Thematic Ideas In Egyptian Novel

As the last chapter of the Egyptian novel,The Golden Goblet, came to a close yesterday, fifth grade readers reflected on various thematic ideas that ran throughout the novel.  They came up with such ideas or topics as courage, perserverance, trust, greed, overcoming hardships, abuse/hostility, friendship and dreams. In order to prove these themes, they had to cite specific examples from the novel and post them for further class discussion. Here we are as readers and writers in action.