Sunday, April 20, 2008

I thought I did this already...

Katie, you've only got two weeks left. Don't be losing it now. Just hold it together. And stop talking...er...typing to yourself.

Right.

Gallagher was great. Do you know the difference between a theme and a moral (as described by my practicum teacher, Alisa)? Morals are prescriptive and in the second-person. Themes are descriptive and universal. For example:

Moral of the chapter: Don't ever teach a book without knowing what you want the students to learn and guiding them in that direction.

Theme of the chapter: Sometimes people make mistakes, but they still learn from them.

I think my work is done here.

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