Focus: How can we "prove" a story's theme?
Objective: Students will use details from a story to explain its theme.
1. Independent reading & reading log.
2. Writers Notebook #45
3. We discussed how to write a strong theme statement and revised the themes we wrote last time.
4. We learned how to use the TEXT format (T=topic sentence, E=evidence, X=explanation, T=tie-back) to write a literary analysis paragraph explaining a theme.
5. Working individually or in pairs, we wrote literary analysis paragraphs about "Through the Tunnel."
Homework: No homework.
Objective: Students will use details from a story to explain its theme.
1. Independent reading & reading log.
2. Writers Notebook #45
3. We discussed how to write a strong theme statement and revised the themes we wrote last time.
4. We learned how to use the TEXT format (T=topic sentence, E=evidence, X=explanation, T=tie-back) to write a literary analysis paragraph explaining a theme.
5. Working individually or in pairs, we wrote literary analysis paragraphs about "Through the Tunnel."
Homework: No homework.