TODAY’S AGENDA
One cracker for a small snack
ONE-MINUTE THOUGHT ON PEACE
NOTEBOOKS READY??
Teacher Assistant:
90 seconds for book talk, vocab
Special treatment for our visitors
SLIDE SHOW? SCHOOLTUBE?
Teacher’s Mailbox
Reminder about jobs
Return any papers
JOKES
Go over any homework due today
Reminder about SLANTS
SKIT??
Poem of the week?
TODAY'S LESSON
A Review of Themes and Motifs
Was there a motif in your weekend --
an occurrence or a place or an object or an activity
that seemed to be come back again and again?
How about a theme --
a quality like courage or boredom or friendship or fear?
The difference between a motif and a theme:
Well, the difference is slight,
since both motifs and themes
are patterns, or threads,
that run through a story or poem.
I would say a motif is more like an object or occurrence or activity,
whereas a theme is more like an idea or quality.
Let’s Practice It
Let's read TKAM to p. ___, making annotations
and then sticky notes on p. 54.
Let's look for motifs and/or themes,
and add them to the list in the back of our book.
How Did We Do?
