Theme - Mini Lesson

​THEME
R.1.2 - Compare 2 or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.

Poll

How well do you understand THEME?

• I'm an Einstein!

• I could use a refresher!

• I understand some of the time.

• HELP! I'm so lost!

Multiple Choice

The topic is usually expressed in:

• 2 or more words

• a complete thought

• 1 word

• an assessment

Draw

Draw a funny face!

​Implied - Suggested but not directly stated



Infer - To determine something that is not directly stated by using evidence from the text and reasoning.

Multiple Choice

If something is NOT directly stated it is:

• inferred

• a theme

• implied

• a topic

Multiple Choice

In order to determine something that is not directly stated, you will have to:

• infer

• imply

• make a topic

• guess

​Theme - The message of a work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life.

Topic - The subject of a text, usually expressed as a single word in the form of a noun.

Universal - Relating to everyone

Multiple Choice

Theme is:

• a 1 word topic

• a simile

• a message

• a definition

Multiple Choice

The topic of the literary work is the:

• theme

• subject

• universal

• metaphor

Open Ended

True or False: A literary work may have more than 1 theme.

Draw

Draw a scary face!

Dropdown

When a theme is​

Select answer

and not stated directly, a reader will have to infer the theme.

Drag and Drop

To​

Placeholder

means to determine something by using reasoning and evidence from the text.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

infer

imply

guess

Multiple Choice

This kind of theme is a generalization about life that can be understood across time and cultures.

• inferred

• topic

• implied

• universal

Categorize

Options (6)

love

courage

nature

It is better to make something happen than to ask for it.

Children are loyal to their parents.

Love makes people do crazy things.

Put these in the proper categories.

TOPIC

THEME

​To help identify 2 or more themes, analyze the details that develop each theme, such as

• title and chapter headings        

• details about the setting

• images that are particularly strong or vivid   

• the central conflict in the plot

• a narrator’s point of view and perspective

• the resolution of the conflict

• characters’ perspectives, thoughts, actions, and dialogue

• messages about life that seem universal, or apply to all people