We started today's class with the following prompt about our reading in yesterday's class:
What do you think of the two character's we've met so far in The Lord of the Flies (Ralph and the fat boy)?
After everyone had a chance to respond to this prompt, we discussed students' responses.
Next, I handed out a grammar sheet on nouns which everyone completed, compared their responses with a partner's, and then we went over together. We then read a flash fiction story together and made a noun map of the nouns in this story. For the noun map, everyone kept track of nouns that were used in the story selecting the most important ones and writing them down, connecting related nouns with lines that were labeled to explain the relationship between the words. The idea upon completing the noun map is to look at what elements are present in the story and how they are related. After doing this, we were aiming to answer the question: What is the theme of this story?
In class, we talked about how theme is the big idea in story/what the story is about. Theme is usually identified by a statement about an abstract noun. We will continue working with this in class tomorrow and then transfer these ideas to The Lord of the Flies.
Homework:
Study the set three roots and prefixes for a quiz on Friday.
Roots/Prefixes Set 3 - Word List
Roots/Prefixes Set 3 - Practice Sheet
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