Theme in a Bottle

After reading Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman, the students created these Theme Bottles. I found the idea here. The students each wrote a letter from one of the character's points of view. This letter expressed the main character's feelings about the life lessons he or she had learned. Since the story took place in the middle ages, the students wrote on themed paper and began the letter with a letter in the illumination style. I found great border paper and illumination letters here. It was a great way to make theme more concrete for the students.

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal