Atticus read the short story "Charles" for homework.Today's lesson focused on identifying theme and character and locating textual support. We first discussed the surprise twist at the end of the story and located hints throughout the text as to the ending. Next, we discussed the author' s message or theme -rationalizing the source of problems to avoid responsibility . Atticus then completed an analytical exercise that required him to identify character traits and themes and then to identify textual support for his responses. He did very well!