1. Reading Bellwork
Week Nine: Theme

2. Library Day! Bring books !
Monday, October 17
Write the definitions for:
1. Theme: The central message in a literary work; the author’s intended message (AIM).
2. brachi- prefix- arm (bracelet)
3. caput, capitis- prefix- head (captain)
4. corpus- prefix- body (corporeal)
5. dens, dentis- prefix- tooth (dental)
Library Day!
Bring books !

3. Complete a TCJ while you read.
Dude, it’s reading time!
Complete a TCJ while you read.
Remember: Use quotation marks and the page number.
Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

4. Tuesday, October 18
Underline the prefix and state what the prefix means.
1. dentist
2. corpse
3. decapitate
4. embrace
Dude, it’s reading time!
Complete a TCJ while you read.
Remember: Use quotation marks and the page number.
Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

5. Prefix Practice
Prefix Directions: Fold your paper into four quadrants. In each quadrant, illustrate the meaning of a prefix with an example of a word. You may use the word suggestions or offer up your own word example.
1. brachi- prefix- arm (bracelet, embrace, brace)
2. caput, capitis- prefix- head (captain, capital, capitalize, decapitate )
3. corpus- prefix- body (corporeal, corporation, corpse, corporeal punishment,)
4. dens, dentis- prefix- tooth (dental, dentist, dent, dense)

6. Wednesday, October 19
1. Write a theme statement for your current reading. First, identify a topic, and then give the opinion the reading expresses about that topic.
Example: The poem “XYZ” is about jealousy (topic) and reveals that jealousy is like a poison that can harm a person when left untreated (theme=arguable opinion)

7. Theme Statements The ___________ _____________ by
(genre) (title)
______________ is about _________________
(author) (topic)
and reveals________________________________
(theme=arguable opinion)

8. Thursday, October 20
“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.” –Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling 1. What truth does this line reveal? Write a statement of theme. Dude, it’s reading time! Complete a TCJ while you read. Remember: Use quotation marks and the page number. Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

9. Friday, October 21 Write out the statements and answer True or False.
Theme is a fact.
The topic is not the theme.
A novel can have more than one theme.
Dude, it’s reading time!
Complete a TCJ while you read.
Remember: Use quotation marks and the page number.
Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

10. Prefix Practice Circle the word that uses a prefix we are studying.
Open some books, examine the left margin of the printed lines, and find the indentations where someone ‘took a bite.’
When we refer to the ‘corpus of literature’ on a subject, we generally mean the ‘whole works.’
Cabbages growing look like heads. As one’s head governs one’s body, a captain governs his troops.
The carpenter added a support brace for a wall so it would be held up.

11. Reading Quiz Theme IS/ IS NOT the topic of the novel.
Theme is the _______________ of a novel.
Brachi-
Corpus-
Dens-
Caput-