Period 1 - Setting & Theme

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Period 1 - Setting & Theme

Period 1: Shortstories 
Setting and Theme

In this lesson 

- What do you know about this weeks topic? 

- Explanation 

- Putting your skills to the test

What do you know about Setting?

Setting of a story

The setting of a story is the place and time a story takes place in.
It can be real or imaginary. 

We will discuss three types of setting

1.  Physical setting - The location where the story takes place

2. Hystorical setting - The period (or time) in which the story takes place 

3. Social setting - The culture or society in the story 

Physical setting

Setting in literature gives context to the story. It supports the characters, plot and theme in the story. It easily provides intricate information for the reader. 
discuss with a fellow student: 
What's the important connection between where Yolanda came from, and where she's living now? What effect does it have on the story? 

Historical setting

Time or historic moments give a lot of information about the surroundings or the situation the characters are in. They have a direct effect on the way they behave. 
Discuss with a fellow student: 
In which time/year does the story "Snow" take place? Give at least 3 examples from the story to back up your claim. 

Social/cultural setting

A society  has rules and affects the behaviour of characters. 
Cultures within a story influence the norms and values of certain characters in stories. 
Discuss with a fellow student:
First describe the social setting of the story snow. Which apply to everyone. Afterwards, find proof of cultural setting in the story. 

Theme in literature

Theme in literature

Theme is the main idea in a story. It can be the moral of the story but is does not have to be. 

Theme is always expressed by a complete sentence, idea or thought. It is never just one word.

What could be the theme in Harry Potter books?

1. Friendship is important.
2. Death
3. People can change for the better.
4. Good versus evil.

Important about theme

- Theme is ALWAYS expressed in a sentence, idea or thought. If you write down a single word, it's not theme. 

- A story can have more than one theme. It can also have no theme. 

- If you come up with an answer, you have to provide context and explanation for you answer with information from the story

Discuss with a fellow student

Try to come up with a theme for the following stories 

- The fun they had 

- All sumer in a day 

- Snow

During this lesson: 

1. Work out setting for the stories you've already read! 

2. Sign up for a readtheory.org account

- Go to readtheory.org and sign up. Your teacher will show you a code so you can join the group. We are going to use readtheory to work on reading comprehension.