By now, hopefully, you have a pretty good understanding of what a theme is in your literature, but it is an essential skill for literature study success, so we are going to take the time to review it and add pages to your IRWN for later reference and practice. There is also an online quiz you have to take, which will be graded along with your IRWN pages on Thursday.
A really good website for reviewing theme through a brief written explanation can be found by clicking the link on Notes About Theme by Becky Villarreal. Step One:
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Full House
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Full House Theme Song Lyrics:
(Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh) Whatever happened to predictability. The milkman, the paperboy, evening tv? How did I get to living here? Somebody tell me please! This old world's confusing me. With clouds as mean as you've ever seen Ain't a bird who knows your tune. Then a little voice inside you Whispers, Kid don't sell your dreams, so soon. |
Chorus:
Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, There's a heart, a hand to hold onto. Everywhere you look, everywhere you go There's a place, of Somebody who needs you, Everywhere you look. When you're lost out there and you're all alone, a light is waiting to carry you home. Everywhere you look. Everywhere you look. |
The important thing to ask is: What does the author want me to know after reading this? To be able to do this accurately, the best thing to do is start with identifying the subjects and topics of the literature. You will find these at the bottom on the tree in this graphic organizer. Then, use the text evidence to cite examples where they talk about the subjects and topics, which you will find in the leaves of the tree in this example. Those two parts have to come together, and you have to accurately be able to combine them, by considering what the author said and what you know about the subject, to create a sentence which reflects the author's message to the reader. This should be a message for anyone (universal statement like "Showing generosity and compassion is important."), not a specific sentence (or statement) that only related to a 6th grader or the main character of the story. AKA - NO NAMES OR PRONOUNS IN THEME STATEMENTS!
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The Theme Quiz: |
P.S.> Use the Flocabulary Theme Video & Lyrics and your IRWN notes to help you, if you are having trouble!
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