Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 5/17/16

Agenda:

1) Finish Presentations - Yay!
2) Discuss Cinderella Story Motif Chart
3) Folklore Writing Activity

Choose one of the open response prompts below to be yours to answer.  Have your topic sentence WRITTEN DOWN on a piece of paper for our Write Around activity tomorrow.

OPEN RESPONSE PROMPTS:
1.) One of the characteristics of a fairytale is that they are meant to teach the audience a lesson.  What is the overall theme that the Cinderella story is supposed to teach its audience no matter what culture's story you look at?  Support your response with specific examples from the stories you've interacted with?

2.) What is a motif?  Based on what you've experienced and all the work you've done with these three stories, what are some motifs that are present in the Cinderella stories around the world?  Support your answer with reasons or explanations from multiple texts.

Homework: You were given a choice of two prompts, both focusing on the topic of a motif.  Choose one prompt and write a thesis (topic) sentence for it on the back of the paper.  Have it with you for Thursdays class.