1. Objective- I can determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.. M1,U2,L6
DO NOW:
Hand in any/all of the assignments that are currently due. Place these items on my desk.
Take out your copy of our new text, “The Palace Thief” by Ethan Canin.
Make sure you have pages read for today’s class. Add any new annotations to your text.
Have out your Central Idea Tracking Tool for a homework check. Should have two new entries from last night’s reading.

2. Exit Ticket
How does a conflict in the text develop a central idea in this passage?
Outline for response:
Topic sentence- Introduce your topic
1st piece of textual evidence
Explain- how does this evidence prove your topic
2nd piece of textual evidence
Concluding sentence

3. Homework
Review and expand your notes and annotations in preparation for the Mid-Unit Assessment and write an introductory paragraph to the Mid-Unit Assessment prompt:
How has Hundert’s development, as a character, over the course of the text developed a central idea?

4. Central Idea Tracking Tool
Text:
“The Palace Thief” by Ethan Canin
Page #
Central Ideas
Notes and Connections
Page 163
The importance of history
The narrator responds to the senator’s question, “What’s the good of what you’re teaching them boys” by explaining that studying history helps students “understand the importance of character and high ideals.”