Semester B Unit 1 Lesson 10
Introduction and Objective
We have learned that having different scenes with events and conflict occurring in a plot is important to keep the reader engaged. Having particular scenes in a story is also important in helping to develop the overall structure of a story and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, and plot. Each scene that the author includes holds a purpose and helps in development of the story.
Today's lesson objective is: students will be able to analyze how a particular scene fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Think about the objective. What learning skills will you use to achieve this objective? Maybe
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Instruction, Modeling and Student Activities
As an author writes they think about each scene and the significance it has on the theme, setting and plot. We discussed theme being the inferred message or the big idea. There can be a theme to the story, but also a theme within each chapter.
Example 1:
There is the theme in The Giver that “the unknown can be frightening.” We can come to this conclusion because of the scenes that take place in chapter 1. First there is the mention of the ceremony and the unknown assignment. Then there is the discussion of feelings that night that Jonas where Jonas is worried about sharing his feelings about his assignment that will be coming soon.
Example 2:
Another theme of The Giver is the “significance of memory to human life.” At some point in the past, the community in The Giver decided to eliminate all pain from their lives. By eliminating all the pain, it prevented the members of the community from wanting to engage in activities and relationships that could result in conflict and suffering. According to what we have read so far, memory is
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Imagine if you never read chapters 1 or 2, would chapters 3 and 4 make sense? They might eventually, but chapters 1 and 2 are the exposition and the scenes that happen there start off the story and the plot.
There is a cause and effect aspect to the events in a story, such as The Giver. The cause and effect is the relationship between two or more events in which on event brings about another. The event that happens first is the cause. The event that happens follows the first event is the effect.
Example 1:
Cinderella was treated horribly by her stepmother and stepsisters. Her fairy Godmother sent her to the ball.
Cause: She lost her glass slipper at the ball and the prince found it.
Effect: the prince came looking for the girl who fit the shoe.
Example 2:
How does Jonas learning all these memories fit into the development of the plot? The memories are what make him desire to share with others. The memories show him that without memories life is not fulfilling, even if some memories are painful. If Lowry just gave him the memories and did not share with the reader Jonas’ reactions, we would not feel for him as the main character. Cause: The giver gave Jonas the memory of color.
Effect: Jonas wanted to share the idea of color with his
What are memories to you? In the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry. There is a boy his name is Jonas. He is the Receiver of Memories. Jonas experiences the memories over the course of the book. Memories help us understand there are consequences to your actions. Although some readers may believe that memories are not important. The memories Jonas had helped him with the journey at the end of the book.
You know everything about the past and the present from your life, but the citizens of Jonas’ community don’t. Everything is hidden from them, except for Jonas and The Giver, who have all
Without memories, nobody can make the right decision, which will lead to a bad choice. Without memories, one cannot shape his or her future. In addition, when Jonas describes the pain he feel when experiencing a sunburn when, “‘It hurts a lot,’ Jonas said, ‘but I’m glad you gave it to me. It was interesting,”(Lowry 86). This quote show that Jonas does not understand
The version in the United States is known as Cinderella. Cinderella's mother dies when she is young and her father remarries. The woman he gets married to has two daughters. They become Cinderella´s new evil stepsisters. Her sisters are jealous because she is very pretty and petite. They treat her very poorly. She is to do chores around the house and attend to every need of her stepmother and stepsisters. The Prince is having a ball and requests that every available lady in the kingdom attends. Cinderella is told by her stepmother that she can not attend the ball unless she finishes her chores. She finishes her chores and
Jonas decides to leave and change the lives of his people so that they can experience the truth. “The Giver rubbed Jonas’s hunched shoulders… We’ll make a plan” (155). Their plan involves leaving sameness and heading to Elsewhere, where Jonas knows the memories can be released to the people. He has a connection with Gabe, a special child who has experienced the memories, unlike the rest of the community. Jonas has a strong love for Gabe, and he longs to give him a better life. “We’re almost there, Gabriel” (178). Even with a sprained ankle, Jonas keeps pushing forward because he wants everyone to experience what The Giver has given him. He wants them to have a life where the truth is exposed. His determination allows him to make a change for a greater future in his community. This proves that Jonas has the strength to change his community for the
Throughout his training, the Giver gifts Jonas with many good memories to offset some of the horrific memories. The memory of war in particular is too traumatizing for Jonas to handle, no matter how many good memories the Giver can entrust to him. For example, the passage describes, “From the distance. Jonas could hear the thud if cannons. Overwhelmed by pain, he lay there in the fearsome stench for hours, listened to men and animals die, and learned what warfare meant.
The theme of suffering, In The Giver we see both physical and emotional suffering , the novel argues that pain is a part of human experience without it we cannot learn from the past and make informed decisions to a better future(Sisk17).
To begin, theme emerges within the exposition of the plot structure as conflict is introduced to the text.
The Giver provides a chance that readers can compare the real world with the society described in this book through some words, such as release, Birthmothers, and so on. Therefore, readers could be able to see what is happening right now in the real society in which they live by reading her fiction. The author, Lowry, might build the real world in this fiction by her unique point of view.
It states in chapter 13 that “my role is now to escape the community.” This relates to the topic the theme importance of memory because once jonas has the importance of memory Jonas knows the right decisions and choices to make. Such as running away from the Community to have freedom. Sure Jonas may have escaped due to the Giver telling him to but if he didn’t have the memeriors he needed it would have said no and stayed in the community because he would have classified it as breaking the rules.
...rves the way for the plot, the theme is the central idea around which a literary piece revolves. Without the theme the plot would be meaningless and there would be nothing for the readers to derive from the literary piece. Without the plot, the theme would be meaningless as there would be nowhere to consign the message the writer intends to give the reader. It can be said that the plot and theme are the two most important literary elements of a literary piece and are inter-dependant.
As December approaches Jonas feels apprehensive because this year his group will be given their assignments (Lowry 9). He is chosen as the receiver of memory. While this position holds high honor it is also a painful load to hold. Jonas will hold all memories of the past. Receiving memories is not like watching a movie, as Jonas soon expe...
Theme is the underlying power beneath a story; the “force” that makes the whole experience worthwhile. Theme is “an idea or message that the writer wishes to convey” (Holt 874). A theme can be either stated or implied. A stated theme is a theme “that the other expresses directly in his work (protic.net); an implied theme is a theme “that is not directly stated in the work” (protic.net). As mentioned before, both of these stories have an implied theme, which now is revealed to mean that the author of the story insinuated it. Themes exist in all stories (verbal or written) and can be long, short, true or false. “Earth people will beat out any other intelligent life-form in any and all competitions” is a theme, but “good always beats evil” is one too. “Once upon a time . . .” stories have themes too, except they are more one-dimensional. For example,...
Jonas misses the way it was before he had memories where there was no pain or feeling, because everything was innocent. But he understands that although there was innocence nobody feels true happiness.Jonas thinks: “But he knew he couldn’t go back to that world of no feelings that he had lived in so long” (Lowry 131). Jonas wishes he could go back when everything was innocent and when he had no burden of pain, but although there was innocence the bad memories were stripped away to avoid the feeling of pain but also leaves everyone emotionless. But he knows it can never be the same again because of all the knowledge he gained from memories. He learns that memoires need to be valued, even the painful ones. Jonas feels that his community can change and things could be different. He thinks they should live in a world with memories. Jonas says: “Things could be different. I don’t know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colours [...] and everybody would have memories [...] There could be love” (Lowry 128). Jonas wishes that they could all have memories because everyone would be able to experience love. Love is one of the most important things in human life. He knows that there are bad memories, but without them, he wouldn’t be able to enjoy the good ones. Eventually, with his feelings
For an abundance of authors, the driving force that aids them in creation of a novel is the theme or number of themes implemented throughout the novel. Often times the author doesn’t consciously identify the theme they’re trying to present. Usually a theme is a concept, principle or belief that is significant to an author. Not only does the theme create the backbone of the story, but it also guides the author by controlling the events that happen in a story, what emotions are dispersed, what are the actions of characters, and what emotions are presented within each environment to engage the readers in many