Grade 7
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TEKS ELA Standard: 7.7.A
infer multiple themes within and across texts using text evidence
Identifying A Story’s Theme
Teach your young students to identify the moral or the theme of a story.
Introducing Universal Theme of Conflict
So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Conflict? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.
Introducing Universal Theme of Change
Everything changes. But how does it change? Students brainstorm dozens of examples and boil them down to one big idea.
Content Imperatives: Convergence
Add complexity by considering how multiple factors 🔄 Converge within one topic.
Better Stories Part 3: Literary Themes
A typical student narrative includes plot and characters but lacks a larger idea to hold it all together. This is where a lesson on themes comes in…