Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
CommonCoreStandards:
Citestrongandthoroughtextualevidencetosupportanalysisofwhatthetextsaysexplicitlyaswellasinferencesdrawnfrom
thetext.(910.RL.1)
Determineathemeorcentralideaofatextandanalyzeindetailitsdevelopmentoverthecourseofthetext,includinghowit
emergesandisshapedandrefinedbyspecificdetails;provideanobjectivesummaryofthetext.(910.RL.2)
Objectives:TheStudentswillbeabletodefineandidentifythemebyworkingbothcollaborativelyandindividuallytocreatetheme
sentencesandprovidetextualevidence.
MaterialsNeeded:
Pen,Pencil,Paper
TheSneetchestext
Whiteboard/blackboardandmarkersorchalk
Journals
Independentnovels
Activities:
Time
5minutes
TeacherProcedures
Ms.FletcherwillopenclassbyreadingThe
4minutes
SneetchesbyDr.Seusstotheclass.
Oncethestoryisover,Ms.Fletcherwillaskthe Studentswillparticipatefullybyproviding
classtogivesomeexamplesofthemesfrom
StudentResponsibilities
Studentswilllistentothestoryattentively.
themesthattheybelievetobeinThe
TheSneetches.Inmypastexperience,students
Sneetches.
tendtoidentifytopics.Asthetopicscomeout,
Ms.Fletcherwillwritethetopicsontheboard.
Oncethereareatleastafewtopicsonthe
board,Ms.Fletcherwillexplainthatwhat
studentswereidentifyingareactuallyTopics,
6minutes
notThemes.
Ms.Fletcherwillthenexplainhowtocreatea
StudentswilllistenwhileMs.Fletchergoes
themesentencebyusingthefollowingformat:
overhowtoidentifythemeusingtheauthor
Theauthorbelievesthat___(finishthesentence
believesthatsentence,andthenhowtorevise
usingoneofthetopicsselectedontheboard)_.
thesentencetogetastrongtheme.Students
ShewillthendemonstratehowtoeraseThe
willaskquestionsasneeded.Studentswill
authorbelievesthatportionofthesentence,
quicklypairupwhenprompted.
andhowtorevisetheremainingportionofthe
sentencetocreatethetheme.Shewillshowthis
onemoretimewithadifferenttopic.Shewill
5minutes
thentellstudentstopairup.
Ms.Fletcherwillthenaskstudentstocomeup
Studentswillworkcollaborativelytoidentify
withthreedifferentthemeswiththeirpartner,
threedifferentthemesfromTheSneetches.
followingtheauthorbelievesthatformat
Theywillthenidentifytheirbestone,andwrite
thatwepracticed.Aftertheyaredone,shewill
thethemeonaseparatesheetofpaper
askthemtocomeupwiththeirbestone,and
5minutes
5minutes
writeitonaseparatesheetofpaper.
Ms.Fletcherwilltellstudentstocrumpleup
Studentswillgentlyandsafelytosstheirtheme
theirthemeintoaball,andtossittoanother
toanothergroup.Theywillthenopenuptheir
group.Shewillaskstudentstoopenuptheir
newtheme,andlistentoMs.Fletcherasshe
newtheme,anddemonstratehowtoprovide
reviewshowtoprovidetextualevidence.The
textualevidenceontheboard.Shewillthen
studentswillthenpracticethisbyproviding
instructthestudentstoprovideonepieceof
onepieceoftextualevidenceforthethemethat
textualevidencetosupporttheothergroups
theyweregiven.Studentswillrepeatthis
theme.Theywillrepeatthisonemoretime.
Oncestudentshavecompletedproviding
processonemoretime.
Studentswillsharethethemeandtheir
textualevidence,Ms.Fletcherwillaskoneor
responseswhenaskedtobyMs.Fletcher.
twogroupstosharethethemeandtheevidence
Whenprompted,theywillgiveathumbsupif
thattheyprovided.Shewillthenaskstudentsto theyunderstandhowtoidentifythemeand
10minutes
giveathumbsupordowntogetageneralidea
textualevidenceorathumbsdowniftheystill
ofhowwellthestudentshavegrasped
needhelp.
identifyingtheme.
Ms.Fletcherwillthenaskstudentstogetout
Studentswilltakeouttheirjournalsand
theirjournalsandidentifythreethemesfrom
identifythreethemesusingthemethodthatwe
theirindependentnovelsusingthemethodthat
justwentovertodayinclass.Oncetheyhave
5minutes
wejustcovered.Oncetheyhavethis
three,theywillselecttheirbestone,and
completed,theywillselecttheirbestoneand
provideatleasttwopiecesoftextualevidence
provideatleasttwopiecesoftextualevidence.
Ms.Fletcherwillthenassignhomework:
tosupporttheirtheme.
Studentswillwritedowntheirhomework
Studentsneedtobringinthreeprops/objectsto
assignment,andwillbringthreeitemswith
bringwiththemtoclasstomorrow.Theobjects themtomorrowthatrepresentthethemethat
needtorepresentthethemethattheyselected
theyselected,aswellastheirnovelingeneral.
today,aswellastheirnoveloverall.
Assignment(s)/Homework:Studentswillcreatethreedifferentthemesintheirjournalsfortheirindependentnovels.Theywillselect
theirbestone,andidentifytwopiecesoftextualevidencefortheirtheme.Theywillalsobringthreedifferentobjectswiththemto
classtomorrowthatrepresentthethemethattheyselectedtoday,aswellastheirnoveloverall.Objectswillbeusedtocreateanimage
thatrepresentstheirnovelinthefollowinglesson.
HowStudentLearningisAssessedandAnalyzed:Studentlearningwillbeassessedfirstlybythethumbsup/thumbsdownmethodat
theendoftheminilesson.Itwillalsobeassessedthroughthepapersthatthestudentsusedintheminilesson,aswellasthroughthe
studentsjournals.
LessonAdaptedfrom:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA