Lesson 23: Theme
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
After rereading and discussing a model of close reading, students will be able to analyze how characterization and helps develop the theme in a text.
Checklist for Theme:
In order to identify a theme or central idea of a text, note the following:
- the subject of the text and a theme that might be stated directly in the text
- details in the text that help to reveal theme
the title and chapter headings
- details about the setting
the narrator’s or speaker’s tone
- characters’ thoughts, actions, and dialogue
- the central conflict in a story’s plot
- the climax, or turning point in the story
the resolution of the conflict
- shifts in characters, setting, or plot events
- specific details that shape and refine the theme
To determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it
emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details, consider the following questions:
- What is a theme of the text? How and when does it emerge?
- What specific details shape and refine the theme?
- How does the theme develop over the course of the text?
RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, SL.9-10.1.A, SL.9-10.1.C, SL.9-10.2
DOK 2 & 3
Text Chunking
Guiding Questions
Sentence Starters & Response Frames
Small Group Support
Graphic Organizers
Visual Glossary
Modeling
Think-a-Louds
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Quiz questions, Open-Ended Response Questions, Discussion and Notes
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