What’s the Theme? The theme of a story is its big idea. It’s a message, lesson, or universal truth that goes beyond the literal events of the story. In other words, it’s an idea that applies to people in general—not just the characters in the story. An author doesn’t usually come right out and tell you what the theme is; as a reader, you need to infer it. A story can have more than one theme.
Many students have difficulty differentiating between the main idea and the theme. The theme is the underlying message that the author wants to convey, whereas the main idea is what the story is mostly about.
Finding the Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
Theme - Khan Academy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAu3e5GZo4k
How to ID Theme in Your Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAu3e5GZo4k
Theme - BrainPop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RecVd-6g-IY
Finding Theme in Your Story -McGraw - Aesop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXPbijjMnV8
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/theme.pdf - The Literary Element of Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM - Finding the THEME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8muSkXjPHE - Theme - Disney - Cinderella
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RecVd-6g-IY - Theme - Star Wars - Brain Pop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhEU3EF4jvM&list=PLvXg7TzijvVWP7O2HBH6XY-eFSQg8iEZc - Disney Film Clips - Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvKzyYy6qvY&list=PLGniCcA0UBfEa6j7ZljW_lceQM83kU_94 - Theme in Movie Clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXPbijjMnV8 - Theme in Aesop's Fables - Cartoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PJkPsW8_M - Theme in Songs
https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/blogs/angela-bunyi/migrated-files/identifying_theme.pdf - Identifying Theme - Scholastic PPT
https://prezi.com/9uiflfi3pikg/how-to-identify-a-theme-in-four-steps/ - Theme - Prezi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXPbijjMnV8 - Theme in Aesop's Fables
THEME VS MAIN IDEA
The theme is the underlying message that the author wants to convey, whereas the main idea is what the story is mostly about.
Theme & Plot Video - https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-themes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA - Theme - You Tube
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/theme/ - Theme - Flocabulary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PJkPsW8_M - Theme in Songs
http://www.paterson.k12.nj.us/11_departments/language-arts-docs/resources/Reading%20Resources/Story%20Elements/Theme/Theme.pdf - Theme Worksheets
Working with Theme:
Common Themes in Literature
https://www.quia.com/rr/934941.html - QUIA - Theme in LIterature
https://www.weareteachers.com/tag/fairy-tales/- Fairy Tails & Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA&disable_polymer=true - Teaching Theme - Youtube
Thematic Essays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQYdhioelJ0 - Theme Essay - Youtube
http://yanaenglish.weebly.com/sample-thematic-essay-the-hunger-games.html - Thematic Essay - The Hunger Games
https://web.jerichoschools.org/hs/teachers/lfischer/writing/thematic_essay_outline.pdf - Thematic Essay Outline - Jericho PS
https://www.lcsd.wednet.edu/page/704 - Literary Essays - Analysis
Theme - Identifying in Literature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjw-bQdBY8 - Writing a Theme Statement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXPbijjMnV8 - AESOP - ID Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3_Bb9wGObY - Finding Theme in Literature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8muSkXjPHE - Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA - Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSPO194N0OU - Finding Theme in Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PJkPsW8_M - Theme in Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTr1XaTqHD4 - Theme - Schmoop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JizzEzcuK98 - Disney Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RecVd-6g-IY - Brain Pop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2LXmhPD3iA - Finding Theme in a Story
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/theme-worksheets/ - Theme Worksheets
Writing a Thematic Essay
https://web.jerichoschools.org/hs/teachers/lfischer/writing/thematic_essay_outline.pdf
Themes and Conflict in Children’s Stories
Types of children's wants:
Themes found in children’s books include:
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