Preparing for a Group Discussion In this task, you will analyze theme and conflict in a short story to prepare for a group discussion.
Analyze conflict and theme in one of two stories-- "The Queen Bee" by Carl Ewald or "The Runaway Whale" by Captain
O. G. Fosdick.
If you completed the lesson "Developing Multimedia Presentations in this unit, you can reference the multimedia
presentation you created on this topic. If not, pick one of the given stories and read it now.
Provide evidence and support from the story while answering these questions.

1. What is the conflict in the story?
2. What is the theme of the story?
3. How do the characters of the story influence the theme and conflict?
4. How does the setting influence the theme and conflict?
5. How does the plot influence the theme and conflict?

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e. g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.

Kafka originally referred to gregor's parents as “the mother” and “the father”. however, the translator refers to them as “his mother” and “his father”. why might the translator use “his” instead of “the”? a. the word “his” makes the story smoother to read in english. b. the word “his” allows gregor’s parents to become more central characters. c. the word “his” makes gregor’s parents sound less loving. d. the word “his” creates a more negative tone.

Select the correct answer. based on the passage, what inference can be made about kathleen? a. kathleen is blind and cannot see the delicious food that is placed before her during the feast. b. kathleen is a rude person who wants to offend her hostess, the princess, by disliking the food. c. kathleen is disappointed and annoyed by the plain food that is served at the princess’s feast. d. kathleen is not affected by the magic around her and can see the ordinary food just as it is.