R15.1 Oral Discussion Exercise: Relate Theme to Worldview
Literary Core Skill:
Rhetoric Level 15: Defend worldview interpretation of various titles in oral discussion.
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Elements of Fiction:
Assignment Type:
Description:
On this worksheet, teachers grade and record student discussions relating themes of the current story to elements of the author’s worldview as expressed within the story.
Grading Rubric:
Pass/Fail based on whether students successfully relate evidence from the story to observations about the philosophical presuppositions of the author as derived from close reading of his text and research into his life and times.