Two Themes in One Story
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Grade 8 Language · 8th Grade Reading Comprehension
Two Themes in One Story
Two themes in one story: identify two themes in a story about a science fair, trace how each develops, and find where they come together. 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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Read literary and informational texts, cite the strongest evidence, find a theme or central idea and how it develops, analyze how dialogue and events reveal character, and summarize objectively.
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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.
