We use one word - Friendship and call it the umbrella theme. Then, as we read, we pull evidence of this theme from the story and use a sentence at that time. For example: "Maniac was a good friend to Grayson when he showed up at his funeral and no one else was there."
________________________________ From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of wr...@att.net Sent: Fri 6/19/2009 8:31 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies EmailGroup Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] themes When I think about the theme of a book, I think of something like, "Friends help out in hard times." I do not think just "friendship," but I know that some people would give one word for a theme of a book. Which is more interesting to you, the word or the sentence? -------------- Original message from Joy <jwidm...@rocketmail.com>: -------------- > > Beverlee, If there is a group that can help me push my thinking, this is it. I'm pondering your suggestion that sentences are needed to describe themes. That is an > interesting idea. Does the sentence narrow the concept, or does it broaden it? > I wonder if I struggle with this because our standards are given to us in bits or because I am not thinking globally? I always thought I was a big picture kind of person, maybe I'm mistaken. I can see how things tie together, and have > developed projects that are integrated, but struggle with the label. > > > Joy/NC/4 > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go > hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > <http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/> > > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
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