Group Lesson: Introduce theme one-pagers and have students take notes/create their theme statements (themes listed with character notes).

Themes, we decided as a class, are defined as the message the author intends the reader to understand.

Individually, students created theme statements, based on one of the themes listed for their book. After discussing some examples of theme statements as a class, students reconsidered or revised their statements. NOTE: They need to be able to VISUALLY represent their theme.

Mrs. Evans (re)introduced the idea of a theme "one pager"--a visual alternative to writing a thematic essay. Students were advised to collect pictures from magazines or the internet (must be properly cited!) and three quotes that DIRECTLY and CLEARLY support their theme statement.

This theme one-pager will be completed outside of class as an assessment of their understanding of theme and visualization--two concepts we have been working on throughout the year.
DUE THURSDAY, APRIL 16th at the beginning of class.