Learning Goal
I am learning to
Identify the elements of a variety of texts
Use evidence to support my ideas;
Apply reading strategies so we can make meaning from a text;
Read different forms of texts.

We will start with reviewing ways to read effectively and then we will do our reading routine. 

Next, you will use the same process with your novels as we used with the short story last week to think about theme.

1. Identify a topic that the story discussed;
2. Frame your theme statement using the phrase “The author believes that…” to explain what the author is saying about your topic;
3. Remove “The author believes that” and you have a theme statement;
4. Ensure that the theme statement is generalized;
5. Find evidence in the text that supports your statement;
6. Write a literary analysis using the structure below.

LITERARY ANALYSIS WRITING STRUCTURE

Topic Sentence
Introduce evidence
Evidence = quote/paraphrase from the story
Comment = your thinking/explanation
Comment
Transition to Introduce 2nd piece of evidence
Evidence = quote/paraphrase from the story
Comment = your thinking/explanation
Comment
Close

Submit your draft to me via the Assignment Submission Page found on this blog.

Tomorrow, we will be sharing our builds to our public gallery. Please be prepared to do this. We have one day. 

Thursday, we will be preparing for our last #craftreconciliation hangout.