Biblioscopic Dialogue 11 - Short Answer Exercise: Relate Title's Characters to Universal Idea
Literary Core Skill:
Consider various (children’s) titles with respect to a specific universal idea.
Resources: Story Chart; Socratic List (entire). Students put the general and specific themes of a children’s story in the context of mankind’s ongoing conversation about universal ideas.
Elements of Fiction:
Assignment Type:
Description:
This worksheet asks for a paragraph- or page-length description of the story’s protagonist or antagonist, describing how characterization contributes to a discussion of the universal idea.
Grading Rubric:
Equal parts credit for a) clean grammar/syntax/punctuation, b) plausibility, and c) reference to the text. Paragraph- and page-length answers may also be graded on the 5-fold rubric.
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