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aCTIvITy 2.9
Learning Targets
• Learn and apply the skill of summarizing to text being read.
• Determine the theme of a film or story by analyzing details such as setting, plot, and character.
• Write and present a summary to a small group.
Preview
In this activity, you will view a film and use details about setting, plot, and character to determine theme.
Earlier in this unit, you analyzed setting, plot, and character in literature, film, and your own life. Look back at those activities, and then write a brief definition of each literary term below in your own words.
Setting (Activity 2.6):
Plot (Activity 2.5):
Character (Activity 2.4):
Setting a Purpose for Viewing
• You will next watch some film clips. Working with a small group, divide the work so that one person is taking notes on each literary element as you watch the clips. Especially note changes in each element.
my Notes
Setting
Plot
Character
Unit 2 • The Power to Change 113
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Graphic Organizer, Summarizing, Drafting
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