U 2 - R 1 0 T h e m e B u i l d i n g f o r D r a g o n w i n g s 1 Monday, November 2, 2015

Independent Work… Group 1: Use ACTIVE POST-ITS to mark a few places of theme interest. Name 1 theme conveyed in Dragonwings. Cite 2 pieces of TBE to support the theme. Develop a QUICKWRITE. Group 2: Use ACTIVE POST-ITS to mark 3 or more places of theme interest. Name 2 themes conveyed in Dragonwings. Cite 2+ pieces of TBE to support the theme. Develop a QUICKWRITE. Group 3: Use ACTIVE POST-ITS to make 4 or more places of theme interest. Name 2 themes conveyed in Dragonwings. Cite 2-3 pieces of TBE to support the theme. Develop a QUICKWRITE. 2

Do Now…  Name 1 theme that has been evident in Dragonwings through our reading, so far.  It’s important throughout our reading of the novel to gather new ideas & details.  Prepare to discuss & defend ideas and questions in Starbucks with TBE and logical reasoning.  STARBUCKS... 3

ML: Close Readers analyze character actions/words/thoughts to determine themes RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, W.6.4; DOK4, DOK2

U2-R10: Theme Building Lesson Vocabulary  themes  main points  main idea  TBE  TBD  Active Post-its Connection Today, we continue our thinking about how authors incorporate themes by using ACTIVE POST-ITS to tag places that show the characters’ actions/words/thoughts, which give clues to the THEMES. We realize that characters are the LINK to all things possible in books. We look for mini-themes in chapters and major- themes throughout the entire novel.

REMEMBER… Themes are Not stated outright. You MUST use inferences and common sense to develop themes. Pay attention to characters and what they learned from their experiences. “The Lumberjack and the Axe”  Theme – Honesty  TBE – “the God tested him…The man rejected the axes that weren’t his…Mercury was so impressed with the man that he gave him the all of the axes.”  Common Sense: he told the truth, he got the axe…the other guy lied, he was punished. QUICKWRITE… “The Lumberjack and the Axe” tells a story that captures the theme of honesty. In the scene, when the god Mercury “returns” his silver axe and then the gold axe, instead of claiming these as his own, he tells the truth that they do not belong to him, and his honesty is rewarded with the gift of both. Where as, the dishonest man who lies to claim the silver and gold axes, not only loses both but his own wooden one, too. 6 Model…

Model…paying attention to the actions & words to identify possible themes. A lumberjack was working when he dropped his axe and it fell into the river. He stood on the bank and began to cry, for without the axe he couldn't make a living. The Greek god, Mercury, appeared on the riverbank and felt sorry for the woodman. He offered to retrieve the man’s axe for him, but decided to test him first. He dove into the water and brought up an axe made of pure silver. He offered the silver axe to the man. "No," said the man, "that isn't mine." Then, Mercury fetched up an axe made of gold. The man rejected it as well. Finally, Mercury dove down and brought up the woodman's own plain, wooden axe, which he gratefully accepted. Mercury was so impressed with the man that he gave him the other two axes as well. When the woodman got home, he told his neighbor what had happened. Hoping to get the same luck, this man threw his own axe in the river. Mercury appeared to him also, brought up a silver axe, and this man claimed it as his own. Mercury punished him by throwing the silver axe back into the river and refusing to retrieve the axe he had thrown. 7

Active Work… With your team, Reflect on The Three Little Pigs 1.Who were the characters in the story? 2.What was ONE lesson learned from this story? 3.Shorten the lesson into ONE WORD that EXPLAINS the message of the story. *Use the Common Themes chart to help you choose that ONE WORD. Theme TBE 8

9 Read the following fable, determine the theme that best captures the main point. Two frogs decided to go on a journey and see some of the world. Eventually, they came to an old farm, and while they were hopping across the farmland, the farmer happened to set down a pail of fresh cream in their path. As they were both in mid-leap, they could not help but splash down into the bucket of cream. “Oh, help!” cried the first frog, flapping around in the slippery cream in the pail. “Oh, help! We can’t reach the top! What will we do? We are surely going to die here!” The second frog was busy kicking, even though he had nothing to push against but cream and he couldn’t jump out of the bucket. He kept trying, however, while his partner wailed and moaned in despair next to him. “We’ll never make it out of here!” cried the first frog. In his panic, he sunk to the bottom of the bucket and drowned. But the second frog didn’t stop kicking, kicking, kicking and before long he had churned the cream into solid butter! Soon enough, it was so hard that he could jump out of the pail and hop back to his pond. A. Courage B. PerseveranceC. Preparedness Quick Assessment (DOK3)

Independent Work… Group 1: Use ACTIVE POST-ITS to mark a few places of theme interest. Name 1 theme conveyed in Dragonwings. Cite 2 pieces of TBE to support the theme. Develop a QUICKWRITE. Group 2: Use ACTIVE POST-ITS to mark 3 or more places of theme interest. Name 2 themes conveyed in Dragonwings. Cite 2+ pieces of TBE to support the theme. Develop a QUICKWRITE. Group 3: Use ACTIVE POST-ITS to make 4 or more places of theme interest. Name 2 themes conveyed in Dragonwings. Cite 2-3 pieces of TBE to support the theme. Develop a QUICKWRITE. 10