Biblioscopic Dialogue 14 - Single Sentence Exercise: Compare Specific Themes in Multiple Titles

Literary Core Skill:

Compare various (children’s) titles with respect to a specific universal idea.
Resources: Story Chart; Socratic List (entire). Students will practice Biblioscopic Dialogue with accessible children’s stories in which themes are readily apparent. This allows them to focus on the skill of comparing the works of different thinkers with respect to a universal idea.

Elements of Fiction:

Biblioscopic Dialogue
Theme

Assignment Type:

Single Sentence Exercise

Description:

This worksheet asks students to list the specific themes of a group of children’s stories in one sentence each, using similar verbiage to facilitate comparison.

Grading Rubric:

Equal parts credit for plausibility of individual themes and the use of similar verbiage to facilitate comparison.

Completed Example Assignments: