THEME
“There are patterns which emerge in one’s life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme.” - Jacqueline Carey, author
THEME is:
- the central concept or underlying idea in a literary work.
- Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
In other words…
Theme is what the story teaches readers.
The BIG IDEA or MORAL LESSON.
Class reviewed what THEME is an how to find it. Theme is NOT a topic. We discovered the 4-Step process (Topics, Textual Evidence, Theme Sentence, & Theme) to finding theme.
In groups, students used the 4-Step process by coming up with their own topics to Sara Bareillis' "Brave" lyrics. Then the groups passed their sheet to another group who will find the textual evidence to support the original groups topics. Then the posters were passed again, and this time each group had to create a theme sentence (what does Sara Bareillis believe is the message of her song), and then the posters were passed back to each original group and they crossed out parts of the theme sentence until they found their THEME.
“There are patterns which emerge in one’s life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme.” - Jacqueline Carey, author
THEME is:
- the central concept or underlying idea in a literary work.
- Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
In other words…
Theme is what the story teaches readers.
The BIG IDEA or MORAL LESSON.
Class reviewed what THEME is an how to find it. Theme is NOT a topic. We discovered the 4-Step process (Topics, Textual Evidence, Theme Sentence, & Theme) to finding theme.
In groups, students used the 4-Step process by coming up with their own topics to Sara Bareillis' "Brave" lyrics. Then the groups passed their sheet to another group who will find the textual evidence to support the original groups topics. Then the posters were passed again, and this time each group had to create a theme sentence (what does Sara Bareillis believe is the message of her song), and then the posters were passed back to each original group and they crossed out parts of the theme sentence until they found their THEME.
theme.pptx |
Brave by Sara Bareillis |