Lesson 19

Today students learned the term allusion and reviewed foreshadowing, setting, symbol, conflict, and theme. 

In small groups, those students who had handed in their work on time were able to receive feedback from classmates on their work. They discussed answers, but also checked that the work was titled properly, that quotes were incorporated and properly cited, that there was no 1st-person, that pronoun use was accurate, and that the answers made sense. 

Groups were also investigating the connection between setting, conflict, symbol, and theme in the text. They were asked to come up with two symbols from the text and explain them, and to write a theme statement. 

Few followed the steps for writing a theme statement - and most could do with a re-think. 

Next class we will continue to look at theme, and begin working on paragraph writing in earnest. 



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