1. August 22nd, 2016
AC ELA
Brown

2. Focus Standard
ELAGSE8RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

3. Make Two Appointments
Write two “X’s” in your LA Journal with a line next to them: X _______________________
When told, meet with someone at a different table and exchange names- first appointment.
Do it again. Meet with someone at a different table and exchange names- second appointment.
Go back to your seats when time is called.

4. Identify the theme of the story.
Think-Pair-Share
Watch the video.
Identify the theme of the story.
Cite how the theme is developed- setting, characters, or plot.
Theme
Developed by?
Examples from the text
Explanation of the evidence

5. “Wings”

6. “The Landlady”
Identify the following in “The Landlady”:
The theme
How it is developed over the text
Evidence
Explanation

7. Meet with your second appointment.
Closing
Meet with your second appointment.
Draft a paragraph using the information you collected.
Turn-in before you leave.