Today, we read the story, "Want to Play House?" by Leon Rooke. If you were absent, ask me for a copy.
Choose one of the last three stories we read: "Haunted House", "Sick Pigeon" or "Want to Play House?" and answer the question below in a paragraph which you will write during class tomorrow.
Explain how the title adds to the theme of the story. Theme is not obvious in these literary stories. If it is obvious, we would not have to read the story.
Your best defense? A solid offense. Create a TICK chart similar to the one we did on the story, "A Lamp At Noon". Once you create the TICK, you can create a statement of theme and then figure out how the title adds to this theme.
Create your thesis.
Arrive with your thesis and your TICK chart completed.
You may use the story and your research during the in-class paragraph write tomorrow.
Study your vocabulary. Quiz on numbers 1 to 20 is Wed.
