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After each section of story, we are going to record some theme statements. Use the tools and word banks to help you identify the theme statement. Remember a Theme Statement is a sentence that states the big idea of the text.

You are to write a responses for EACH of the three themes: Relationships, Gender Roles, and Time & Memory.

Each chapter may have multiple themes. Use the theme topic word bank to help you identify a theme topic. Then identify an action word to help you make a theme statement. Finally, write a sentence using the theme topic and action word to write a theme statement. Be sure that your sticky note color matches the theme topic you chose.

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word:
Theme Statement:
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because...
In the text it states, "____."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word:
Theme Statement:
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because...
In the text it states, "____."

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Action/Helping Word:
Theme Statement:
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because...
In the text it states, "____."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word: can be
Theme Statement: Relationships can be supportive
This is a theme statement for Freak the Mighty because Kevin stands up for Max when the class is calling him names. Kevin gets on Max's shoulders and chants about how great Freak the Mighty is when they are together.
In the text it states, "' How's this for an example?' Freak is saying. 'Sometimes we're nine feet tall and strong enough to walk through walls. Sometimes we fight gangs. Sometimes we find treasure. Sometimes we slay dragons and drink from the Holy Grail.'"

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.

She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear.

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.

She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear.

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon.

She did not mind pulling him. It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon. When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long. She could not pull as fast as he wanted her to but he urged her on, watching with glee as the little fat legs struggled to move him, fast, faster, struggled to give him the fastest ride of them all. Her struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy, so happy that he never wanted to take turns. He only wanted her to pull and pull him. It was because of this that she began to assert get girl rights, to tell him that he was the boy and should pull her. He rarely listened so she would threaten to tell the grown ups. He would always say, Tell them, knowing all the time that she would not, that she hated to see him punished. If he was punished she would want to be punished, too; even if they would not punish her she would cry with him. Sometimes the father and the great- grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it. She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.

She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand. She could understand the boy’s pleasure, his longing, his constant sorrow.

No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear.

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word:there fighting
Theme Statement:conflict
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because they are close but are fighting about how long some get pushed on the wheel barrow and how the boy wants her to just push her

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word: Lose/Losing
Theme Statement: Losing a positive and supportive relationship.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because it can tell you about how the boy and the girl do not have a great relationship. Such as, how much the boy complains about the girl.
In the text it states, "She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl."

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Theme topic :Gender roles
Action/helping word:facing
Theme statement:Strict gender rolls can make a rough childhood
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because The boy would want his sister to always push him and wouldn't want to take turns with her .In the text it states ''Fast rides would make the boy happy so happy that he never wanted to take turns again ''.

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word:the boy
Theme Statement:gender roles are unfair
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the boy is getting pushed and the girl says she puts her girl rights and

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Theme Topic:Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word:Discovering
Theme Statement:Gender Roles are unfair.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the boy does not like the girl because she is a girl and she never gets in trouble and he always does.
In the text it states,¨She was always standing in the background listening-waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate,hate,hated her because she was a girl.¨

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Theme: Gender Roles
Helping Word: can be
Theme Statement: Gender roles can be bad and unfair to kids
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because papa never let the boy/brother get pulled because he is a prince and he needs to be the one that pull the girl and she is the princess that does nothing.
In the text it states, ¨He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess.¨

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Theme topic: Gender roles(boys & Girls)
Action/helping word: Can be
Theme statement:Gender Roles(boys & Girls) can be unfair
This is a Theme statement for Bone Black because  she had a good relationship with her brother  until a toy separated them and gave the different identities, The girl was a princess riding the red wagon while her brother and  to  push her sister in the red wagon, which he thought it was unfair because why does he gave ti be the one pushing her sister he wanted to ride the red wagon, but he couldn't because the grown ups will always tell him that he was a boy and he had to do things what boys have to do,and if they figure out he was riding the red wagon they will take the toy away and give it to his sister only!
In the text it states,"Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a toy that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess." "while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word: Lose/Losing
Theme Statement: Losing a relationship
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the boy and girl had a great relationship as it says in the beginning of the story. They had a lot of things in common but because they were arguing about a red wagon they started losing their relationship and bond.
In the text it states, "Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it."

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Theme Topic: relationships
Action/helping words: Standing up
Theme statement: Standing up for what is right in the relationship.
This is a statement for Bone black because the boy having to stand up for what he believed it right. Thats  things should be equal. Meaning that his little sister was always the one sitting while her brother always was the puller. He did all the work and she never did anything but get what she wants. For the brother to stand up to her and finally not let her get what she wants because she spoil.

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Theme topic :Relationships
Action/helping word :Feeling
Theme Statement :Love and hate can both be feelings in a relationship .
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because The boy wanted his sister to push him all the time and there grandpa and dad seen the girl have a hard time pushing the boy and yelled at the boy telling him that hes a boy and should be the one pushing her .And then he hated his sister being a girl In the text it states ''They would stand towering him speaking in a harsh voice explaining that he was a boy ''.

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Theme Topic: Relationships can have conflict or problems.
Action/Helping word:unfriendliness

This theme statement for Bone Black because the girl and boy do not have such of a great relationship.The boy gets mad when ever the boy has to pull the girl on the wagon.And will get annoyed when the grown-ups tell him that he is a boy and that he should do what boys do.In the text it states ''explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away,give it to the girl only,not letting them share it."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word: Feel/Feeling
Theme Statement: Relationships can be fair
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because The boy thinks its not fair that he has to pull and the girl only has to sit in the wagon and do nothing. In the text it states,"He never carried her any further than the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her, how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry - that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon."

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Theme Topic: relationships
Action Word: Feel
Theme Statement: Relationships can have both love and hate.
This theme statement for Bone Black because the boy and the girl always fight to be in the red wagon. The boy want to be pull in the wagon but the girl want to be a princess and that the boy is the prince and he has to pull her and make sure that she is safe. In the text it states, ''she was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl-a-would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy a would- be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess.''

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word: Standing up/Stand up
Theme Statement: Standing up to gender roles.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl was supposed to be the princess and ride on the red wagon, and the boy was supposed to be the prince, and pull the girl on the wagon. Although later on in the story, they both start to take turns, until the boy stopped wanting to take turns.
In the text it states, "She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess."

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Theme Topic:Relationships
Action/Helping Word:Feeling
Theme Statement:In a relationship you might have more in common then you think.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the siblings think they have a horrible relationship and have nothing in command but they have a lot in command actually.
In the text it states,¨She was close to her brother.Not only were they just months apart in age,but they looked alike.They looked like twins even though he was older.Like twins they shard the same dreams and longings,the same devotion to one another.¨

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping word: Lose/Losing
Theme statement: Losing a relationship because of a toy is ridiculous.
In the text it states, "Sometimes he would cry that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon". Also, saying that you hate someone you know over a toy is ridiculous too.

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Theme topic: relationships
Action/helping word: Losing
Theme statement: Losing a relationship because they are fighting constantly because a red wagon
This theme statement for bone black because in the text it states " Her struggle struggle to give him the fast ride made the boy happy so happy that hey never wanted to take turns"

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Action/Helping word: CAN AFFECT
Theme statement: Time can affect a memory.
This a theme statement for bone black because the girl memory was affected by time by she couldn't remember what happened to the toy and she also thought that the toy they used to play with was a wagon but it was actually a wheelbarrow.¨Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand.¨ ¨No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather¨

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word: can be
Theme Statement: Relationships can be hurtful
This is a them statement for Bone Black because the boy dosent really care for his sister while her sister dose care about him, and the boy hates her.
In the text it states, "She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl."

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Action/Helping Word: Facing
Theme Statement: Facing your past memories can be difficult.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because of the pictures of her past that the girl looks at, which reveals some things she wasn't aware of, like how the red wagon was actually a wheelbarrow.
In the text it states, "No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow. No one knew whether it was kept secret at the house of Papa the great-grandfather. They could not remember playing with it anywhere else. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word: Can be
Theme Statement: Gender roles can be unfair.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the boy and the girl both want to be pulled in the wagon, but their Papa and great-grandfather say that the boy should pull the girl in the wagon because she is a girl and he needs to pull her because that is what boys do. Even though the girl does not mind pulling the boy.
In the text it states, "They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it."

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Theme topic: Time and memory
Action word/ helping word: Affect
Theme statement: Time can affect someones memory
This is a theme statement for Bone black Because it affect The girls memory by not remembering if the wagon was really a wagon and the she was looking through pictures and saw that its really a wheelbarrow. In the text it states "She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles are unfair.
Action/Helping Word:Mean

This theme for Bone Black because the boy does not want to push the girl on the red wagon.And she does not want to push him or take turns on the wagon.In the text it states"When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled.

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Theme topic: gender roles
action/helping word: can be
theme statement: gender roles can be difficult.
This is a theme statment for bone black because the boy has to push his sister all the time because he is a boy and should do boy things. In the text it says,"they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word: Becoming/Being
Theme Statement: Being the prince is hard work, being the princess is fun.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because The girl likes to be pulled and the boy doesn't like to pull the girl But he has to do it either way. In the text it states, "They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess."

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Theme Topic: Gender roles
Action/Helping Word: Face/Facing
Theme Statement: Facing gender role is unfair
This is a them statement for Bone Black because in story they fight over being pulled in the wagon and how the grown ups tell the boy that he's supposed to do the pulling and the girl should do the sitting.
In the text it states, "They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it,"

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Theme Topic:Time and memory
Action/Helping Word:Finding
Theme Statement: Over time its difficult to  know the difference between fantasy and reality .
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because she would so call dream about the red wagon but then found out it was never there.
In the text it states,¨She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed.Going Through boxes of old black-and-white photos,she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out.¨

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Theme topic: Relationship
Action/helping word:can be
Theme statement:Relationships can be positive and negative
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because The boy and the girl had a really good relationship they where months apart in age but they look alike. they looked like twin, they shared the same dreams and longings.. until a toy gave them different identities the girl was a princes while the boy was a  rich prince that he had to slay dragons.fight the slimy creatures,challenge the fat ugly mean so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. he hated pushing the girl around but he had to because that was his role, he hated when the grown ups told hi that he is a boy and he was to do what boy do. He hated being a boy but the mostly thing hated was his sister..
In the text it states,"She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess""waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl."

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Action/Helping Word: Discover/Discovering
Theme Statement: Discovering what you thought it was in your memory but it never was that thing you thought it was.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because soon the girl discovers that it was never a wagon it was a Wheelbarrow. In the text it states, "She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand."

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Theme Topic: Time and Memory
Action/Helping Word: Finding
Theme Statement: Finding lost memories
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl was finding out that her memories with the red wagon never existed. Because she would find photos of her and her brother with a wheel barrow which she did not remember being. And the girl thinks that the red wagon was real just that her brother made it disappear.
In the text it states, "She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. He lived on a side of town where there were sidewalks, maybe that is why they only played with it there, maybe it disappeared because of their constant fighting, because of the boy’s whining, maybe he made it disappear."

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Theme topic: time and memory
Action/helping word: discovering
Theme statment: time helps to discover the truth
This is a theme statement for bone black because all this time the girl thought that they were playing with a red wagon when they were actually playing with a red wheelbarrow.
In the text it says,"She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow.No one could tell her what happened to the red wheelbarrow."

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Theme topic :Time and memory
Action/Helping word :Discovering
Theme Statement :Discovering Memories in the past

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Theme Topic:Figuring out memories changes over time
Action/Helping word:Memories

This is a theme statement for bone black because her figuing out what the red wagon really was.In the text it states"She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important.She grew up and found the red wagon of her memory had ever existed.Going through boxes of old black and white photos,she found so many of herself plump and unsmiling seated on a wheel barrow.''

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Action/Helping word: Discover/Discovering
Theme Statement: Discovering time and memory
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because at the end of the story the girl finds out that things might of not been the way they been and that she might of made some of her memory up
In the text it states, "Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out. In the photos the boy looks very happy and self-important. She looks apprehensive, unsure. Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes. She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand."

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Helping word: Lose/Losing
Theme Statement: Losing a good relationships
This theme statement for Bone Black because the boy said that he hate his sister because she is a girl
In the text it state,¨She was always standing in the background listening - waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl.¨

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Theme Topic: Relationship can be difficult
Action/Helping: difficult
Theme statement: This a theme statement for Bone Black Because the brother and the sister had a difficult relationship together because they would always argue with each other cause the boy wanted to be push and the girl wanted to be push as well, So they would argue who would get pulled first and the boy always wanted to be first but the girl also wanted to be first.  ¨she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out.¨

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Theme Topic:Time & Memory
Action/Helping word: discovering
Theme statement:  Discovering time & Memory
This is a theme statement Bone Black because the girl finds out
In the text it states,"

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Theme topic: relationships
Action/helping word: losing
Theme statement: losing a good relationship.
This is a theme statement for bone black because the girl and the boy were really close they were only months apart but they looked like twins they shared everything together but it was a toy that seperated them.
In the text it says,"Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins. They shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them."

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Theme Topic:Relationship
Action word:feelings
Theme statement: Losing a relationship
This is a theme statement for bone Black because the girl and boy will fight over the wagon.The boy wants to be pulled by the girl but the girl dosent have the same strenght and the girl wants to princess and the boy a prince . In the text it states " She was to ride in it because she was a girl—a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pull it  because he was a boy—a would-be prince who would do all the hard work''

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word: can be
Theme Statement: Gender roles can be unfair to kids
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl and the boy were treated differently becuase of their gender role.
In the text it states, "They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the red wagon and he was to pull it. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess whom some rich prince would come seeking, take away to his palace, and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work, slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess "

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Helping Word: Discover/Discovering
Theme Statement: Discovering Time & Memory
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl discover that it was not a red wagon but was a wheelbarrow
In the text it states, ¨She had never understood why she would have fallen out of a wagon, but a wheelbarrow she could understand.¨

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word: lose/losing
Theme Statement: Losing a supportive relationship
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the boy and the girl had a good relatioship but then they always fight about the red wagon that ruined their relationship.
In the text it states, "She was close to her brother. Not only were they just months apart in age, but they looked alike. They looked like twins even though he was older. Like twins they shared the same dreams and longings, the same devotion to one another. Strangely enough it was a ty that separated them, that forced upon them different roles, different identities. She remembered the toy - a bright red wagon. They shared possession of it but they had different roles in relationship to it".

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Action/Helping Word: discovering
Theme Statement: Discovering  time and memory
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl said she remembered a red wagon that ruined their her realtionship with the boy but it was a wheelbarrow
In the text it states, "She grew up not remembering why the red wagon had been so important. She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed. Going through boxes of old black-and-white photos, she found many of herself plump and unsmiling seated in a wheelbarrow with the boy-brother holding the ends as if at any moment he would dump her out".

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Theme Topic: Gender roles
Action/Helping word: feel/ feeling
Theme Statement: feeling like the other sibling gets for love
This is the theme statement because growing up the boy always had to be doing the work and "manly work". While his little sister gets to be spoil with love and attention. In text it states " grandfather would find out that the boy rarely pulled the girl. They would stand towering over him speaking in harsh big voices, explaining that he was the boy and should do this, explaining to him that if he did not do what boys should do then they would take the toy away, give it to the girl only, not let them share it."

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Theme topic: Gender roles
Action/Helping Word: Can be
Theme Statement: Gender Rules can be unfair
This is a theme Statement for Bone Black because the boy would pull the girl while she was on the wagon but he didn't like pulling her since she would be on the wagon always and the boy would had to pull her. The boy thought it was unfair becuase he had to pull her cause she was a princess and he was a prince. He would cry, that he wanted to be pulled. When the girl pulled him around the corner, the boy would dumb her and tell her to pull him. The girl had short legs so she had trouble pulling him and her brother had long legs. In the text it states, " When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word: are
Theme Statement: gender roles are not fair

This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the grandfather had gender roles for the girl and the boy. the gender roles that the grandfather had were not fair. In the text it says, " She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would-be princess," and, "He was to pill it because he was a boy - a would-be prince who would do all the hard work"

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/Helping Word:lose/losing
Theme Statement: losing a healthy relationship.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the girl and boy had a great relationship like it said in the beginning they kinda liked the same thing. They started to fight about the red wagon and they started to lose the relationship
In the text it states, "she was always standing in the background listening waiting to hear the boy tell her when they were alone that he hate, hate, hated her because she was a girl."

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Action/Helping Word: can make
Theme Statement: time can make your memories foggy
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because time affected the girls memory.
In the text it states, "She grew up and found that the red wagon of her memory had never existed."

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word:can be
Theme Statement:Gender rules can be unfair
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the grandfather will have Gender roles for the girl and boy.The Gender Roles where unfair because it says In the text it states, "He was to pull and do the hard work and she was to sit in it because she was the princess."

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Theme Topic : Time & Memory
Action/Helping word : Discover/Discovering
Theme Statement : When Siblings grow up they understand what the other sibling had to go through and discover how they suffered. This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the brother was always complaining bitterly of how awful it was pulling her and then the girl grew up and not remembered why the red wagon was so important the she discovered  that the red wagon of her memories had never existed the red wagon was a wheel barrow and understand the brother now.In the text it states,¨Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes¨.

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Theme topic : Gender Roles
Action/Helping Word : Feel/Feeling
Theme Statement : Gender roles are making people think and feel that boy´s have to do the things that are difficult. This is a theme statement for Bone Black because the grow up´s like her dad was the one that always had trouble saying her pull her brother in the wagon.In the text it states,¨It was the grown-ups like Papa her great- grandfather who had trouble seeing her pull that big boy in the wagon¨.

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Theme Topic: Relationships
Action/helping Word: lose/loosing
Theme Statement: loosing a good relationship
This is a theme statement for Bone Black becuase during in the story, there were two siblings that looked like twin. The girl would always be in the red wagons getting pushed, while her brother would have to push her. He would also cry that he wanted a turn to ride the wagon. When the boy finally got a turn to ride the wagon he demand her to push him while he was in the wagon. It was hard for the girl to push since she had short legs and her brother had long legs. In the text it states, " When they finally got daring enough to go around the corner he would immediately dump her out and demand that he be pulled. Her legs were short and far, his were long."

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Theme Topic: Time & Memory
Action/Helping Word: Discover/Discovering
Theme Statement: you can still see memories if you remember them.
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because in the bone black story she sees a picture of her and the boy and see that it wasn't a red wagon it was actually a wheelbarrow and then she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes.
In the text it states, "Seeing that the toy of her memory was a wheelbarrow she understood why there had always been bruises, dirty torn clothes"

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Theme Topic: Gender Roles
Action/Helping word:
Theme Statement: Gender roles can be unfair
This is a theme statement for Bone Black because Since the girl was a girl she just sat around doing nothing all the time and since the boy was a guy he had to do everything a man would do he had to pull the girl everywhere in a wagon because he was a guy. In the text it states " They shared possession of it but the had different roles in relationship to it. She was to ride in the wagon and he was to pull in. She was to ride in it because she was a girl - a would - be princess whom some rich price would come seeking, take away to his palace and keep her there in splendor forever. He was to pull it because he was a boy - a would - be prince who would do all the hard work , slay the dragons, fight the slimy creatures, challenge the fat ugly men so that he could carry away the beautiful princess. He never carried her and further then the corner of the street and all the while he complained bitterly about how awful it was pulling her how he wanted a turn sitting in the wagon. Sometimes he would cry that was just how much he wanted to be pulled in the red wagon."