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Identifying Theme Activity

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Identifying Themes directions: students read a poem, play or story, fill in two or more cloud cards and compare findings
Introduce the task before students pick a text
Cloud cards on theme: four prompts ask what students learned about characters, special word use, feelings and lessons
Cut apart for partner or small-group discussion
Cloud cards on theme: prompts on change from beginning to end, surprises, the writer's focus and the author's purpose
Second card set for deeper text analysis
Blank cloud cards: four empty cards where students write their own questions to help determine a text's theme
Let students design their own theme prompts
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Reading

Grades

Grade 3, 4, 5

Types

Literacy Readers, Teacher Tools

File

PDF

Editable
No
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About This Product

This activity is great for helping students determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem. It can be applied to their own life, which makes it relatable and encourages them to find the theme in other pieces of literature.

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Resource Tags

Compare and Contrast Independent and Guided Reading Story Elements

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