Developing Theme

Characters' choices and their outcomes is one way that authors can...

• develop dialogue

• develop settings

• develop themes

• develop figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Authors use ____ to develop their themes.

• nothing

• plot events

• setting

• sensory details

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

• plot

• test

• setting

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the best definition of THEME?

• A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express. 

• The location and time of the story

• The events that occur in the story

• The author's reason for writing a story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the definition of theme?

• how an author reveals a character's traits

• time and place a story takes place

• character vs. self

• author's message about life or human nature

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the best definition of THEME?

• A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express. 

• The author's reason for writing a story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2