Today we shared the problems we saw in the story and began trying our hand at possible themes by following the steps on the chart.
In reflections section students labeled a new page LW #3 Theme NJ take 1 and identified the problem, and what they were supposed to learn by looking at the problem in the story. They were instructed and coached to write at least a page for this longwrite.
HW is to write LW #4 theme take 2 which is about another problem and possible theme that can be found in the book NJ. AND logs are collected Monday 12/8 with 150 minutes.
Please see my example of theme longwrites for "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury here to get an idea of what is expected in your own longwrites about theme.
Also here are some great ways to push yourself to add more to your writing.
