Character “inner voice” to detect theme in The Moustache by Robert Cormier
After understanding how to choose the theme of stories, poems, and songs, we will move into this lesson. Using cartoons, the students will understand what inner/outer voices are. They will then infer the inner voices of characters in a short film. Then finally, they will work in groups based on characters from the short story, choosing them based on what they know about the character. Then they will move into their final groups of 3, with one person representing each of the 3 characters. In this group, they will present their theme, why they chose it (based on their character), and as a group, choose the one theme they like the best.