Creating Thematic Statements- 8/27

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on the major elements of persuasive paragraphs
-As a class we will work through the first two exercises in the COACH workbook
-Students will work independently on the rest of the exercises in lesson 24

Work Session:
-Students will have fifteen minutes to finish reading and annotating "To Build a Fire"
-Students will take the quiz for both "To Build a Fire" and the assigned chapters
-Annotated copies of the story will be collected 
-Students will take notes on theme and discuss how to convert thematic elements into thematic statements
-To practice this skill we will view "In the City" from Liquid TV
-As a class we will brainstorm a list of possible thematic elements from the cartoon
-The instructor will model how to take one of the elements and turn it into a thematic statement
-Students will use the remainder of class reading chapter 13 and listing ten thematic elements from their reading so far on a separate sheet of paper

Summarizer:
-Students will construct three thematic statements from the elements they listed during the lesson

Daily Homework:
-Students will read chapters 13-14 Into the Wild