Chloe Housley- Lesson Plan

Analyzing The Text

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ANALYZING MEANS TO:

Break down the ideas and structure of the text to better understand, respond, and draw conclusions. In order to analyze a text, you need to be a CRITICAL THINKER

ARE YOU A CRITICAL THINKER?

COMPONENTS OF ANALYSIS

• Plot
• Setting
• Theme
• Conflict
• Symbolism

• Point of view
• Outside connection/previous knowledge
• Style
• Context
• Literary devices
• Figurative languae

DISCUSS YOUR ANALYSIS OF "THE GIFT OF THE MAGI" WITH YOUR PARTNER

- Genially

Sentimental and Nostalgic

LETS REVIEW

PLOT

THEME

MOOD & TONE

Jim and Della cannot afford to buy Christmad gifts for each other so they both make sacrifices in order to do so.

Sacrifice True love The real value of material items

External: finnacial troublesInternal: desire to express love through material items

CONFLICT

SYMBOLISM

Jim's watch and Della's hair

Late 1800s to the early 1900sModest apartment Somewhere cold

SETTING

WHAT AM I MISSING?

* I would use the open question but it's premium*

Visual content is a universal, cross-cutting language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Disciplines like Visual Thinking make it easier to visually capture rich notes using images, charts, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!

Write an awesome text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: the fonts, size, and color should be adjusted to the topic you are discussing.

Visual content is a transversal, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking thanks to the use of images, graphs, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!

Write awesome text by clicking on Text in the left sidebar. Note: the fonts, size, and color should be appropriate to the topic you are addressing.