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Children's Literature in the Classroom

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 04.02.08

Unit Guide

Seuss for Seventh Graders: Identifying Explicit and Implicit Themes within the Works of Dr. Seuss

Martha Cavalieri

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Appendix

The educational objectives of this unit address many aspects of the prescribed 7th grade reading comprehension framework.

A. Forming an Initial Understanding

1. Students will determine the main idea or theme within a written work.
2. Students will identify or infer important characters, setting, problems, events, relationships and details within a written work.
3. Students will select and use relevant information in order to summarize each story.

B. Developing an Interpretation

1. Students will make connections between the text and outside experiences and knowledge.
2. Students will draw conclusions about the author’s purpose in including or omitting specific details in a written work.
3. Students will use evidence from the text to draw and/or support a conclusion.

C. Demonstrating a Critical Stance

1. Students will evaluate explicit and implicit information and themes.
2. Students will select, synthesize and/or use relevant information within these written works to include in a response to or extension of the work.
3. Students will demonstrate an awareness of values, customs, ethics and beliefs included in a written work.

Name _____________

Homeroom # _______

The Man Behind the Stories

Identifying the Conflicts within the Life of Theodor Seuss Geisel

-- Write down the various conflicts found within the biographical sketch of Dr. Seuss..

-- Identify each conflict as either internal or external and identify the characters involved..

I. Growing up in Massachusetts_________________________________

- threat of World War I external ____________ vs. ____________

- growing anti-German feelingsexternal ____________ vs. ____________

- ____________ vs. ____________

II. Pursuing Higher Education___________________________________

- decision to finish his doctorate internal _____________ vs. ____________

- _____________ vs. ____________

III. Early Married Life and Early Jobs_____________________________

- _____________ vs. ____________

IV. Time in the Military and Overseas_____________________________

- _____________ vs. ____________

V. Success as a Children’s Author________________________________

- _____________ vs. ____________

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