Developing Theme

Authors use ____ to develop their themes.

• nothing

• plot events

• setting

• sensory details

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Themes can be found in books by looking at...

• the last sentence of the story

• how the dialogue sounds

• how characters change over time

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Sometimes we can learn a lesson from how the character DOES NOT change.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The life lesson that a story teaches the reader is the...

• plot

• test

• setting

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Synonyms for Theme

,

(b) Story Elements

,

(c) phrases

• setting

• moral

• characters

• participial

• message

• plot

• lesson

• prepositional

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To support a theme, readers must use

• pictures from the internet as support

• examples from other stories as text evidence

• examples from the story as text evidence

• supporting details to develop the main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Readers can notice themes by looking at...

• how alliteration adds humor to the text

• how characters treat other characters

• how sensory details develop the setting

• how setting impacts the plot events

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Alliteration might help us locate a theme because...

• it has repeated consonant sounds and so do themes

• it draws our attention to something important

• it adds humor to the scene

• it creates a rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

An author can develop a theme through...

• the speaker tags that use "said" instead of another verb

• the details he shares about setting

• the lessons the characters in the story learn

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

By noticing the choices characters make, a reader can...

• locate sensory details

• predict the next book's plot

• understand synonyms better

• understand the story's theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3