Focus this week: Finding the Theme (10/29-11/9)
Strategy explained...The theme of a story is what the author wants you to learn or know after reading the story. Usually it's the main message or a broad idea about life. The theme is usually not stated (sometimes it is stated in Aesop's Fables) and must be inferred.
https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/theme/ (free BrainPop video on finding the theme of a story)
http://read.gov/aesop/index.htm (Aesop's Fables to read and determine the theme.)
steps_to_finding_the_theme.docx
Strategy explained...The theme of a story is what the author wants you to learn or know after reading the story. Usually it's the main message or a broad idea about life. The theme is usually not stated (sometimes it is stated in Aesop's Fables) and must be inferred.
https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/theme/ (free BrainPop video on finding the theme of a story)
http://read.gov/aesop/index.htm (Aesop's Fables to read and determine the theme.)
steps_to_finding_the_theme.docx