English 10: Creating a thematic statement

In the story, "The Lamp At Noon," by Sinclair Ross, unless people are pushed to their limits, they will rely on hope instead of facts to deny their problems; living so inadvertently equals ridiculous suffering. (YOUR THEMATIC STATEMENT MUST INCLUDE IDEAS FROM ALL PARTS OF YOUR TICK CHART IN ORDER TO NOT IMPOSE AN INCORRECT INTERPRETATION ON THE STORY. YOUR INTERPRETATION MUST BE FULLY SUPPORTED BY EVENTS, DESCRIPTIONS, AND CHARACTERS IN THE STORY).

Creating a TICK chart to fully examine the story in order to create a strong statement which is easily supported by evidence from the text.

Tonight: Review all of your notes on the TICK. Make sure you know what to do for each letter of the acronym TICK.

This lesson will be repeated. You will be tested on your ability to read between the lines and beyond the lines so using the TICK method really helps to keep you focused.

USSR min. # of pages read so far is 75. I will be checking tomorrow.