Finding the Theme
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Objective
I can determine a theme of a text and explain how it is revealed through specific details.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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A theme is an important idea woven throughout a story, linking a big idea about our world with the action of a text.
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Themes are universal, meaning anyone can relate to them, and they answer questions the story is trying to explore.
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In the story of Anansi, a theme could be that anyone can have a good idea or that wisdom is inside all of us.
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Practice
12 questions
What is the difference between a theme and a summary?
According to the video, what makes a theme 'universal'?
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Exit ticket
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“What is one theme of the story of Anansi and the pot of wisdom? Explain how Anansi's actions and the events in the story reveal this theme.”
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