1. With your VERTICAL partner, discuss the following:
Start-Up - Discussion
10/12/15
With your VERTICAL partner, discuss the following:
Do you see any similarities between the story, “An Hour With Abuelo,” and the poem, “Grandma Ling?”
Any differences?

2. Start-Up - Writing
What similarities do you see between the story, “An Hour With Abuelo,” and the poem, “Grandma Ling?” What differences do you see?

3. Comparing Themes
Your job this week will be to write a short (3 paragraph) paper comparing the themes of “An Hour With Abuelo” and “Grandma Ling.”
Once again, you will be using a worksheet which I have created for you in Google Classroom.
We will write this short paper one paragraph at a time, and then it will be combined into one final document.

4. Be prepared to support your ideas with evidence from the story!
Comparing Themes
Today, our focus will be on the short story, “An Hour With Abuelo.”
The first step is to decide what you think is the theme of the story.
In your groups, take a few minutes to discuss the story. Write your top 2 or 3 ideas on your whiteboard.
What do you think is the main idea or the lesson to be learned from it?
Be prepared to support your ideas with evidence from the story!

5. Comparing Themes Now let’s discuss your group’s ideas as a class.
You have to decide which one of these ideas YOU think is the theme of the story. Make sure it is one that you can SUPPORT with evidence from the story.
Now go to Google classroom and open up the document titled, “Theme Comparison Worksheet.”

6. Comparing Themes Look at the left hand side of the TOP chart.
The first step is to introduce and give a ONE-SENTENCE summary of the story.
Example:
The story, “The Love Letter” by Jack Finney is about a man and woman who fall in love but are unable to ever be together.

7. Comparing Themes
The next step is to write, in 1-2 sentences, what you think is the theme of the story.
Example:
The theme of this story is that love is stronger than any obstacles.

8. Comparing Themes
Now go to the story and find quotes that you can use as evidence to support what you say is the theme.
Example:
This theme can be seen in the simple statement that Helen made on the bottom of her picture. She writes, “I will never forget” (Finney 46). The fact that she writes this proves that her love for him was greater than the years that separated them.

9. Comparing Themes
Now, use a transition and end your paragraph by restating the theme in a different way.
Example:
In short, this story shows us that love is strong and powerful, even against impossible odds.

10. Homework
Your job tonight is to complete the LEFT-HAND SIDE of the TOP chart.
DO NOT SUBMIT IT!
Tomorrow we will work with the poem.

11. NO EXIT TICKET! Work on your FIRST PARAGRAPH!

12. Start-Up - Discussion
10/13/15
With your HORIZONTAL partner, discuss the following:
What would you say are the things that separate young Arturo from his Abuelo?
What separates the poet from her Grandmother?
Are the things that separate them the same?

13. Start-Up - Writing
What would you say are the things that separate young Arturo from his Abuelo? What separates the poet from her Grandmother? Are the things that separate them the same?

14. Be prepared to support your ideas with evidence from the poem!
Comparing Themes
Today, our focus will be on the poem, “Grandma Ling.”
The first step is to decide what you think is the theme of the poem.
In your groups, take a few minutes to discuss the story. Write your top 2 or 3 ideas on your whiteboard.
What do you think is the main idea or the lesson to be learned from it?
Be prepared to support your ideas with evidence from the poem!

15. Comparing Themes Now let’s discuss your group’s ideas as a class.
You have to decide which one of these ideas YOU think is the theme of the poem. Make sure it is one that you can SUPPORT with evidence from the poem.
Now go to Google classroom and open up your “Theme Comparison Worksheet.”

16. Comparing Themes Look at the RIGHT-hand side of the TOP chart.
The first step is to introduce and give a ONE-SENTENCE summary of the poem.
Example:
The story, “The Love Letter” by Jack Finney is about a man and woman who fall in love but are unable to ever be together.

17. Comparing Themes
The next step is to write, in 1-2 sentences, what you think is the theme of the poem.
Example:
The theme of this story is that love is stronger than any obstacles.

18. Comparing Themes
Now go to the poem and find quotes that you can use as evidence to support what you say is the theme.
Example:
This theme can be seen in the simple statement that Helen made on the bottom of her picture. She writes, “I will never forget” (Finney 46). The fact that she writes this proves that her love for him was greater than the years that separated them.

19. Comparing Themes
Now, use a transition and end your paragraph by restating the theme in a different way.
Example:
In short, this story shows us that love is strong and powerful, even against impossible odds.

20. Homework
Your job tonight is to complete the RIGHT-HAND SIDE of the TOP chart.
DO NOT SUBMIT IT!
THURSDAY we will finish with the comparison of the two.

21. NO EXIT TICKET! Work on your SECOND PARAGRAPH!

22. With your HORIZONTAL partner, discuss the following:
Start-Up - Discussion
10/15/15
With your HORIZONTAL partner, discuss the following:
Now that you have discussed, in writing the themes of the story and the poem, do you see any similarities between the two themes?
What are they?

23. Start-Up
10/15/15
Now that you have discussed, in writing the themes of the story and the poem, do you see any similarities between the two themes? What are they?

24. Comparing Themes
At this point, if you have kept up with the process, you should have two of your three paragraphs written.
The next step is to put together your third paragraph, which is where you will actually compare and show how the themes of the story and the poem are similar.

25. Comparing Themes
Go to Google Classroom and open up your Theme Comparison Worksheet and go to the bottom section of the document.
In the first box, begin your paragraph by stating why you think the themes of the story and poem are similar.
In the second box, you will need to find a DIFFERENT quote from the story and from the poem that show how they are the same.

26. Comparing Themes
In the third box, transition to end your essay and restate the similarities between the story and the poem.

27. WORK ON YOUR THIRD PARAGRAPH
Exit Ticket
NO EXIT TICKET!
WORK ON YOUR THIRD PARAGRAPH
AND/OR FINAL DRAFT!

28. Start-Up - Discussion
10/16/15
With your VERTICAL partner, discuss the following:
Did you find it difficult to find similarities between the themes of the story and the poem or quotes to support what you said?
What were the similarities you found?
What quotes did you use?

29. Start-Up - Writing
10/16/15
Did you find it difficult to find similarities between the themes of the story and the poem or quotes to support what you said? What were the similarities you found? What quotes did you use?

30. Final Draft
Go to Google Classroom and open up the document titled “Theme Comparison Essay.”
Follow the steps in the template to put together your final draft.
Be sure to CITE YOUR SOURCES and ADD YOUR WORK CITED ENTRIES

31. Final Draft WORK CITED ENTRIES
There should be two entries in your Work Cited.
The first entry is for the story.
Authors name: Last, First.
Story Title: In quotation marks.
Publication Information: New York: Harcourt Print.
The second entry is for the poem.
Author’s name: Last, First.
Poem Title: In quotation marks.

32. Final Draft
Be sure to CITE YOUR SOURCES and ADD YOUR WORK CITED ENTRIES
There will be NO TIME FOR RESUBMISSIONS if you do not cite properly because grades are due TUESDAY!
IF YOU DO NOT CITE PROPERLY AND CREATE A WORK CITED PAGE, YOUR SCORE WILL BE A ZERO!

33. IF YOU ARE FINISHED…
If you are finished with your essay, find someone else who is finished and do an informal PEER REVIEW AND EDIT.
Read over each others work, make suggestions, point out possible errors, and HELP EACH OTHER GET EVERY POSSIBLE POINT!

34. Homework
Your FINAL DRAFT documents are due no later than MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (Friday, 10/16/15)! Anything turned in after that will have points deducted for late work! This assignment, in final draft form, is worth 60 POINTS and counts as an ASSESSMENT GRADE!

35. NO EXIT TICKET! GET YOUR FINAL DRAFTS DONE!