Finding Theme in Literature
6th Grade · ELA · 30 min· 6.rl.2.2
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Learning Objective
I can determine a theme of a literary text.
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A theme is an important idea that is woven throughout a story; it is not the plot or the summary, but something a little deeper.
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Themes are universal, meaning anyone can relate to them, and they can often be discovered by asking big questions about what the characters learned and how they changed.
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In the story of Anansi, a theme could be that anyone can have a good idea or that wisdom is inside all of us.
