Determining theme and topic! (Tuesday October 2)
Ben Hyland
Today in class we learned about theme and topic. There was an emphasis on being able to tell the two of them apart from each other. The specific objectives for today were IWBAT explore how texts develop themes through their choices of craft and content, IWBAT distinguish between theme and topic.
Topic is defined as an idea or a subject that appears in a text. This can be expressed in a single word such as fear or greed. Theme is defined as a particular assertion about that topic (Assertion = A confident or forceful statement of fact or belief, Claim) Some myths about theme are, There is only one singular theme for a text (There may be many themes of varying importance) A theme is a lesson (Complex texts involve more complex themes) A theme can be one word long (NOPE! That's a topic) The truth is shown in brackets. An example of a topic would be Christmas. This topic turned into a theme would be "Spending time with family is more important than spending money" (A Charlie Brown Christmas.) Topics can also be classified as abstract or literal, literal meaning a physical occurrence or thing and abstract meaning an idea or feeling.
Over the past few days, we have been watching the film “No country for old men.” Some abstract topics for this film would be fear, greed, violence, determination, and insanity. While some literal topics would be money, drugs, survival, murder, and weapons. For example, if we were to turn greed into a theme it would be “Greed causes people to do things that they would not regularly do” This can be proven with evidence from the film like when Lewellyn steals the money he finds in the desert. Another example would be combining money and drugs into a single theme, “Money and drugs bring out the worst in people.”
Things to remember:
Be Reel Blog #1 due 10/18
Be Reel Blog #2 due 11/6
Ben Hyland
Today in class we learned about theme and topic. There was an emphasis on being able to tell the two of them apart from each other. The specific objectives for today were IWBAT explore how texts develop themes through their choices of craft and content, IWBAT distinguish between theme and topic.
Topic is defined as an idea or a subject that appears in a text. This can be expressed in a single word such as fear or greed. Theme is defined as a particular assertion about that topic (Assertion = A confident or forceful statement of fact or belief, Claim) Some myths about theme are, There is only one singular theme for a text (There may be many themes of varying importance) A theme is a lesson (Complex texts involve more complex themes) A theme can be one word long (NOPE! That's a topic) The truth is shown in brackets. An example of a topic would be Christmas. This topic turned into a theme would be "Spending time with family is more important than spending money" (A Charlie Brown Christmas.) Topics can also be classified as abstract or literal, literal meaning a physical occurrence or thing and abstract meaning an idea or feeling.
Over the past few days, we have been watching the film “No country for old men.” Some abstract topics for this film would be fear, greed, violence, determination, and insanity. While some literal topics would be money, drugs, survival, murder, and weapons. For example, if we were to turn greed into a theme it would be “Greed causes people to do things that they would not regularly do” This can be proven with evidence from the film like when Lewellyn steals the money he finds in the desert. Another example would be combining money and drugs into a single theme, “Money and drugs bring out the worst in people.”
Things to remember:
Be Reel Blog #1 due 10/18
Be Reel Blog #2 due 11/6
Great details! Don't forget to extend to some part of the outside world.
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