# data[].attributes.headline
Themes in Literature Blended Learning Lesson

# data[].attributes.subject
Themes in Literature Blended Learning Lesson

# data[].attributes.body
Background and Rationale: Blended learning will help students who favor different learning styles by incorporating technology, discussions, hands on activities, and collaboration. Using this model the information is presented and practiced in multiple ways, which will help the students to better understand the material and be more engaged.

# data[].attributes.body
Content Area: English/ Language Arts- Themes in Literature
Grade Level: 5th grade

# data[].attributes.body
- By the end of this unit, students will identify themes in a variety of texts. They will also discuss how the themes develop and change overtime and how they relate to the real world.
-The goal of this lesson is for students to apply their knowledge about themes to identify and explain common themes in texts.

# data[].attributes.body
-TSW identify major themes in a variety of texts with 90% accuracy.
-TSW describe major themes in a variety of texts with 90% accuracy.
-Given access to a computer and a few different programs for creating cartoons and stories, TSW create a short story that shares a theme with a book of their choice with 90% accuracy.

# data[].attributes.body
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

# data[].attributes.body
Technology will be used in this lesson by showing a video clip on YouTube, using an interactive concept map on the computer, and creating short stories. The students will use different websites and apps to publish their short stories after writing them. The technology used in the lesson will also be another way for students to learn and receive information about theme.

# data[].attributes.body
Beauty and the Beast US Official Trailer. (2016). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvW_L8sTu5E

Common Core State Standards. (2018). English Language Arts Standards. Retrieved September 5, 2018, from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/

Home. (2018). Retrieved September 5, 2018, from http://www.doink.com/

Home. (2018). Retrieved September 5, 2018, from https://www.powtoon.com/home/?

Storybird - Read, write, discover, and share the books you'll always remember. (2018). Retrieved September 5, 2018, from https://storybird.com/