Reading Connection - Determining Theme
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- Reading Connection - Determining Theme
- When
- 10/11/2023
7th Grade - Determining Theme
Standards:
ELAGSE6RL2 determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular story details.
ELAGSE7RL2 analyze how the theme develops over the course of the text
Learning Target: SWBAT Recognize broad messages in works of literature as themes.
Identify how characters' thoughts, feelings, and actions point to a story's theme.
Analyze how the changes and growth experienced by a character develop the theme.
Success Criteria: I can determine the theme of a literary text and explain how the theme is developed through the characters.
Activity: Using a Gradual Release model students will complete Lesson 7 of their Iready Workbooks.
6th Grade - Determining Theme or Central Idea
Standards:
ELAGSE5RL2 find the theme of the text, not the central idea
ELAGSE6RL2 identify supporting details in the text that help develop the theme or central idea.
Learning Target- SWBAT :
Determine the theme of a literary text.
determine the central idea of a literary text.
Make inferences.
Identify relevant details.
Success Criteria: I can determine the theme of a literary text and explain how the theme is developed through the characters by making inferences and identifying relevant details.
Activity: Using a Gradual Release model students will complete Lesson 8 of their Iready Workbooks.
Grade 8 - Determining Theme
Standards: ELAGSE7RL2 - determine a theme of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.
ELAGSEE8RL2 - analyze the theme's development over the course of the text, including it's relationship to the characters, setting, and plot.
Learning Target- SWBAT:
Recognize broader messages in works of literature as themes.
Identify how characters' thoughts, feelings, and actions point to a story's themes.
Understand how a character's development can reveal a story's theme.
Success Criteria: I can determine the theme of a literary text and explain how the theme is developed through the characters.
Activity: Using a Gradual Release model students will complete Lesson 8 of their Iready Workbooks.