
Theme Lesson
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English
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9th - 10th Grade
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Easy
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Heidi Herrera
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14 Slides • 4 Questions
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Theme Lesson
How does theme affect a story?
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Multiple Choice
Should a theme be written as a single word?
YES
NO
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Multiple Select
Which of the following are themes?
People risk their own identity to find love.
Without empathy, there can be no justice.
Family
Wealth
Power corrupts humanity.
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Theme Statements
Since themes shouldn't be a single word, we need to create a theme statement.
Topic IS NOT a theme statement.
So, how do we write one?
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How to write a theme statement:
Create a list of theme topics that can be supported with evidence from the text and choose ONE topic that is best demonstrated by the text.
Next, write a sentence about the author's message. (The author's message is that...)
Finally, cross out "The author's message is that," and you should be left with a theme statement!
Let's try it out together.
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What are some theme topics for the Harry Potter novels/movies?
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Poll
Which of these theme topics do you think are present in the Harry Potter books/movies?
Death
Love
Fear
Leadership
Tolerance
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First, we ask ourselves, "What is the author's message about leadership (or whichever theme topic you choose)?
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Next, we write our author's message statement.
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Finally, we cross out "The author's message to the reader is that"... and we are left with our theme statement!
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Let's try one more!
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Open Ended
What is one theme topic (single word!) you can think of in Fahrenheit 451 so far?
Theme Lesson
How does theme affect a story?
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