Understanding Themes in a Passage

1. What is the theme in a passage? The theme is about…

2. In this lesson, you will learn how to learn how to identify the theme in a passage by asking “What did the main character learn?”

3. Let’s Review Let’s Review Readers grow ideas about characterswhile they read

4. Let’s Review Let’s Review Theme is the message the author is trying to share with the reader. • Friendship • Fairness • Honesty • Love

5. Thinking theme is what the book was about. This book was about a game.

6. Pause after finishing a passage

7. What did the main character learn?

8. Think of big life lessons • Alexislearned to be strong from her mother • She learned to think of others in a time of danger • She learned that having a puppy made her very happy

9. A Dog’s Tale • The theme of this passage is remembering always to think of others before you think of yourself.

10. 1 • Pause after finishing a passage. 2 • Ask: “What did the main character learn?” 3 Jot your ideas down.

11. In this lesson, you have learned how to identify the theme in a passage by asking “What did the main character learn?”

12. Read a section of your book. • Pause after you have finished your book. • Ask: What did the main character learn? • Jot down your ideas.

13. Make a list of class list of common themes in books. Have a book talk about themes.

14. What is a good question to ask yourself to try to figure out the theme of a book?