Two Themes and the Characters Who Shape Them (Grade 6)
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Two Themes and the Characters Who Shape Them (Grade 6)
Theme for Grade 6: read a made-up story about two sisters painting a mural and their grandfather, find two themes, and describe how the characters’ relationships and the way they treat each other shape each theme. With an answer key.
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Two Themes in One StoryA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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- About 20 minutes
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Read literary and informational texts, cite evidence for what the text says and what it implies, find the central idea and theme, summarize without opinion, and trace how a plot or an idea develops.
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How to use this sheet
- Have the student mark the text while reading: a note in the margin for each paragraph’s point.
- For every short answer, have the student give a claim and a quote from the text that supports it.
- Discuss one question aloud before writing, so the student can test an idea before committing to it.
Common mistakes
- Retelling the plot when the question asks for a theme. A theme is a message about life, said as a sentence.
- Quoting without explaining. After each quote, the student should say how it supports the answer.
- Mixing up what a character says with what the author believes.
