1. Grab a new bell work sheet from the table at the front of the room and find the TEN errors in the passage below.
Bellringer
To excape the German concentration camps, the Jewish family of Otto Frank went into hiding in During the families two years in hide, 13-year-old anne frank kept a diary. She wrote her last diary entry on August Three days later, police raided the family's hiding place. Anne and her sister were shiped to a concentration camps. Anne died their nine months later. Since that time, Anne's diary has been publish in 30 languages.

2. So how do we arrive at a THEME?
First and foremost, themes and motifs are NOT the same thing!
Themes…
should be expressed using declarative sentences.
should be universal.
The thematic statement should be able to apply to another text and to students’ own lives.
should not be bound by time period, genre, culture, etc.
should reveal truths about human nature.
Example:
Motif—Love
Theme—Love never fails.

3. In the journal section of your binder…
CLAIM:
Welty’s use of __________ as a motif in “A Worn Path” __[VIVID VERB]____ the idea that (theme statement).
CITE: Choose an excerpt from the text that communicates your chosen theme.
CLARIFY: Specify HOW the excerpt from the text communicates your chosen theme.
In the journal section of your binder…
Write a CCC paragraph explaining how Welty uses motifs to develop a theme in “A Worn Path.”
Vivid Verb Suggestion
communicate
illuminate
disclose
express
reveal
illustrate
exemplify
Once you finish your topic sentence (CLAIM), look for evidence to back it up (CITE), and the CLARIFY the connection between the evidence and your claim!