Today's objectives:
By the end of today's lesson, students will be able to: explain what "theme" is; analyze their individual text in order to identify overall themes; begin writing Part E of their research paper.
Agenda:
1) SSR
2) Mini-lesson on analyzing theme using Langston Hughes' Black Misery as a practice text and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" as a model
3) Modeling of Part E of the research paper
4) Work time on Part E
HW:
Get caught up on parts A-D of the research paper. On Friday afternoon, Nida and I will be calling the families of students who still have research paper parts outstanding. If you don't want a phone call, get any missing parts to us ASAP!
