This document provides instructions for students to analyze the themes in Bless Me, Ultima by completing a graphic organizer on themes, generating discussion questions from the book, and finishing a book critique of Bless Me, Ultima for homework to receive credit. Students are asked to identify themes that are messages or statements rather than single words and provide two questions for class discussion.

1. Themes in
Bless Me, Ultima
• Find themes for Bless
Me, Ultima using the
graphic organizer
Searching for
Meaning.
• Remember, theme
should be a
MESSAGE/sentence/st
atement. It should
NOT be one word.

2. Questions
• In your journals:
• Flip through Bless Me, Ultima.
• Write down 2 questions that can
be asked to the rest of the class
for discussion or clarification.

3. Book Critique
• Fill out the book critique for Bless
Me, Ultima.
• If not done by the end of class,
finish for homework.
• You will only receive credit if the
book critique is filled out
COMPLETELY.

4. HOMEWORK
• BOOK CRITIQUE: Finish the
book critique for Bless Me,
Ultima. You will only receive
credit if the critique is filled
out COMPLETELY.