Theme Learning Board by Audrey Gerry

Grade 5: Theme

agerry21 — 2024-02-21 17:39:31 UTC

RL.5.2 Analyze literary text development. a. 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. b. Summarize the text, incorporating a theme determined from details in the text.

Remember

agerry21 — 2024-02-21 17:39:58 UTC

Students will use a Quizlet with the unit vocabulary to create flashcards for each vocabulary word. Each flashcard should include a visual that helps the student remember what each word means. Students may choose to create physical or online flashcards.

Understand

agerry21 — 2024-02-21 17:40:22 UTC

Students will complete an Edpuzzle with short texts in which students will be asked to identify the theme out of 4 options and identify evidence from the text to support their choice.

Apply

agerry21 — 2024-02-21 17:55:38 UTC

Students will read the novel with their reading groups. As they read, they will fill out the graphic organizer above.

Evaluate

agerry21 — 2024-02-21 17:55:46 UTC

Students will be split into three groups. The teacher will give two groups a theme from the novel, and each side will have to provide evidence for why their theme is the "better" theme. The third group will judge who has the better argument using clear scoring criteria. The class will play three rounds, giving each group an opportunity to judge once, and argue twice.

Analyze

agerry21 — 2024-02-21 17:55:59 UTC

As a class, students will watch the movie "Wonder". Throughout the movie, the teacher will pause to ask students specific questions regarding theme. At the end of the movie, students will fill out an online graphic organizer on Creately, comparing how the themes were presented in the movie and in the novel.

Create

agerry21 — 2024-02-21 17:56:05 UTC

Students will work in groups of 3-4. Each group member will select a different theme from the novel "Wonder". Then, they will choose a way to present each theme by creating a presentation (Google Slides/Voicethread), newscast (iMovie/Pixorial), etc. Students will describe the theme, cite at least 3 pieces of evidence to support the chosen theme, and then explain how the theme can be related to our lives. They should also create a graphic to go along with the theme on Google Drawings and include it in the chosen presentation.