What's the Theme
These books have characters who respect & accept others' differences and beliefs.
What is acceptance or tolerance.
What is the theme of Wonder?
Kindness
These books have friendly characters who are generous and considerate of others.
What is kindness, friendship, caring, generosity, considerate.
A monkey challenged a frog to a race up a tree, the monkey challenged the frog because she was so small. The frog jumped right over the monkey and won the race. What is the theme?
What is don't judge a person by their looks.
What is the author's purpose of including theme in their writing?
What is to teach the reader a lesson about life.
These books have characters who always tell the truth.
What is honesty, trustworthy, or reliable.
What is the theme of The Hunger Games?
Survival
These books have characters who do not trust each other and back stab one another.
What is treachery, distrust, scandal, or drama.
A swarm of flies found a pot of honey that had been tipped over. They would not leave the spot while a single drop remained. After a while the honey stuck to their feet and wings, and they could not fly away. They all cried, "What unsmart creatures we are! We have thrown our lives away for a few moments of pleasure!"
Those who are greedy never now when they've had enough
"Auggie's friends show courage and loyalty, standing by him in the face of bullying and helping him feel accepted for who he is."
What is loyalty in friendship, courage, or standing together against cruelty.
These books have brave characters who have the strength to overcome a fear or accept a risk.
What is courage, bravery, or daring.
What is the theme of Harry Potter and the sorcerer's Stone?
Good vs evil
Power of love
These books have characters who work together to achieve a goal or complete a task.
What is teamwork or cooperation.
Some dogs famished with hunger saw a number of cowhides steeping in a river. Not being able to reach them, they agreed to drink up the river, but it happend that they burst themselves with drinking before they reached the hides.
Don't attempt the impossibe
Theme is implicit (you have to make an inference) or explicit (it is clearly stated in the text)?
Implict
These books have characters who never give up even when facing difficult times.
What is perseverance or grit.
What is the theme of Charlotte's Web?
Friendship/loyalty
In a dystopian society, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her sister Prim's place in a brutal competition called the Hunger Games. As she faces various challenges in the arena, she must rely on her skills and instincts to survive.
What is the theme?
What is courage, rebellion, or family.
A monkey put his hand into a jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment.
What is thinking about your actions, disappointment, or consquences.
How many themes can a story have?
One or more.
These books have characters who learn to do "the right thing" and be accountable.
What is responsible, have integrity, or trustworthy.
What is the theme of Divergent?
Identity and choices
Harry Potter, an orphaned boy, discovers he is a wizard and attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There, he makes friends, learns about magic, and uncovers secrets about his past.
What is the theme?
What is coming of age, friendship, bravely facing new things, education, or mystery.
One winter a monkey found a snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The snake was quickly revived by the warmth and resuming its natural instincts bit the monkey inflicting on him a mortal wound.
You can't change certain things by simply helping them.
The difference between the main idea and theme.
The main idea is what the text is mainly about while the theme is the lesson the author wants the reader to learn.