CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Determine a theme:
Theme lesson: An excellent Powerpoint lesson on 'theme' that includes many sample passages that ask students to identify the theme. Click here.
Theme Worksheet (beg level): Practice identifying themes in five short stories. Read each story, determine the theme, and explain the answer. Click here.
Theme Worksheet (beg level): Practice identifying themes in five short stories. Read each story, determine the theme, and explain the answer. Click here.
Theme Worksheet (interm level): Practice identifying theme in short stories. Read each story, determine the theme, and explain the answer. Click here.
Theme Worksheet (interm level): Practice identifying theme in short stories. Read each story, determine the theme, and explain the answer. Click here.
Theme Worksheets: More theme worksheets like these can be found here.
Determining the theme of a poem: Click here for the poem, "Casey At the Bat" and click here for the video lesson to show the students after they read the poem. Great lesson on how to find the theme of a poem AND how a character responds to a challenge.
Determining the theme of a poem: Click here for a lesson plan on identifying a theme of a poem. The lesson includes two poems where students are given assessment prompts on identifying the theme of the poems.
Summarize text:
Powerpoint lesson on summarizing. Includes passages and opportunities for students to practice summarizing skills. Click here.
Reading passages asking students to identify main idea, create a title and summarize. Click here.
A longer reading passage broken up into sections. Students are asked to summarize each section, separately. Good summary experience. Click here.
More summary worksheets similar to what's found above. Click here.
Summarizing text: Three passages with multiple choice questions asking the student to identify the main idea of the passage. Click here.
Theme lesson: An excellent Powerpoint lesson on 'theme' that includes many sample passages that ask students to identify the theme. Click here.
Theme Worksheet (beg level): Practice identifying themes in five short stories. Read each story, determine the theme, and explain the answer. Click here.
Theme Worksheet (beg level): Practice identifying themes in five short stories. Read each story, determine the theme, and explain the answer. Click here.
Theme Worksheet (interm level): Practice identifying theme in short stories. Read each story, determine the theme, and explain the answer. Click here.
Theme Worksheet (interm level): Practice identifying theme in short stories. Read each story, determine the theme, and explain the answer. Click here.
Theme Worksheets: More theme worksheets like these can be found here.
Determining the theme of a poem: Click here for the poem, "Casey At the Bat" and click here for the video lesson to show the students after they read the poem. Great lesson on how to find the theme of a poem AND how a character responds to a challenge.
Determining the theme of a poem: Click here for a lesson plan on identifying a theme of a poem. The lesson includes two poems where students are given assessment prompts on identifying the theme of the poems.
Summarize text:
Powerpoint lesson on summarizing. Includes passages and opportunities for students to practice summarizing skills. Click here.
Reading passages asking students to identify main idea, create a title and summarize. Click here.
A longer reading passage broken up into sections. Students are asked to summarize each section, separately. Good summary experience. Click here.
More summary worksheets similar to what's found above. Click here.
Summarizing text: Three passages with multiple choice questions asking the student to identify the main idea of the passage. Click here.