Monday, Monday

Today was a good day. Students worked hard and asked great questions related to our upcoming Book Talks.

All classes--We reviewed the meaning of "theme." Theme is not the same as "subject;" it is also not "what the book's about." Theme is a universal truth about a work. Themes are usually recurring and fit with a variety of works. In some cases the theme is a moral to the story; in other cases, the theme comes from a lesson the characters learn.

At the end of reading time today, students jotted down 2-3 themes of the novels they are currently reading and left it with me at dismissal. Tomorrow I will post some of these samples, and we will continue our conversation about themes.

8th grade classes had a due date today--the draft of their compare and contrast works.

Agenda--2 Inferring RRJ's are due on Friday. We will have at least two mini-lessons this week on Inferring entries so you should have an idea of the expectation.

Fondly,

Mrs. V~