Book Club Review03 (4th and 6th)

Think about the protagonist of your story. What values and beliefs do they live by? How does the cultural setting impact their decisions? Discuss it with your group and write down your notes as you guys discuss. You will be required to write your own response.

Most often called the bad guy.

• antagonist

• protagonist

The character you usually cheer for in the story.

• protagonist

• antagonist

When a reader summarizes a theme, the reader should

• include all the details of the original text.

• make the summary as long and involved as possible.

• state personal opinions about the events.

• include evidence that supports how the theme develops.

Which setting would NOT work in a historical fiction book?

• Story set in Ancient Greece

• Story set during the Revolutionary War

• Story set during the Dust Bowl

• Story set in Bedford, Iowa today

If our story was set during Ancient Rome, what time period details would you expect to see?

• Horses

• Cars

• Swords

• Sweatshirts

Read the following passage: Gilberto had been excited to go to the beach but when he got there and saw how crowded it was, he became annoyed. The sun twinkled in the sky, a warm yellow globe. The sound of the ocean drummed in his ears and the sand itched his ankles and feet. Beside him, his sister slurped loudly on an ice cream cone. “Could you not?” Gilberto asked. Which detail about the setting tells us that Gilberto is annoyed?

• “The sound of the ocean drummed in his ears and the sand itched his ankles and feet.”

• “The sun twinkled in the sky, a warm yellow globe.”

• “Beside him, his sister slurped loudly on an ice cream cone.”

• “Gilberto had been excited to go to the beach...”

Setting can often be connected to theme. A theme is a universal message of a story or novel. Themes are about big topics, like exploration, freedom, love and loss. Themes can include morals or lessons. So how is setting connected to theme? Certain times and places lead to explorations of certain big topics. If a novel is set during a war, for example, it might have themes about freedom and loyalty.

Which option is the most likely setting for a story with the theme “humans vs nature?”

• A nursing home
• A middle school
• A forest
• A lawyer’s office

What page have you and your group read to?

Think about the protagonist of your story. What values and beliefs do they live by? How does the cultural setting impact their decisions? (Write before you type. When you are done show your RACE/ACE Strategy.)