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A Plot Summary and Theme from…
Mr. Zindman’s Class
by Francisco Jimenez An award winning author and teacher
Francisco Jimenez was a Mexican Immigrant that said, "I came to realize that learning and knowledge were the only stable
things in my life."
I can explain the theme of a story.
What is the external and internal conflict from
for the dynamic character, Panchito?
External Conflict- Panchito’s family had to travel the circuit in a world of poverty.
Internal Conflict- Panchito wanted to stay in one place and go to school.
“I want to go to school and live in one place! The cycle
of poverty for migrant workers keeps my family in
poverty. I have an external and
internal conflict!”
I I can explain the theme of a story.
What is a theme in a story?The theme is a lesson the author wants
us to learn from the story. “You never know what
you have until you lose it!”
“What is of worth can only be based on perceived value.” At first, the goat was worthless because it was old and gave
no milk, Then the goat became valuable when help save Aaron.
.
To determine the theme you must determine the
central idea and apply it to
something you already know.
“Friends that help and trust one another can weather out any
storm!”
Zaleth the Goat
Remember the central idea -what the author is telling us in the story?
I can explain the theme of a story.
What is a theme From The Circuit?Remember-The theme is a lesson the author wants us to learn from the story.
“The Cycle of poverty is
hard to escape!”
“Through thick and thin…families stick
together.”
I can explain the theme of a story.
To determine the theme you must determine the
central idea and apply it to
something you already know.
“You never know what you have until
you lose it!”The Circuit
Remember the central idea -what the author is telling us in the story?
Panchito and his family illegally
arrive in CaliforniaRising Action
External Conflict is a struggle between a character and an outside force.
Panchito arrives home from school
Falling Action and Resolution
❖ Setting:
▪The end of August and the end of the harvest
season, around 1949 in Mexico.
▪Panchito's family were migrant workers,
traveling on the circuit to find work-picking
crops.
▪Panchito's family is very poor.
▪The family is moving from their small poor
town in Mexico to California.
▪Point of View: 1st person-“I” Panchito is
telling his own story.
❖External Conflict:
Panchito and his family have a difficult time
surviving as migrant workers. Jobs and the
money is scarce.
▪Panchito and his family
move into a dirty worn
out garage.
▪Papa, Roberto, and
Panchito went to pick
crops in 100 degree
heat. Panchito got sick
from drinking too
much water.
▪Roberto and Panchito
hid when the school
bus passed. They were
worried they would be
caught for not going to
school.
Panchito began schoolClimax
• Panchito enrolls in the 6th grade,
Panchito is nervous.
• Panchito was nervous about
reading out loud. He asked for
help from his teacher.
❖ Internal Conflict:
Panchito is embarrassed about
his inability to read a 6th grade
text. Panchito runs into the
bathroom to practice reading.
• Panchito begins to like school
when he is offered extra help by
his teacher and he is introduced to
playing the trumpet. Panchito
wants to stay here and not move!
• When Panchito arrives home
from school exited to tell his
family about school, he observes
the cartons ready to go.
• The carton implies that
Panchito’s family were moving
again, to find work.
▪ Central Idea-What is the
author telling us in the
story?Migrant workers are
struggling to survive in a
cycle of poverty.
Theme: The cycle of poverty is
hard to escape.
Story Plot Diagram The Circuit
Internal Conflict is a conflict that takes place in the character’s mind
Learning ObjectiveExplain the theme in a fictional story.To examine a story plot diagram.
I Can Statements I can explain the theme of a story.I can identify and explain the external and internal conflicts from a fictional story. I can explain a story plot diagram.
Pearson, Common Core Literature Textbook, Pages 59-71
I can explain the theme of a story.
Theme- The lesson the author presents in a story.
Panchito and his family travel on the
migrant circuitExposition/Setting
I can explain the theme of a story.
1. What is the exposition in the story? Hint: who,
where ,when, and conflict?
2. What is the external conflict in the story.
3. What is the internal conflict in the story
4. Explain the resolution in the story.
5. What is the central idea of the story, The Circuit?
6. Explain the theme in the story?
I can explain the theme of a story.
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