Comprehension
Lexia Lessons®
Theme 2
Primary Standard: TEKS.110.6.b.8.A - Infer basic themes supported by text
evidence.
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Theme
A theme is the central message or big idea in a story or a poem.
It’s a life lesson! Like “Always be
prepared” or “Never give up.”
Find the theme by using the Three Elements of Theme:
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CONFLICT: What is the struggle?
CHARACTERS: How are the characters described?
AUTHOR'S CRAFT: Why is the text written this way?
You’ve probably seen them. You might even own
one or two. I’m talking about T-shirts with a message.
Those messages? They’re a lot like themes.
But unlike T-shirts, writers don’t just tell you the
theme. They make you look for it. And here’s why
that’s a good thing: Say someone tells you that it’s
important to tell the truth. You might listen. Or you
might not. But what if someone tells you about a man
who lied to everyone all the time and then needed
help fighting off a bear but no one believed him,
so he died? Well, you might actually understand
and remember that message. The story makes a
difference. And that, my friends, is why you will never
see a T-shirt on your summer reading list.
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