8th Grade Academic Summer Reading – TDA
Your name:____________________________________________________________________
Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
Independent Book Title and Author:________________________________________________
Using your directed reading questions for Rumble Fish and your graphic organizer for your
independent book, answer the following text dependent analysis prompt.
Authors use theme to develop the plot of the story by presenting a larger message that allows the
reader to gain a new perspective on a particular topic or idea. Analyze a theme presented in
Hinton’s Rumble Fish to a similar theme found in your independent book choice. Identify and
explain this theme presented in both authors’ works. Use specific evidence from both texts to
support your response.
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8th Grade Academic Summer Reading Graphic Organizer – Rumble Fish
Your Name:___________________________________________________________________
Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
Theme is an element of a story that presents a universal idea that relates to people of all cultures.
Authors present themes through the various events within a story that the characters’ experience
as they work toward a solution to their central conflicts. Through themes, a writer seeks to give
his or her readers insight on specific ideas or to present his or her views on a specific subject.
Common themes found in literature include poverty, teenage conflict, family relationships,
personal loss, abandonment, loyalty, identity, injustice, fear, forgiveness, and hope.
Identify the key themes you identified in Rumble Fish and use the graphic organizer to:
1. Record evidence from each chapter of the text (specific quotes and page numbers)
2. Provide a brief summary of the example (explain the scene where the quote was taken)
3. Describe how the example contributes to the theme
Textual evidence (with page #)
Summary
Connection to the theme
“Quote from the text used as
evidence to show theme” (10).
This excerpt from the text is
from the scene in chapter 1
when . . .
This helps contribute to the
theme of the work by. . .
Chapter 1 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
2
Chapter 2 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
Chapter 3 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
Chapter 4 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
3
Chapter 5 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
Chapter 6 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
Chapter 7 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
4
Chapter 8 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
Chapter 9 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
Chapter 10 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
5
Chapter 11 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
Chapter 12 Textual Evidence
Summary
Connection to the theme
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