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Plot. Simply what happens in the narrativeExample: Goldilocks
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1. Plot vs Theme Purpose: Differentiating between plot and theme, and inferring the big ideas or themes
From: Harvey, S., & Goudvis, A. (2000). Strategies that work: Teaching comprehension. York, ME: Stenhouse.
2. Plot Simply what happens in the narrative
Example: Goldilocks & the Three Bears
Goldilocks wandering through forest and enters and empty house. She tastes porridge that isn’t hers, breaks a chair, and sleeps in a bed that isn’t hers. She’s caught when the bears return and she runs out, scared to death.
3. Theme The underlying ideas, morals, and lessons that give the story its texture, depth, and meaning.
Example: Goldilocks…
What do you feel? Selfishness, thoughtlessness…
4. Hey, What’s the Big Idea? Under the Same Sky
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