Theme Statements HERE LIES Marissa Bannerman Beloved Spinster

Theme Statements HERE LIES Marissa Bannerman Beloved Spinster who only wanted her students to graduate Knowing THEME STATEMENTS We’re going to learn them if it kills me.

QUESTION: What is the significance of the cover of the book Twilight?

Apple= Fruit Forbidden Fruit Temptation Adam and Eve =BIBLICAL ALLUSION! Colors= Red= Blood, Life, Passion, Power White= innocence, death, vampires’ skin! Hands= Creation= What we do= Black: Death, Responsibility darkness… -or- an offer? Of what? Is it dangerous? Should I take it?

___________. In (his/her) (Theme Statement) (novel/film/play) Underlined Title of Work, (Author’s Name) tells the story of (1 sentence summary). (Restate question) is _________, and 1 2 _________. 3

THEME STATEMENT: The forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. TAG : Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, novel 1 -SENTENCE SUMMARY: A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire. THREE-POINT THESIS: (Restate the question and give three examples. ) The apple and hands on the cover of Twilight are significant because: 1. They are a biblical allusion to the garden of Eden 2. Red reminds the reader of blood 3. The apple represents temptation, which is in our hands.

The forbidden fruit is always the Put together: sweetest. In her novel Twilight, Stephenie Meyer tells the story of a teenage girl who risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire. The apple and the hands on the cover of Twilight are significant as a biblical allusion, a visual for blood, and as a metaphor for theme that temptation is in our hands.

THEME STATEMENT: Always first. Not about the plot. Must relate to SUBJECT of the question. 1 -SENTENCE SUMMARY: Can be snarky, but beware. Title, Author, Genre (TAG): Title is Underlined The forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. In her novel Twilight, Stephenie Meyer tells the story of a teenage girl who risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire. The apple and the hands on the cover of Twilight are significant as a biblical allusion, a visual for blood, and as a metaphor for theme that temptation is in our hands. THESIS: RESTATE QUESTION. Literally. Make the question into a statement. rst i f : SIS THE ple m exa ond c e : s S I S THE ple m exa ird h t : SIS E H T le p m exa

Question: How does treasure compromise your morals? (Subjects: Morality, Greed, Character) Theme Statement: Take all you can. Give nothing back. Title: The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Author: Gore Verbinski Genre: Film 1 -Sentence Summary: Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. Examples: 1. Will (breaking Jack out of jail to pursue Elizabeth) 2. The crew of The Black Pearl (and the eternal consequence of stealing Montezuma’s gold) 3. Elizabeth (trading femininity for power)

Question: How does treasure compromise your morals? Take all you can. Give nothing back. In Gore Verbinski’s film The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. Treasure compromises the morals of Will Turner, the crew of The Black Pearl, and Elizabeth Swan, each who is in pursuit of unique treasure.

Question: What does Simba learn in Walt Disney’s film The Lion King? Theme Statement: Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life. 1 -sentence summary: Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt-ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. 3 examples: 1. Value of Friendship 2. Cost of Deception 3. Futility of Guilt

Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life. Walt Disney’s film, The Lion King, is a story about a guilt-ridden lion cub who is tricked into thinking he killed his father and flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. After learning the value of Friendship, the cost of deception, and the futility of guilt, Simba is able to take his rightful place as King of the Jungle.