We Ate The Children Last Short Story Analysis
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This resource is a complete literary analysis for "We Ate The Children Last" by Yann Martel.
If you are looking to teach dystopian literature or read a dystopian short story—look no further. If you've never read We Ate The Children Last, I highly recommend it! It's a quick read, only a little more than 1,000 words.... with every line more disturbing than the next.
Included in this Dystopian Literature Analysis We Ate The Children Last:
- activating strategy: word sort
- vocabulary
- reading comprehension questions
- literary analysis graphic organizer (point of view, irony, satire, etc.)
- theme analysis graphic organizer
- objective summary of the text constructed response
- two project options with an example
- movie vs. short story comparison worksheet
- answer keys for all
The text can be found for free online, as well as an adapted film version that's about 10 minutes long. See links below.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jul/17/originalwriting.fiction4
https://vimeo.com/27633865
This resource includes a PDF copy and an editable WORD DOCUMENT copy.
Standards focus:
-Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.
-Determine theme and how it emerges and shaped by specific details.
-Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
-Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
