Getting to a story's central themes (general messages) requires us to look at several smaller parts of the text: word choices, patterns, imagery, figurative language, mood, tone, perspective, dialogue. . .
The process of breaking all this down is called close reading.
Task: Notice and Note handout, close read what your group considers noteworthy moments in chapters 11 &12.
On a separate piece of paper: Today in our book group we (noticed, discussed, debated, discovered, analyzed, agreed. . . )
So, what do you think the central message of the story is? Remember to consider our TDP strategy ( every text has topic, every story contains details/events that build up to make a point about the topic or subject matter)
HW: Complete book by tomorrow. Between chapters 13 and 14 you should write 4 author and me and 4 open-ended questions. (8 total) You will have a brief in class assessment.
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