Today's lesson focused on identifying metaphors and their relationship to theme. We first identified metaphors from last night's reading; a drill was a giraffe/a hole of despair. Atticus did well in identifying the metaphors and in identifying the things or ideas compared, From there ,we then expanded our discussion to explore the metaphorical significance of "walking" and its relationship to the theme of perseverance. As the novel is based on the true story of Salva Dut, we then watched a TED talk presented by Mr Dut wherein he describes the events of his life that are portrayed in the novel. We noted how even in his talk ,he uses the walking metaphor to describe the importance of hope, faith, and perseverance. Last, we reviewed Atticus' study guide homework and made additions and clarifications where needed.