Friday, August 14
Procedure
Expectations
 Sit in assigned seat
 Silent and individual
(must be seated by
bell)
 Take out your
independent reading
book
 You will have 10
minutes to read silently
 No technology
 Honors  turn in
paragraph to crate
 Please have out signed
syllabus
Objectives
 I can define theme and develop criteria
to help identify it
 I can find themes in my reading and
cite several pieces of evidence for
support
 I can use Greek and Latin word parts to
aid my understanding of vocab
Partner Work
 What is the best movie you saw in the
last year? Why?
 What is the best book you read in the
last year? Why?
 Turn and talk with your partner about
these two questions… 1 minute each!
Partner Work
What makes these stories
(movies or books) so lovable?
Theme
 With group, come up with
definition of theme (2 min)
 Group share
Theme
 Theme  a big idea or lesson that all
people can identify with
 Criteria:
Theme
 Theme  a big idea or lesson that all
people can identify with
 Criteria:
 General
(no character names/other story
specifics)
 Brief (sometimes just a noun!)
 Frequent (the more it occurs in the story,
the better)
Finding Theme
Pick 3 stories from Mythology. Use your
notes or the book to think through what
the most important theme of the story
is. Write the theme in the box provided,
and then provide three pieces of
evidence (quotes or specific detail) to
support your claim.
Write in complete sentences
Group Work
 Share the themes that you found with
your group
 Group members  hold each other
accountable for following the criteria!
Word Within a Word
Write ‘List #1’ at top of page
With your group, try and figure
out the definition of as many
prefixes as possible (hint: the
definitions are only 1 word!)
Independent Practice
 Due Tuesday  pick 1 word per
prefix and use it correctly in a
sentence. Underline the word.