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aCTIvITy 3.5
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Working from the Text
1. Why would authors choose to use an allegory to tell a story?
2. After listening and taking notes, meet with your Literature Circle groups and, using your notes and insights, discuss how this text connects to the previous two texts you have read. Discuss the three different genres presented and why they are effective and appropriate for the topic, audience, and purpose.
3. Work collaboratively to plan and perform a dramatic interpretation of your assigned passage. Mark the text for pauses, emphasis, volume, and tone to convey important ideas and to add interest.
4. Rehearse your interpretation, and then present to the other group that shares your passage.
5. Reflect on your group’s dramatic interpretation. What did your group do well? What will you do differently next time?
Check Your Understanding
WRITING to SOURCES Expository Writing Prompt
How is the theme of this story similar to the theme of Wiesel’s excerpt and the Neimöller poem? Be sure to:
• Begin with a topic sentence that responds to the prompt and states a theme.
• Provide textual evidence from the texts and commentary for support.
• Use precise diction to inform or explain.
My Notes
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