Common Themes in Literature

Davis was always afraid of riding roller coasters. One day, he went to the carnival with his family and decided to overcome his fears and rode his first roller coaster. He loved it!

• Friendship

• Courage

• Love

• Kindness

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Jacob sat with Rodney on the first day of school when everyone else was ignoring him.

• Loss

• Survival

• Kindness

• Family

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Danielle enjoys playing soccer during recess, and Lily enjoys basketball. The girls worked out a win-win situation where they would play both sports for half of their recess time.

• Fairness

• Perseverance

• Greed

• Honesty

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Allen went to buy the popular shoes all his friends had. However, when he got to the store, he found a lime green pair he liked better. Allen bought the lime green shoes, even though kids may make fun of them. He didn’t care because HE LIKED them.

• Family

• Friendship

• Hope

• Acceptance

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Tiffany wanted everything that Carly had. She went out of her way to copy her clothes, hairstyle, and even told people outside of school that her name was Carly. She was very lost.

• Jealousy

• Responsibility

• Courage

• Cooperation

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Matt dealt with his grandfather's death by focusing on the good times they had together instead of just being sad.

• Compassion

• Loss

• Greed

• Peace

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Sandy worked hard within her class group to keep her partners from arguing the entire time over which science project they were going to complete.

• Peace

• Family

• Hope

• Jealousy

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Rebecca learned who her true friends were at lunch, when Sam, her childhood best friend, left Rebecca to sit at the popular table.

• Honesty

• Sportsmanship

• Loyalty

• Peace

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Blake got the last question to the class Jeopardy review game incorrect, which caused his team to lose the game. Mike, the kid sitting next to Blake, remained encouraging because he knew that would have a better effect on Blake rather than yelling at him. The next week Blake got every question to the review game correct!

• Honesty

• Sportsmanship

• Loss

• Family

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

After Mitchell lied to his mom and she found out the truth, he was grounded for a week.

• Survival

• Hope

• Greed

• Honesty

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2