?

It is NOT the moral of a story, unless that story is an allegory (a story whose purpose is to teach a lesson).

It IS the central idea of a story.

A theme must be expressed as a STATEMENT.

This theme statement MUST be universal in nature.  This means, it should be generally true for all people.

A literary work can have more than one theme.

For example:

The short story “Sentry,” by Fredric Brown suggests that human beings are aggressive and ruthless by nature.

Notice, the theme must be declared in a statement, a sentence with both a subject and a verb.

In “Sentry,” a theme is aggression. }. This is an error.  Too vague!

Homework:  For the above theme statement on “Sentry,” write a multi-paragraph response in this you state this claim and proves it to be true using quotations from the story,

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“ “ five words max unless dialogue

Past  tense and present tense

He looked at the cave

He is looking at the cave

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Block 1.3 - September 17: Return Plagiarism Form. It must be signed by both you and one of your parents.
Blocks 2.1 & 2.2 - September 18: Return Plagiarism Form. It must be signed by both you and one of your parents.

1.3, 2.1, and 2.2
In class we went over note taking (divide a page in your notebook so you have 2 columns, put "Notes" on the left hand side and "Ideas, Observations, Examples, etc). We also went over and discussed "Herd Behavior" by CommonLit Staff.

Here is an example of lay out and structure for two column note taking (as done in class 2.2); please refer to this and copy format.

HW: Take notes as above on both sides of handout (Sub-headings are: Background, Examples of Herd Behavior, Behavior in Crowds and Everyday Decision-Making).
ALSO: ON THE SHEET ITSELF Underline the KEY point that you have also put into your notes; this way, you have your notes and the original with full detail.

NEXT Class: You will be writing an OPEN BOOK write in class; your notes AND the handout, "Herd Behavior" are to be used in class.

In class writing dates:
2.1 & 2.2 will write on Wednesday Sept 26th/18
1.3 will write on Thursday Sept 27th/18.

HOMEWORK for 2.1 Sept 28/18 Due on Tuesday 2nd October/18.

We are working on Note Taking skills and on Elements of The Short Story.
Homework is to take notes on the information on short story elements and take notes using the two column method Ms. Hughes has taught you:
FOLD YOUR PAGE IN TWO; on the LEFT HAND column put the information from the link above. You need to do the same kind of indenting and bulleting as on the link. ON THE RIGHT column, put examples you can think of for the notes on the left hand side. You can use books and stories you have read and TV shows and movies if you need to, although short stories will work best. For example, denouement is a short story term, but introduction, inciting moment, rising action, and climax are terms for a variety of genres.

This is due for class on:
Tuesday the 2nd of October for 2.1
Wednesday the 3rd for 1.3
Thursday the 4th for 2.2

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Here is the homework for the short story, "Sentry."

We have read and started looking at this very short story in class. Your homework is to use TWO COLUMN note taking format and locate proof of each part of Freytag's plot chart (Introduction, Initiating Action, Rising Action [a few examples needed here], and Denouement).

Here is an example provided in class.

Due for 2.1 on Thursday October 4th
Due for 1.3 on Friday October 5th
Due for 2.2 on Wednesday October 10

Notes on THEME. All BA English 8 classes: READ THIS and take notes/finish notes from class. There is a paragraph(s) for homework. Try and write this for class next week (15th or 16 th Oct) if you see this and can. If you don't see this, we will be working on writing about theme in the "Sentry" next week (week of the 15th), so no worries.
Week of October 15th-18th [15th = 2.1&2.2] [[16th = 1.3]
For Important Notes on Theme Statements and How to Write about Literature, check out the notes from class. Remember, these notes may be updated as we add more information during further class notes. Notes on Quotations
HW 16 Oct/18 [1.3]Go to 'Notes from Class' above and copy all for next day. Today we did notes from 'Notes on Quotations' from immediately above.
On the 18th, you will start putting together your first literary analysis (multi-paragraph) response based on Brown's "Sentry."

2.1&2.2: Notes on Quotations (as above)& taking a position.
HW 2.1&2.2 October 17th: Working on Literary, Multi-paragraph theme analysis for "Sentry."

HW 1.3 October 18th: Working on Literary, Multi-paragraph theme analysis for "Sentry."

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1.BYNG ARTS EN8, 2018-2019: HW, notes, and "stuff" from Class.

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Block 1.3 - September 17: Return Plagiarism Form. It must be signed by both you and one of your parents. Blocks 2.1 & 2.2 - September 18: Return Plagiarism Form. It must be signed by both you and one of your parents.

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i)  Protagonist(s)

o     NOT the “good guy” or  “bad guy,” just main character.

o    The character or characters around whom the action centers.

ii)            Antagonist(s)

o    NOT the “bad guy” or “good guy;” it is the character that directly opposes the main character(s)

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How to make quotations

1.       Try to use fewer than 6 words

2.       Use no more than 4 quotes per paragraph

3.       Jump around from quotes to your own words

4.       Do not use 2 quotations in a row

5.       Explain how your evidence (quotation) proves or supports your argument

Example: use the word wet to say he is suffering but explain how wet is suffering

6.       The words you use as quotations do not total to your word count.