Worldview 5 - Interpretive Question Exercise: Worldview of Current Title

Literary Core Skill:

Compare themes of various titles with their worldviews.
Resources: In this objective, “Theme” refers to the main idea or argument of the story – the author’s point – while “Worldview” refers to the broader philosophical assumptions revealed in the text, which often exist in the background.

Elements of Fiction:

Theme
Worldview

Assignment Type:

Interpretive Question Exercise

Description:

In this worksheet, students submit a thematic or worldview-oriented question about the current title and outline three distinct answers supportable by the text.

Grading Rubric:

Equal parts credit for a) clean grammar/syntax/punctuation/spelling, b) plausibility of answer, and c) reference to the text.

Completed Example Assignments: