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TEKS ELA Standard: 8.7.A
analyze how themes are developed through the interaction of characters and events
Struggle Makes Us Stronger
How the lotus can teach your young students about resiliency.
Identifying A Story’s Theme
Teach your young students to identify the moral or the theme of a story.
Think Like A Philosopher
What would Socrates have thought if he watched Frozen?
Virtue or Vice?
Aristotle noted that positive traits and negative traits are often the same thing, but just in different amounts. The right amount is a virtue, but too much or too little and it’s a vice.
Content Imperatives: Convergence
Add complexity by considering how multiple factors 🔄 Converge within one topic.
Literary Technique: Juxtaposition
Put a grumpy character next to a joyful one and they make each other stand out even more. Opposites are powerful!
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…