Theme: Evidence Collection
Period 1-Theme Pairs ●Ciera and Vin and John. (Mike) (1) ●Nick and Jiano (2) ●Joe F. and Lou (2) ●Andrew and Armanni (2) ●Rhami and Breanna (2) ●Christian M. and Christian T. (2) ●Jackie and Kim (3) ●Rachel and Janisa (3)
Period 1 - Themes 1)Achieving the American Dream requires hard work and may not lead to happiness. 2)People who have always had money may take it for granted, while those who earn it feel differently. 3)People fall in love with people at the wrong time, which can lead to betrayal.
Period 2-Theme Pairs ●Gabby and Matt P. (1) ●Jenna and Jackie (2) ●Amariani and Matt T. (2) ●Nick and Kaitlyn (2) ●Tyler and David (2) ●Melissa and Andrew (3) ●Kristen and Chiara (3) ●Shane and Olivia (3) ●Justine and Coogan (3)
Period 2 - Themes 1)Unrealistic expectations may make us disappointed in reality. 2)Love can inspire us to change, for better or for worse. 3)One can try to recreate the past, but it will never be perfect because people change.
Period 5 -Theme Pairs Matt - Tyler (1) Bryan - Cassie (1) Emily - Joe - Ty (1) Anthony - Oliver (2) Nick - Dan (2) Kayla - Marlena (2) Oscar - Alexa (3) Alec - Kyla (3) Danielle - Robbie (3)
Period 5 Themes 1)Fulfilling your dreams can be a double edged sword. 1)Living in the past leads to disappointment. 1)A person’s perspective impacts his/her sense of fairness in the world.
Period 7 -Theme Pairs Mike - Destiny (1) Catherine - Spencer (1) Greg - Olivia (1) Brian - Janay (1) Erin - Geoff (2) Katie - Marquis (2) Kyle - Stef - Fahim (3) Margaret - Jacob (3) Joe - Rachel (3)
Period 7 Themes 1)There are two sides to everyone. 1)People who are stuck in the past don’t realize that they can’t change what happened. 1)Expectations of social class impact people’s perspectives.
Period 8 -Theme Pairs Henry - Cameron - Andrew (1) Maeven - Corrine (1) Alissa - Erin (2) Pat M - Allyson (2) Luch - Eric (2) Pat - Marina - Alanis (3) BEWARE: Pairs/groups that are not productive will be reshuffled immediately! >:(
Period 8 Themes 1)It’s dangerous to try and repeat the past. 1)Social class can influence perspectives of love. 1)Social class can influence perspectives.
Wednesday Do Now ●Confer with your partner about the support you gathered yesterday. ●Is your theme valid based on that support? ●Consider if you think you will find more evidence in later chapters or if this theme needs to be changed.
Thursday Do Now ●Confer with your partner about the support you gathered yesterday. ●Does that evidence from chapters 3-4 connect directly with the evidence you collected from chapter 1-2? ●If not, what does that tell you about your theme?
Friday Do Now ●With your partner, look at the evidence you collected and determine if that quote is using character, setting, mood, symbolism or plot to demonstrate your theme. ●Prepare to share this information with classmates in theme-groups.