Persuasive Paragraphs and Theme- 8/27

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on the major elements of persuasive paragraphs
-As a class we will work through the first two exercises in the COACH workbook
-Students will work independently on the rest of the exercises in lesson 24

Work Session:
-Students will take notes on theme and discuss how to convert thematic elements into thematic statements
-To practice this skill we will view "In the City" from Liquid TV
-As a class we will brainstorm a list of possible thematic elements from the cartoon
-The instructor will model how to take one of the elements and turn it into a thematic statement
-Students will continue reading as far as they can in Bronx Masquerade, as they continue working on the graphic organizer provided to them yesterday

Summarizer:
-Students will construct at least two thematic statements from the thematic elements we brainstormed in class