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aCTIvITy 2.6
a Tree of one’s own: Setting
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Graphic Organizer, Reviewing, Visualizing, Sketching
Place
Time
Feeling or Mood
Details
Details About Singing Tree
How Details Relate to Theme or Central Idea
Learning Targets
• Write about how the setting of a novel relates to the theme or central idea of the text.
• Revise writing to include compound sentences.
Novel Study
In this activity, you will make connections between the setting of Walk Two Moons and its theme.
1. Read Sal’s description of the singing tree in Chapter 16. Fill in the columns below, noting how she feels when she is at the singing tree and the textual details that help create that feeling.
2. Think of the singing tree on Sal’s farm in Kentucky. What do the details about the tree tell you about the theme or central idea of the novel? Fill in the left column below with evidence from the text about the singing tree. Fill in the right column by making inferences about how each detail affects the theme or central idea of the novel.
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