1. reminders
**Turn in your Where I’m From Poem into the black basket. Staple your defining moment chart to the back of it.
Vocab Quiz Unit 7A – Friday, 9/22
Need a copy of Of Mice and Men by 10/11
Thought for the Day:

2. Independent reading Independent Reading SAT Practice #8
Vocabulary Practice 7A

3. Funny in Farsi Key Vocabulary Words Share Defining moments
memoir
anecdote
humor
Share Defining moments
Narrative Elements Q6
Theme – next slide

4. Theme Theme: the writer’s main message/central idea
How do I identify theme?
In the text, ______________ (title of text), there are messages about _____________. (identify topics)
The message about _____________ (topic) is...
EX:
In Romeo and Juliet, there are messages about love.
The message about love is that it is a powerful and even dangerous emotion that can take over people and even destroy them.

5. Funny in Farsi CEI
Write a CEI that answers the question: What is the defining moment for the author?
You will turn this in today!