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Obstacle 1 Obstacle 2 Obstacle 3 Enlightment on THEME! Start What is THEME? Connections Giulia, Huimin, Linda How to identify theme: The effects of THEME THEME It is an idea being explored or expressed in a text. Student X Theme is THE MEssage of a story. Observe the
Title and the Cover Identify the
climax and the conflict of the story What was the outcome
of the
conflict and the characters? What is the context of the story? Finally, ask yourself:

What does the author want us to know and think about? Origin The word THEME originates from the latin thema and Greek tithenai, which means to lay down. This idea is often UNIVERSAL Step 1 Step 2 Step 5 Step 4 Step 3 Fahrenheit 451: Books burning - Control of ideas and information in the society Fahrenheit 451: Climax - Montag kills Beatty
Conflict - Montag vs. Society Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) Fahrenheit 451: Bradbury lived during the Great Depression - Lack of education - Criticism Fahrenheit 451: Montag escapes from society
after discovering the truth and becomes a rebel while the society perishes under war Christina Perri - A Thousand Years Love/Eternity Perseverence Avatar Imperialism
Militarism It is through theme that the author communicates with the reader. A story can have multiple themes. Now, to test our knowledge... OBJECTIVE: We will further enhance our knowledge of theme by learning how to identify and understand theme. Fahrenheit 451: Censorship What are the 5 steps for identifying theme? What are the effects of theme? What are the themes that can be identified in:

A Separate Peace
The Cask of Amontillado
Siddhartha
Oedipus the king
Lord of the Flies
To Kill A Mockingbird What are some examples of theme in real life? What is the origin of the word theme? Now, it's your turn to identify theme in:

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
and
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Symbolism is often related to the theme Theme teaches us lessons... ...and instead of telling, it is often implicitly shown to us throughout a story. How can theme be connected with an author's background? Provide an example. 2pts 1pt/step 2pts 1pt 2pts/effect 3pts/theme BEWARE!!! When defining a theme, do not be too specific. TRUE LOVE > EVIL In Time Slash ft Adam Lavigne - Gotten Relationship
Salvation Theme can be found in virtually ALL pieces of writing. Social Inequalities CRITICISM Often times, theme can criticize a problem in our world. Ex. Social, political, moral, etc. ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? Ex. Snow White - "Being evil will turn you into a witch and you will fall off a cliff."

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Obstacle 1 Obstacle 2 Obstacle 3 Enlightment on THEME! Start What is THEME? Connections Giulia, Huimin, Linda How to identify theme: The effects of THEME THEME It is an idea being explored or expressed in a text. Student X Theme is THE MEssage of a story.

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Characterization Activity

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-In small group, answer the following questions on sticky notes:

1. Once House made his final decision about college, was it easy? What challenges do you think he faced?

2. Was he reformed following his first time in jail? Why do you think he made the choices that he did following his jail sentence? Was he reformed? Why do you think he was or was not reformed?

3. When other children aspire to be doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc., what did House want to be? Why do you think this was the choice he made?

4. What similarities do you see between Anton House and the characters in The Outsiders?

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RACINE - At 8, he knew he wanted to be a drug dealer when he grew up.

When he was 13, his mother got him real drugs to sell so he wouldn't be killed for selling licked-off Lemonheads crushed to look like crack.

Back then, he didn't think he'd live past 16, but on Saturday, at age 31, he graduated from college.

Anton House has, at times, wanted to hide his past from his peers at school. Now, he wants to tell his story of gang member turned college graduate to show others they, too, can change.

The former drug dealer graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside with a bachelor of arts degree in history. This summer, he'll be saving up for graduate school and checking books off his reading list, including "The Black History of the White House." Then he'll be bound for Washington, D.C.

A Racine native, House grew up on 11th Street, throwing the Gangster Disciples' pitchfork sign and shuffling from one relative's house to another, as was typical for a child with a drug-addicted parent.

As a boy, he saw the dealers going in and out of a drug house across the street from his grandmother's, flaunting big gold chains, leather outfits and adidas track suits.

"Seeing this, every kid wanted (that lifestyle)," House said. "We identified what represented wealth."

He was 13 when he came up with the idea to sell licked-off Lemonheads for $20 each. After that, his mom got him some real drugs, knowing what addicts would do to him when he got caught selling fakes. To him, that was her way of loving him: "If you're going to do it, do it. Don't play because people will kill you."

He had kept a big gun since he was 13, wore a bulletproof vest around the 'hood and dropped out of Case High School at 16. He was turned off from school, House said, because all he heard about being black was that his ancestors were slaves.

His first encounter with "juvie" was at 15, after getting caught with a sawed-off shotgun. A year later, he was back on the streets, where nothing had changed.

He became so numb to the lifestyle, he said, that he didn't care if he sold drugs to pregnant women, robbed people or shot them.

"I was so negative that if there was someone positive around me, I'd try to influence them, get them drunk, get them high, 'Here, take my pistol,' " House said. "I'd try to corrupt them because I was so miserable myself."

House went to prison for the first time in 1998, at age 18, for possession of cocaine.

By the time he got out, after two years, he had an 18-month-old son to support. But he had no luck finding jobs with a felony on his record.

"I had no money; I had nothing. But now I had a son," House said. "After that, I was back selling crack."

He got caught selling drugs again in 2001, and this time went to prison for five years.

It was in prison that he came across "The Destruction of Black Civilization," recommended by a man who was serving a life sentence.

After that he read every day - books on black history, philosophy and more, in his search for his identity, driven by a desire to change and a natural penchant for learning.

House had received his high school equivalency diploma while in prison, and found motivation and accountability in the Community Re-entry Program once he got out.

He entered Parkside in 2007 as a full-time student after being rejected from jobs with no work experience and two felonies on his record.

While studying came naturally, House said it was harder to get used to the university culture.

He got worried when a letter arrived saying he was on the dean's list: "I thought it was something bad."

But he overcame the initial challenges, and later became the president of the Black Student Union.

House defied the high recidivism rate for prisoners through his inquisitive and hard-working nature, said Parkside Associate Provost Dennis Rome, former chair of the university's Criminal Justice Department.

"I was struck by his willingness to learn," Rome said. "For him to have that insight and say, 'Hey, I want to change my life,' it's unusual."

House has been accepted into Howard University in Washington for its two-year master's program in African diaspora studies.

There are many things he wants to learn about, including the creation of gangs, the Black Panther Party movement, the rise of crack in inner cities and the assassination of black political figures.

His goal is to become a professor, to write books about positive cultural identity, helping educate black youths to value themselves and rise above the reality of not having.

The new graduate said: "As a kid, I would've never seen myself in this position."

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From gang life to grad school -- 'I would've never seen myself in this position'

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RACINE - At 8, he knew he wanted to be a drug dealer when he grew up. When he was 13, his mother got him real drugs to sell so he wouldn't be killed for selling licked-off Lemonheads crushed to look like crack.

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-Upon reading this article, students will complete the following independently:

Summarize the events of this article in 2 or 3 sentences

What is unusual about Gainesville State School?

Knowing where the boys on this team went to school, what do you expect them to look like? Why do you have that expectation?

Read paragraph 15 (“It was a strange experience…”). How does the statement by the Gainesville player show examples of stereotyping?

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Life of Reilly

5/12/2014"

Rick Reilly, Columnist, ESPN.com

They played the oddest game in high school football history last month down in Grapevine, Texas.

It was Grapevine Faith vs. Gainesville State School and everything about it was upside down. For instance, when Gainesville came out to take the field, the Faith fans made a 40-yard spirit line for them to run through.

Did you hear that? The other team's fans?

They even made a banner for players to crash through at the end. It said, "Go Tornadoes!" Which is also weird, because Faith is the Lions.

It was rivers running uphill and cats petting dogs. More than 200 Faith fans sat on the Gainesville side and kept cheering the Gainesville players on—by name.

"I never in my life thought I'd hear people cheering for us to hit their kids," recalls Gainesville's QB and middle linebacker, Isaiah. "I wouldn't expect another parent to tell somebody to hit their kids. But they wanted us to!"

And even though Faith walloped them 33-14, the Gainesville kids were so happy that after the game they gave head coach Mark Williams a sideline squirt-bottle shower like he'd just won state. Gotta be the first Gatorade bath in history for an 0-9 coach.

But then you saw the 12 uniformed officers escorting the 14 Gainesville players off the field and two and two started to make four. They lined the players up in groups of five—handcuffs ready in their back pockets—and marched them to the team bus. That's because Gainesville is a maximum-security correctional facility 75 miles north of Dallas. Every game it plays is on the road.

This all started when Faith's head coach, Kris Hogan, wanted to do something kind for the Gainesville team. Faith had never played Gainesville, but he already knew the score. After all, Faith was 7-2 going into the game, Gainesville 0-8 with 2 TDs all year. Faith has 70 kids, 11 coaches, the latest equipment and involved parents. Gainesville has a lot of kids with convictions for drugs, assault and robbery—many of whose families had disowned them—wearing seven-year-old shoulder pads and ancient helmets.

So Hogan had this idea. What if half of our fans—for one night only—cheered for the other team? He sent out an email asking the Faithful to do just that. "Here's the message I want you to send:" Hogan wrote. "You are just as valuable as any other person on planet Earth."

Some people were naturally confused. One Faith player walked into Hogan's office and asked, "Coach, why are we doing this?"

And Hogan said, "Imagine if you didn't have a home life. Imagine if everybody had pretty much given up on you. Now imagine what it would mean for hundreds of people to suddenly believe in you."

Next thing you know, the Gainesville Tornadoes were turning around on their bench to see something they never had before. Hundreds of fans. And actual cheerleaders!

"I thought maybe they were confused," said Alex, a Gainesville lineman (only first names are released by the prison). "They started yelling 'DEE-fense!' when their team had the ball. I said, 'What? Why they cheerin' for us?'"

It was a strange experience for boys who most people cross the street to avoid. "We can tell people are a little afraid of us when we come to the games," says Gerald, a lineman who will wind up doing more than three years. "You can see it in their eyes. They're lookin' at us like we're criminals. But these people, they were yellin' for us! By our names!"

Maybe it figures that Gainesville played better than it had all season, scoring the game's last two touchdowns. Of course, this might be because Hogan put his third-string nose guard at safety and his third-string cornerback at defensive end. Still.

After the game, both teams gathered in the middle of the field to pray and that's when Isaiah surprised everybody by asking to lead. "We had no idea what the kid was going to say," remembers Coach Hogan. But Isaiah said this: "Lord, I don't know how this happened, so I don't know how to say thank You, but I never would've known there was so many people in the world that cared about us."

And it was a good thing everybody's heads were bowed because they might've seen Hogan wiping away tears.

As the Tornadoes walked back to their bus under guard, they each were handed a bag for the ride home—a burger, some fries, a soda, some candy, a Bible and an encouraging letter from a Faith player.

The Gainesville coach saw Hogan, grabbed him hard by the shoulders and said, "You'll never know what your people did for these kids tonight. You'll never, ever know."

And as the bus pulled away, all the Gainesville players crammed to one side and pressed their hands to the window, staring at these people they'd never met before, watching their waves and smiles disappearing into the night.

Anyway, with the economy six feet under and Christmas running on about three and a half reindeer, it's nice to know that one of the best presents you can give is still absolutely free.

Hope.

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On page 35, Cherry states, “Things are rough all over.” Explain the meaning of this and the significance of this statement concerning the theme of the story.

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Compose a "critique" of The Outsiders according to what you have read so far. Is it a seemingly parallel to our society today or are these events specific to the 1960's?

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What does it mean to be an insider or an outsider? How does that look in our community or in our world?

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How do we choose an identity in a conflicted society? How would you describe your identity? What do you hope people remember about you some day?

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Watch the following commercial and then relate it to our definition of stereotypes. What do you think the creator of this commercial is trying to reveal? What type of stereotype are they trying to discourage? What did you like or dislike about it?

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GoldieBlox & Rube Goldberg Princess Machine (FULL HD)

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