But how about: What are friends and why do we need them? That opens up to pets, pen pals, Twitter, relatives, pioneers, the underground railroad, Anne Frank and the Holocaust, homeys, domesticated animals, twins, journals, service dogs.... Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
-----Original Message----- From: Renee <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:03:16 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] themes I think "Friendship" is a broader theme with more possibilities than "Friends help out in hard times." :-) Renee On Jun 19, 2009, at 5:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 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? > Jan > > > -------------- Original message from Joy <[email protected]>: > -------------- > > >> >> 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 >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > > "Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." ~ William Butler Yeats _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] 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. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] 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.
