Finding Theme in Stories
5th Grade · ELA · 25 min· Ccss Ccss.ela-literacy.rl.5.2
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Learning Objective
I can determine a theme of a story from details in the text.
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A theme is an important idea that is woven throughout a story and links a big idea about our world with the action of a text.
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The theme of the story of Anansi the spider could be that anyone can have a good idea or wisdom is inside all of us.
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To discover the theme, ask yourself: What did the characters learn? How did they grow and change? Why did the characters act the way they did?
