NAME: ______________________________________________________________ Pd: ________________
Working with Theme: “The Interlopers” by Saki
READING STRATEGIES: • Look for context clues that can help you figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• Break down long sentences into shorter ones. • Look for the subject and verb in confusing sentences. • Stop
to summarize important passages or scenes. • Re-read tough passages. Some passages are hard to understand
the first time. • Try to visualize, or picture, the events that are happening.
Questions to Help Clarify
Title
1. Does the title signify something about
the story? Does it point to a truth the
story reveals about life?
Plot
2. What is the internal and external
conflict?
3. What happens at the end of the story
and what causes that to happen?
4. What is the author trying to say about
feuding?
Character Motivation
5. Do the main characters change during
the course of the story? (dynamic) Do
the main characters realize something
they did not know before?
Responses (with Examples from the Story)
6. Are any important statements about life
or people made in the story, either by
the narrator or characters in the story?
Setting
7. What is the setting? (weather,
sights, sounds, etc.)
8. Are the characters in conflict with the
setting? What do the characters want?
Does the setting keep them from getting
what they want?
9. Think about the woods and the storm.
The men make great plans, but they die
because of nature. How would you state the
author’s message?
Theme
10. Is the theme ever directly stated? If so,
where is it stated?
11. In one sentence, state the story’s theme.