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Bring literature to life with your SMART board and this literary analysis activity. While reading "User Friendly" by T. Ernesto Bethancourt (from the Holt Elements of Literature textbook by Kylene Beers), have your class discuss the theme of the story, as well as the causes and effects that drive the plot. It comes with three SMART board files about theme, cause and effect chains, and a completed theme chart.

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literary themes, literary elements, literary analysis

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cause and effect, elements of a story, elements of literature, literary analysis, smart board, theme, user friendly, t. ernesto bethancourt, english language arts
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7th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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