1. Procedure Expectations Sit in assigned seat (must be seated by bell) Take out your independent reading book You will have 10 minutes to read silently Silent and individual No technology Honors  turn in paragraph to crate Please have out signed syllabus Friday, August 14

2. Objectives I can define theme and develop criteria to help identify it I can find themes in my reading and cite several pieces of evidence for support I can use Greek and Latin word parts to aid my understanding of vocab

3. Partner Work What is the best movie you saw in the last year? Why? What is the best book you read in the last year? Why? Turn and talk with your partner about these two questions… 1 minute each!

4. Partner Work What makes these stories (movies or books) so lovable?

5. Theme With group, come up with definition of theme (2 min) Group share

6. Theme Theme  a big idea or lesson that all people can identify with Criteria:

7. Theme Theme  a big idea or lesson that all people can identify with Criteria:  General (no character names/other story specifics)  Brief (sometimes just a noun!)  Frequent (the more it occurs in the story, the better)

8. Finding Theme Pick 3 stories from Mythology. Use your notes or the book to think through what the most important theme of the story is. Write the theme in the box provided, and then provide three pieces of evidence (quotes or specific detail) to support your claim. Write in complete sentences

9. Group Work Share the themes that you found with your group Group members  hold each other accountable for following the criteria!

10. Word Within a Word Write ‘List #1’ at top of page With your group, try and figure out the definition of as many prefixes as possible (hint: the definitions are only 1 word!)

11. Independent Practice Due Tuesday  pick 1 word per prefix and use it correctly in a sentence. Underline the word.