Objective. This lesson is designed to introduce primary students to finding the main idea as a reading-comprehension strategy. The lesson uses the book Chrysanthemum, by Ken Henkes, and has students choose the main idea for sections of the story from a few possible choices.
Lawson is the transferred use of an English patronymic surname meaning âson of Laurence/Lawrenceâ from âLawâ which was a medieval pet form of Laurence.
I think that Lawson follows some of his basic idealism and desire to affirm solidarity in how he describes the behavior of the dogs. The use of selective language as a technique to accomplish this is evident.Tommy represents the force of good and of community. Tommy is loyal to the men, never doubting their sincerity.onsider the language Lawson employs in describing the initial confrontation between both dogs: ...there was a vicious yellow mongrel cattle-dog sulking and nursing his nastiness under there--a sneaking, fighting, thieving canine, whom neighbours had tried for years to shoot or poison.