Transition
--Please access your copy of the "Theme Skeletal Notes and Theme Statement Practice with 'The Best Nest'" document by clicking on "Theme Materials" in the "Classwork" tab. We will read through the first two bolded sections ("Theme" and "Some Tips for Determining Emergent Themes") on the first page of the document together and fill in as many of the blanks as we can.
Notetaking/Application Activity #1 -- P.D. Eastman's "The Best Nest": Determining Emergent Themes
--read through the first two bolded sections of the notes page together via the SMART Board/shared screen and fill in the blanks
- provide examples from The Old Man and the Sea, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The Kite Runner, and The Great Gatsby
--assign purposeful reading/viewing tasks/questions ("Theme Materials" in the "Classwork" tab)
- Task A--explain/clarify
- Jared
- Jozlynne
- Mary
- Daisy
- Task B--explain/clarify
- Jackson
- Ella
- Logan
- Jack
- Task C--explain/clarify
- Sarah
- Emma
- Gianna
- Blair
--What is the gist of "The Best Nest" again?
--read/view "The Best Nest" on YouTube--jot down notes as per your assigned task, which we will then refer back to when we complete the next section of the theme notes
--pair/share (by same task or across tasks)
- If sharing across tasks, look for the same or similar theme words!
--come up with theme words as a whole group by sharing Tasks A, B, and C
--Transition/Closure
- Please complete the first survey titled "Theme Comprehension Check--Part 1" located in the "Classwork" tab. Read the directions and respond to the questions/prompt before submitting. Then, ...
- access your copy of Frank R. Stockton's "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
- access your copy of the "Determining Emergent Themes Document--Paragraphs 1-5" sheet ("Theme Materials" in the "Classwork" tab)
Application Activity #2 -- Frank R. Stockton's "The Lady, or the Tiger?": Determining Emergent Themes
--oral reading of "Directions" on top of page
--Reminder: The gist of "The Lady..." shared via another group summary selected at random
--oral reading of paragraphs 1-5 of "The Lady..."/constant comprehension check--jot down notes as per your assigned task
--come up with theme words as a whole group by sharing conclusions drawn via completion of the chart
--oral reading of "Directions" on top of page
- Q & A
--assign purposeful oral reading tasks (Reminder: You already completed these tasks earlier in the class block! :))
- Task A folks = first row of chart
- Task B folks = second row of chart
- Task C folks = third row of chart
--oral reading of paragraphs 1-5 of "The Lady..."/constant comprehension check--jot down notes as per your assigned task
- FYI: This story pretty much requires us to...
- "determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text"
- "use context...as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase."
--come up with theme words as a whole group by sharing conclusions drawn via completion of the chart
Closure -- Theme Comprehension Check
--Please complete the second survey titled "Theme Comprehension Check--Part 2" located in the "Classwork" tab by responding to the prompt on the back of the page.
