Warm-Up
 Get out your Readers/Writers Notebook
 Turn to an new page in your READING SECTION
 Label it: Two Kinds / Rice and Rose Bowl Blues
 Be prepared to write.
Quick Write
(reading section)
 What expectations do your parents have for you?
Are they reasonable or unreasonable? Do their
expectations affect how you behave and work in
school?
Purpose
 To look at themes across two genres-poetry and
short stories.
 We will keep track of how characters change
and how an author conveys a theme through
characters, motivations, conflicts and setting.
Warm-Up
 Get our your Readers/Writers Journal
 Turn to your graphic organizer for Two Kinds.
 Turn to page 508 in the literature book.
Two Kinds by Amy Tan
Page 508 (three complete sentences per box)
Two Kinds
1. Main character’s traits,
motivations and values.
2. How characters change and
lessons they learn.
3. Internal and External Conflicts
4. Details of setting
5. Significance of story title
6.What is the theme of the story?
S.E.E. Report (Choose One question)
How are the two piano pieces like the two kinds of
daughters?
2. How do the two pieces symbolize the narrator and her
conflict with her mother?
3. What symbolic resolution to the two pieces of music
provide?
1.
Essay Prompt
 Write an essay detailing how the main character in
the short story Two Kinds changes over time. Be sure
to support your thesis with evidence from the text.
(1 page, 26 lines)
The change that
occurred in the
main character
was….
At the beginning
the character
was…(with quotes
and explanations)
By the end the
character
was….(with quotes
and explanations)
This change
conveys the theme
of….
Paragraph 1: The change that occurred in the main character was…
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Paragraph 2: At the beginning the character was...
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Paragraph 3: By the end the character was…
_____________________________________________________
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Paragraph 4: This change conveys the theme of…
_____________________________________________________
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The change that
occurred in the
main character
was….
At the beginning
the character
was…(with quotes
and explanations)
By the end the
character
was….(with quotes
and explanations)
Paragraph 1: The change that occurred in the main character was…
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Paragraph 2: At the beginning the character was…
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Paragraph 3: By the end the character was…
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Paragraph 4: This change conveys the theme of…
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
This change
conveys the theme
of….
Using quotes
 The words that precede and follow a quotation are just as
important as the quotation itself.
 You can think of each quote as the filling in a sandwich: it
may be tasty on its own, but it’s messy to eat without some
bread on either side of it.
 Your words can serve as the “bread” that helps readers digest
each quote easily.
Using Quotes-3 Tips
1. Provide context for each quotation.
Do not rely on quotations to tell your story for you. It is your responsibility to
provide your reader with context for the quotation. The context should set the
basic scene for when, possibly where, and under what circumstances the
quotation was spoken or written.
2. Attribute each quotation to its source.
Tell your reader who is speaking. Here is a good test: try reading your text aloud.
Could your reader determine without looking at your paper where your
quotations begin? If not, you need to attribute the quote more noticeably.
3. Explain the significance of the quotation.
Once you’ve inserted your quotation, along with its context and attribution, don’t
stop! Your reader still needs your assessment of why the quotation holds
significance for your paper.
Using Quotes- Example
When Franklin Roosevelt gave his inaugural speech
on March 4, 1933, he addressed a nation weakened and
demoralized by economic depression. During his speech
Roosevelt declared, “The only thing we have to fear is fear
itself ”. With that message of hope and confidence, the
new president set the stage for his next one-hundred days
in office and helped restore the faith of the American
people in their government.
Essay Prompt
 Write an essay detailing how the main character in
the short story Two Kinds changes over time. Be sure
to support your thesis with evidence from the text.
(1 page, 26 lines)
 Write your essay on the paper provided.
Rice and Rose Bowl Blues- Poem
Purpose
 How are the narrators in the short story and the poem
similar? How are they different?
 How do the characters actions, values and motivations
contribute to the theme?
Rice and Rose Bowl Blues
Page 520
“Rice and Rose Bowl Blues”
1. Words and phrases describing
speaker’s thoughts and feelings.
2. Key images
3. Lines that present an idea or
compare images.
4. Sound Devices
5. Significance of poem title.
What is the theme?
Two Kinds / Rice and Rose Bowl Blues
Two Kinds
Who…
Wanted…
What….
But…
So…
Rice and Rose Bowl Blues
Who…
Wanted…
What…
But…
So…
Two Kinds / Rice and Rose Bowl Blues
Points of Comparison
1. How would you describe
the main conflict?
2. What lesson does the
narrator or the speaker
learn?
3. What images strike you as
important?
4. What ideas does the title
emphasize?
5. Write a sentence stating
the theme as you interpret
it.
6. Which techniques are
important to conveying
theme?
In the Short Story
In the Poem
Essay Prompt
 Compare and Contrast the themes in the short story, Two
Kinds and the poem Rice and Rose Bowl Blues. Be sure to
discuss the importance of symbols, images, characters and
conflicts in conveying the themes.