Coming Of Age Themes

Introduction – 45 to 60 seconds

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Nadia is going to undertake her first large writing project. She wants to write a novel. She has been reading and enjoying novels for as long as she can remember.

Now that she is thirteen years old, she wants to try to write a novel for other teenagers like her.

The first thing she wants to do is select a theme. Themes unify writing under a main subject.

Nadia knows that if she writes with a theme in mind that it will increase the quality of the novel.

Some of the themes she considered are good vs. evil, family love, and coming of age. In the end she chose the coming of age theme.

Her novel will be about a young girl like herself coping with the many changes of being a teenager. It will include life

The book will end when the main character turns eighteen and leaves her parents’ home for college.

Build on Introduction – 25 to 35 seconds

In order to gather some ideas for her story, Nadia began reading other coming-of-age stories. Most of them were novels.

However, she did come across this one text that was about a favorite singer of hers. It was a coming of age story as well, which fit perfectly with her theme.

She decided to read that one too, even though it was non-fiction. She found that in both fiction and non-fiction, the theme was presented in a sensitive, personal way.

After reading so many coming-of-age stories, Nadia began reflecting on her own life and the experiences she has yet to have.

She personally connected to the character’s inward journey and emotions.

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Nadia knew she wanted to write fiction, even though the same theme could be presented in a non-fiction text.

The biggest difference between fiction and non-fiction is that fiction does not have to be based on the truth, while non-fiction needs to be

Remediation for Clip C – 25 to 35 seconds

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Sophia enjoys reading fiction, but when it comes to writing, she prefers to write non-fiction.

She has always found non-fiction easier to write because it is based on truth. She simply sticks with the facts when she writes non-fiction.

Fiction writing challenges her because she has to invent scenarios and characters.

As a result, Sophia is really good at writing research papers, but she struggles in her creative writing classes.

Remediation for Clip D – 25 to 35 seconds

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Elise has to select the appropriate genre of the short story she just read on her English exam.

The story was about two teenagers living in a third world country.

They decided to rebel against the government and run away from where they were forced to live.

They managed to successfully escape, but only for a short period of time. Eventually they were captured and returned.

The answer choices included drama, comedy, romance, and tragedy.

Elise wanted to select both drama and tragedy, but since no one died tragically, she chose