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Holes Theme Lesson

Holes Theme Lesson

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English

5th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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Alexandria Melloy

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What is Theme?

Lesson Objective (What Should We Understand By the End of the Lesson?):


- Understand what the Theme of a story is
- Understand the difference between Main Idea and Theme
-Identify Themes in the novel Holes

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"Bridge" - Pixar Short

​After watching the short, can you identify a Theme of the story? Think-Pair-Share with your elbow partner.

Learning Objectives:

 

SWBAT identify various themes within the novel Holes. Students will select quotes from the novel to support their theme.

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Learning Objectives:

SWBAT identify various themes within the novel Holes. Students will select quotes from the novel to support their theme.

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Identifying Themes in Holes
Performance Task

​Directions:
- In your groups, work collaboratively to identify Themes of the novel Holes. You and your partners will be identifying four Themes in the novel Holes, and supporting your work with evidence from the text.
- As a group, you will be creating a Themes poster including your identified Themes and supporting your selections with textual evidence from the text.

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Group 1: Emmanuel, Mia, Karla, Tejbir, Sadi

Group 2: Izzy, Arianna, Fernando, Jade, Maggie

Group 3: Jesus, Alyson, Noah, Isabela

Group 4: Ethan, Jeric Matthew, Graciela, Lucinda

Group 5: Abraham, Gia, Emma, Nathan

Group 6:
Nicholas, Mario, Olivia, Malkiel

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​What are the Themes?

What is Theme?

Lesson Objective (What Should We Understand By the End of the Lesson?):


- Understand what the Theme of a story is
- Understand the difference between Main Idea and Theme
-Identify Themes in the novel Holes

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