1. Pen/Pencil Binder Book bags and cellphones on hooks at front of room 
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2. Literary Term
Of The Week

3. Alliteration Consider Carrie Underwood's use of
Tuesday:
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
This literary term is often used in poetry.
Consider Carrie Underwood's use of
alliteration in her song Blown Away.
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4. Alliteration is also often used in tongue twisters.
Tuesday:
Alliteration is also often used in tongue twisters.
Try a few of these out!
If Freaky Fred Found Fifty Feet of Fruit And Fed Forty Feet to his Friend Frank. How many Feet of Fruit did Freaky Fred Find?
Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep. The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed shilly-shallied south.
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5. Thesis Statement
The Quilt

6. This…is a quilt.
…It has fishies…I mean– FISHES.

7. The thesis of this quilt is the thread used to put it together it is what holds the entire thing in place… every fish or idea– is held together by the thesis/the thread.

8. This means that THE OCEAN is the THEME.
THESIS is an idea, phrase, or question that threads your paper together.
You are probably wondering why FISH isn’t the thesis.
FISH is the MAIN IDEA of the quilt.
This means that THE OCEAN is the THEME.

9. THESIS= Thread
Main Idea=FISH
Theme=OCEAN

10. Now, you try to figure out the Thesis, Theme, and Main Idea of the following quilts:

11. #1
Thesis=?
Main Idea?
Theme?

12. #1
Thesis=thread

13. #1
Thesis=thread
Theme?

14. #1
Thesis=thread
Theme=
Disney

15. #1
Thesis=thread
Theme=
Disney
Main Idea?

16. #1
Thesis=thread
Theme=Disney
Main Idea= Disney Princesses

17. Thesis Activity Partner Up. Put both of your names on the paper.
Label the paper “Thesis Activity”

18. Thesis Activity Instructions
We are going to watch a movie trailer. Hopefully this is one that you know/have seen before.
Then we are going to (as a class) create a thesis, identify a theme, and a main idea for it.
The trailer we watch after this one you will do with your partner.
We will check in with each other between. Don’t correct your responses– learn from them by identifying why they are wrong and writing that down.

19. What are movie trailers?
What’s their purpose?
What elements do you usually see in a movie trailer?
Why?

20. First Trailer:

21. identify the Theme, Main Idea, and create a thesis.
Period 1- Theme: Family, Perseverance , Thesis: The Lion King is a story that discusses the Circle of Life , Main Idea: Simba becoming king Theme: Bravery, Empowerment, Strength, Thesis: Simba is becoming King, The Lion is a story about coming home; Main Idea: Circle of Life Period 2- Theme: Circle of Life, Past Can’t Change, Coming of Age; Thesis: Everyone has a place in the Circle of Life; Main Idea: Simba becoming King Period 3- Theme: Family, Destiny, Power, Responsibility; Thesis: The Lion King is about the fight to become king. Everyone has a part to play in the Circle of Life.; Main Idea: Simba finding his way home to become king. Period 4- Theme: Overcoming Challenges, Circle of Life, Responsibility; Thesis: The Lion King reveals that the Circle of Life is in everything; Main Idea: Fallen King rises to power Period 5- Period 7-

22. Now you try!

23. LETS DISCUSS!!!

24. identify the Theme, Main Idea, and create a thesis.
Period 1- Theme: Heroism, Recovery, Thesis: Osmosis Jones is about a man that doesn't take care of himself and pays the price. , Main Idea: Bodily Functions/Osmosis Period 2- Theme: Health, Hygiene, Germs; Thesis: Osmosis Jones has to save the body from a deadly virus.; Main Idea: Save body from virus Period 3- Theme: Heroism, Health, ; Thesis: Osmosis Jones is about the fight between good and bad germs. A deadly virus enters the body and a determined white blood cell wants to stop it; Main Idea: Viruses must be stopped Period 4- Theme: Bodily Functions, Fighting Infection; Thesis: Osmosis Jones is about trying to get rid of a nasty virus.; Main Idea: Fighting Disease Period 5- Period 7-

25. Next!

26. LETS DISCUSS!!!

27. identify the Theme, Main Idea, and create a thesis.
Period 1- Theme: Determination, Perseverance, Adventure, Overcoming Stereotypes; Thesis: Zootopia is about breaking stereotypes to make the world a better place; Main Idea: Achieving Goals, Proving Self-Worth Period 2- Period 3- Period 4- Period 5- Period 7-

28. Next!

29. LETS DISCUSS!!!

30. LAST!

31. Turn it in!