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In this lesson you will learn to determine the theme of a text by asking what did the author want me to learn Weve just finished reading Whitewashing the Fence Theme Theme ID: 443225

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What does the author want me to learn from reading this story?Slide2

In this lesson you

will learn to determine the theme of a text

by asking “what did the author want me to learn?”Slide3

We’ve just finished reading

“Whitewashing the Fence”

?Slide4

Theme

ThemeSlide5

Theme:

the author’s message or what he/she wants the reader to learn.

Life lesson Not specific to a story

A story can have one, more than one, or none at all..Slide6

What is the theme of “Whitewashing the Fence?

Works is more fun than play?

You should

trick your

friends through actions not words? Work is what you must do, play is what you choose?Slide7

Evidence:

-When Tom has to paint the wall it is work.

-When Ben and his friends want to paint the wall, then it is play.

Theme: Work is what you must do, play is what you choose.Slide8

Let’s Check Our Theme:

Work is what you must do, play is what you choose.

Life lesson Not specific to a story

A story can have one, more than one or none at all..

Theme Test: Slide9

Review the text.

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2

Ask: What does the author want me to learn?

3Test and record your theme. Slide10

In this lesson you

have learned how to determine the theme of a story

by asking what did the author want me to learn from this story?Slide11

Evidence:

Theme: Actions speak louder than words.Slide12

Let’s Check Our Theme:

Actions speak louder than words.

Theme Test:

Life lesson Not specific to a story A story can have one, more than one or none at all..Slide13

1

Review the text.

2

Ask: What does the author want me to learn?

3Test and record your theme.Slide14

Group Extension:

Working with your class or your group, go through the three steps to determine the theme or author’s lesson for a short story or novel that you have completed reading.Slide15

Individual Extension:

Use the three steps to determine theme or what the author of your independent reading book wanted his/her reader to learn. Record your work on a sticky note or in your reader’s notebook. Slide16

Quick Quiz: What is one possible theme of “Cinderella”

Write a sticky note with a possible theme and one piece of evidence from your “theme test.”