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Analyzing Themes in "Seventh Grade" and "The Melting Pot

Explore how characters in "Seventh Grade" and "The Melting Pot" navigate identity, belonging, and cultural diversity. Learn to dissect text for evidence using examples, anecdotes, facts, and quotes to support your analysis and understanding.

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Analyzing Themes in "Seventh Grade" and "The Melting Pot

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  1. ‘”Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto&“The Melting Pot” by Anna Quindlen

  2. Summaries A boy in 7th grade experiences how others are persuaded to pretend to be someone else to impress others. The speaker describes the new ethnicities coming into her neighborhood and how they divide as well as connect her neighbors. “Seventh Grade” “The Melting Pot”

  3. Types of Evidence • In short response questions that use a text to ask a question, ….PLEASE USE EXAMPLES and/or QUOTES FROM THE TEXT! • Anecdotes • Examples • Facts • Quotes from text

  4. Remember 1st: State the point(Answer question in a sentence.) 2nd: Think about when you have seen this. 3rd: Write down evidence (example, quote, etc.) in 1-3 sentences. 4th : Explain connection of evidence to point. 5th: Close with a wrap up. (What are we talking about, again?)

  5. The Format 1st: State the point(Answer question in a sentence.) 2nd: Think about when you have seen this. 3rd: Write down evidence (example, quote, etc.) in 1-3 sentences. 4th : Explain connection of evidence to point. 5th: Close with a wrap up. (What are we talking about, again?) • Repeat: • State Point • Think of an Example • Give Evidence • Connection • Remind us the point Quick Drill

  6. Choose One to Respond to: 1. What is similar about Michael’s scowling and Victor’s pretending to speak French? Or 2. What experiences do most of the neighbors share that either divides or unites them? • Repeat: • State Point • Think of an Example • Give Evidence • Connection • Remind us the point

  7. Did Your Partner Follow This? What are they Missing? 1st: State the point(Answer question in a sentence.) 2nd: Think about when you have seen this. 3rd: Write down evidence (example, quote, etc.) in 1-3 sentences. 4th : Explain connection of evidence to point. 5th: Close with a wrap up. (What are we talking about, again?)

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