1. What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin.
Read each of the following riddles. THINK… THINK… THINK… try to write an answer for each.
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
What tastes better than it smells?
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
During what month do people sleep the least?

2. Warm-Up: Take a sheet from the tan bin
Warm-Up: Take a sheet from the tan bin. Read each Read each of the following riddles. THINK… THINK… THINK… try to write an answer for each.
What two things can you never eat for breakfast? Lunch and Dinner.
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? A clock.
What tastes better than it smells? A Tongue.
What kind of room has no doors or windows? A Mushroom.
During what month do people sleep the least? February, it's the shortest month.

3. Agenda (10/16/19) (Pds 1-4) PMA (students finish PMA)
Essential Question: How is a major theme of TKaM being developed?
Standard:
Determine a theme 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.
Objective: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; I can provide an objective summary of the text (RL.1.2).
Warm-Up: Vocabulary/ Context Clues
Whole Group:
Work Period:
Complete crossword puzzle…
PMA (students finish PMA)
Chapter 5… Students finish reading chapter 5 and answering questions:
How does Maudie Atkinson influence Scout?
What is Maudie Atkinson’s reason for Boo Radley staying in the house all of the time?
Why do you believe Jem and Dill should carry out their plan regarding Boo Radley?
Why do you believe Jem and Dill should NOT carry out their plan regarding Boo Radley?
Closing:
HW 1-9 due 10/17.

4. Agenda (10/16/19) (Pds 5-7)
Essential Question: How is a major theme of TKaM being developed?
Standard:
Determine a theme 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.
Objective: I can determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; I can provide an objective summary of the text (RL.1.2).
Warm-Up: Vocabulary/ Context Clues
Whole Group:
Work Period:
PMA (students finish PMA)
Complete crossword puzzle.
Chapter 5… Students finish reading chapter 5 and answering questions:
How does Maudie Atkinson influence Scout?
What is Maudie Atkinson’s reason for Boo Radley staying in the house all of the time?
Why do you believe Jem and Dill should carry out their plan regarding Boo Radley?
Why do you believe Jem and Dill should NOT carry out their plan regarding Boo Radley?
Closing:
HW 1-9 due 10/17.

5. There once lived a large bird named Mataran who had two heads, three wings and five feet. He had a difficult time getting anywhere because one wing kept getting in the way of the other two. He constantly tripped over his extra feet and one of his heads always told the other head that he was worthless and meant nothing to no one. Then, one day, a circus full of the most beautiful animals you have ever seen came to town. They were trying to set up their tents, but the Morbidant Worms had taken over their land. The worms dug so many holes that the circus animals were not able to put up their tents. Instead, they tried to pull the worms out of the soil, but it took them way too long to do it. They would never be able to have the circus set up by the opening day.

6. Mataran witnessed their trouble from high above on the hillside
Mataran witnessed their trouble from high above on the hillside. Getting an idea, he stumbled down to the circus land and began using each of his five feet to pull up the worms. Working at a rate five times what they circus animals could work, he had quickly removed all of the Morbidant Worms. The circus animals praised Mataran and thanked him for allowing them to set up their tents by the opening day. Mataran travelled with the circus the rest of his life, finding jobs here and there that could best use his gifts and talents.
What is the theme?

7. Does your theme need work?
Does your theme reflect a life lesson?
Is your theme too specific, too vague, or just perfectly in between?
Can your theme be supported with evidence from the text?

8. To Kill a Mockingbird- Chapter 5
Scout convinces Jem to back off on the Radley game, and then Dill asks Scout to marry him. (Hey, it is the South.)
Despite this moment of passion, the boys spend most of their time together and neglect Scout.
So, Scout spends her time hanging out with Miss Maudie Atkinson, a usually stand-off-ish old lady.
Bonus: Miss Maudie makes the best cakes in the neighborhood, and best of all, shares them with the three kids.
Flashback: Scout's Uncle Jack has a history of flirting with Miss Maudie, though in a joking way.

9. To Kill a Mockingbird- Chapter 5
Miss Maudie tells Scout more about the Radleys, including that old Mr. Radley (Boo's father) was a "foot-washing Baptist" (5.27), which is apparently much more hardcore than just regular Baptists.
In fact, some of Mr. Radley's fellow foot-washers have told Miss Maudie that she and her flowers are going to burn in hell, because any time spent not reading the Bible is time spent in sin, especially if it involves creating something pleasing to the senses. (No word on whether criticizing one's neighbors counts as a sin with them.)
Miss Maudie says that the Radleys are "so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one" (5.44).
Is Boo crazy? Well, if he wasn't when this whole thing started, he probably is now.

10. To Kill a Mockingbird- Chapter 5
Scout finally breaks into Jem and Dill's “Get Rid Of Slimy girls Club,” and finds out what they've been planning to do: use a fishing pole to put a note to Boo through one of the upper windows of the Radley Place.
When they put the plan into action, Jem has some difficulty maneuvering the fishing pole, which is too short to reach the window.
And then Atticus shows up. And he doesn't look pleased.
Atticus tells the kids to stop bothering Boo, who has a perfect right to stay in his house if he wants to.

11. To Kill a Mockingbird- Chapter 5
Atticus also tells them to stop playing their stupid game, and Jem says they weren't making fun of Boo, inadvertently revealing to Atticus that they were in fact playing at being the Radleys.
Jem eventually realizes he's been fooled by the oldest lawyer's trick in the book. Oops.

12. Sample Themes Growth can come from failure.
Friendship can come in forms you do not expect.
Don’t judge the actions of other people.
Find your talent, and share it with others.
Selfishness can lead to negative consequences.
Families face adversity together.

13. Sample Themes More can be accomplished when people work together.
Acceptance is being open-minded and not being judgmental.
By seeking to help others, we can build a sense of community.
Sometimes being scared is more dangerous than being brave.
Putting too much value in material things can make us depressed when those things are taken away.
Friendship is more valuable than material items.
Boredom can lead us to incredible revelations.
The feelings of others should often be considered before our own.

14. Sample Themes Things we work the hardest for are the most valuable.
Knowledge can sometimes be used to be destructive.
True love is difficult to find and even more difficult to keep.
Sometimes an individual’s needs must be sacrificed for the benefit of society.
Sometimes, it is best not to get what we wished for.
Time, patience and love can heal old wounds.
Forgiveness is one of the most difficult, but powerful gifts to provide someone.

15. Sample Themes
Being judgmental can, eventually, make us realize we aren’t as good as we think we are.
Taking up for others is an important virtue.
Making fun of others may expose the weaknesses in ourselves.
Happiness comes from helping others, not hurting them.
It is important to instill strong virtues in the young.
Looking at life through someone else’s perspective teaches us more about our own lives.
Making fun of someone behind his/her back only makes one look like a coward.

16. Theme Template You might begin with the “Topic”
Love, Family, Good vs. Evil, Family, Friendship, Death, Poverty, Identity, Survival, Justice, Freedom, Change, Growing Up, Acceptance, Guilt, etc.
Then, complete the following statement:
The author wants me to learn that ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________.
This part becomes your theme.

17. Theme

18. Theme Template
Don't include specific characters or plot points. This perspective on life should apply to people and situations outside the story.
Don't be obvious. "War is bad," is not a theme. Dig a little deeper using details from the story. (What specifically is bad about war? How does it negatively impact the characters or the world of the story?)
Don't make it advicey. "You should always be there for your family," isn't a theme, it's a suggestion. Keep your theme statement objective and based solely on evidence from the story ("The bond between family can overcome any obstacle.")
Don't use cliches. "Once a cheater, always a cheater," or "Actions speak louder than words," aren't themes. They're just expressions people use all the time and have very little power or real insight.

19. Let’s Practice
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20. Let’s Practice
1. It is important to instill strong virtues in the young

21. Let’s Practice
1. It is important to instill strong virtues in the young Forgiveness is one of the most difficult, but powerful gifts to provide someone

22. Let’s Practice
1. It is important to instill strong virtues in the young Forgiveness is one of the most difficult, but powerful gifts to provide someone It takes a tough man on the inside to have true courage, not just on the outside

23. Let’s Practice
1. It is important to instill strong virtues in the young Forgiveness is one of the most difficult, but powerful gifts to provide someone It takes a tough man on the inside to have true courage, not just on the outside It is important to make your own decisions about others and not judge people based on someone else’s perspective. 5.

24. Let’s Practice
1. It is important to instill strong virtues in the young Forgiveness is one of the most difficult, but powerful gifts to provide someone It takes a tough man on the inside to have true courage, not just on the outside It is important to make your own decisions about others and not judge people based on someone else’s perspective Belief in one’s self is a true testament of courage.

25. There once lived a large bird named Mataran who had two heads, three wings and five feet. He had a difficult time getting anywhere because one wing kept getting in the way of the other two. He constantly tripped over his extra feet and one of his heads always told the other head that he was worthless and meant nothing to no one. Then, one day, a circus full of the most beautiful animals you have ever seen came to town. They were trying to set up their tents, but the Morbidant Worms had taken over their land. The worms dug so many holes that the circus animals were not able to put up their tents. Instead, they tried to pull the worms out of the soil, but it took them way too long to do it. They would never be able to have the circus set up by the opening day.

26. Mataran witnessed their trouble from high above on the hillside
Mataran witnessed their trouble from high above on the hillside. Getting an idea, he stumbled down to the circus land and began using each of his five feet to pull up the worms. Working at a rate five times what they circus animals could work, he had quickly removed all of the Morbidant Worms. The circus animals praised Mataran and thanked him for allowing them to set up their tents by the opening day. Mataran travelled with the circus the rest of his life, finding jobs here and there that could best use his gifts and talents.
What is the theme?

27. Does your theme need work?
Does your theme reflect a life lesson?
Is your theme too specific, to vague, or just perfectly in between?
Can your theme be supported with evidence from the text?

28. Pds 1-4 High Order Thinking Question
What is a theme that is developed in chapters 3 and 4 and what details does the author use to support it?

29. Pds 5-7 High Order Thinking Question
What is a major theme that is being developed in chapters 3 and 4 of TKaM and how is it being developed?

30. Vocabulary (Pds 1-4)
1-2A: Melody: (n.) nice musical sounds perfectly arranged together
1-2B: Deduce: (v.) to reach a conclusion or decision through reasoning (figure out)
1-2C: Sufficient: (adj.) being enough, or as much as needed
1-3A: Unsullied: (adj.) spotlessly clean and fresh
1-3B: Vague: (adj.) not clear
1-3C: Revelation: (n.) an enlightening or shocking information
1-4A: Tyrannical: (adj.) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
1-4B: Unanimous: (adj.) in complete agreement
1-4C: Quaint: (adj.) strange or odd in an amusing way

31. Vocabulary (Pds 1-4) 1-5A: Inhabit: (v.) to live in
1-5B: Contentment: (n.) the state of being satisfied and happy
1-5C: Malevolent: (adj.) wishing evil or harm on someone else
1-6A: Abundance: (n.) a very large quantity of something
1-6B: Exclusive: (adj.) limited to certain people or things
1-6C: Nocturnal: (adj.) night-time (only awake at night)
1-7A: Intimidation: (n.) pressure; fear; threat
1-7B: Employ: (v.) to put into service; to hire or get someone or something to work for you
1-7C: Morbid: (adj.) an unhealthy state of mind; gloomy

32. Vocabulary (Pds 5-7)
1-2A: Melody: (n.) nice musical sounds perfectly arranged together
1-2B: Deduce: (v.) to reach a conclusion or decision through reasoning (figure out)
1-2C: Sufficient: (adj.) being enough, or as much as needed
1-3A: Unsullied: (adj.) spotlessly clean and fresh
1-3B: Morbid: (adj.) an unhealthy state of mind; gloomy
1-3C: Foray: (n.) a sudden, short attack
1-4A: Tyrannical: (adj.) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
1-4B: Concede: (v.) be willing to give in to someone and accept what they believe
1-4C: Expound: (v.) to add details or give more information about something

33. Vocabulary (Pds 5-7)
1-5A: Contentment: (n.) the state of being satisfied and happy
1-5B: Condescend: (v.) to do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity
1-5C: Amiable: (adj.) showing warmth and friendliness
1-6A: Inhabit: (v.) to live in
1-6B: Compel: (v.) to make someone do something
1-6C: Onslaught: (n.) an attack or assault
1-7A: Contradict: (v.) to challenge or oppose; to show something to be false; to go against something
1-7B: Inquisitive: (adj.) showing curiosity; snooping; nosy
1-7C: Contentious: (adj.) always ready to argue or fight; argumentative

34. Closing
What themes do you see in the text so far?