ALEX Classroom Resource

  

Kid Heroes Theme

  Classroom Resource Information  

Title:

 Kid Heroes Theme

URL:

 https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/KidHeroesTheme/play.html

Content Source:

 Other
Room Recess
Type: Interactive/Game

Overview:

Save the king! In this interactive game, students have to determine the theme (or lesson) in the short story. If the students are correct, they get to place one of the Kid Heroes on the battlefield. Using teamwork will lead to success. This classroom resource also includes a quiz, worksheet, and teaching video to help with understanding.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
23. Identify the main story elements in a literary text.

a. Explain the plot of a narrative, using textual evidence to list the major events in sequence.

b. Describe the characters' traits, feelings, and behaviors in a story.

c. Describe the setting of a narrative, using textual evidence.

d. Identify the central message or moral of a story.

e. Identify the theme in myths, fables, and folktales.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
23.
  • Story elements
  • Literary text
23a.
  • Plot
  • Narrative
  • Textual evidence
  • Major events
  • Sequence
23b.
  • Describe
  • Character
  • Traits
  • Feelings
  • Behaviors
23c.
  • Setting
  • Narrative
  • Textual evidence
23d.
  • Central message
  • Moral
23e.
  • Theme
  • Myths
  • Fables
  • Folktales
Knowledge:
23. Students know:
  • Literary text is a story that contains story elements, like a plot and characters.
23a.
  • Plot is the main events of a story (often referred to as the beginning, middle, and end of a story).
  • The sequence of events is the order in which the story takes place.
23b.
  • A story author provides descriptions of the characters' traits, feelings, and behaviors.
23c.
  • Setting is when and where a story takes place.
23d.
  • A central message or moral is the lesson that is learned through the story or the one big idea of the story.
23e.
  • Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text.
  • Myths, fables, and folktales are fictional pieces of text.
Skills:
23. Students are able to:
  • Identify the main story elements in a literary text, such as characters, settings, and plot.
23a.
  • Explain the major events of a story in order by using text evidence.
23b.
  • Describe characters' traits, feelings, and behaviors by using information from the text.
23c.
  • Describe the setting of a story by using evidence from the text.
23d.
  • Identify the central message or moral of a story using information from the text.
23e.
  • Identify the theme of a myth, fable, or folktale.
Understanding:
23. Students understand that:
  • Literary texts include story elements, and they can identify the various elements to better understand the text.
23a.
  • The plot is the main events of the story that happen in a particular sequence.
  • The plot can be explained by using words or phrases from the text.
23b.
  • Understanding each character's traits, feelings, and behaviors will help them better understand a story's plot.
  • They can learn about characters by carefully reading the story and describing the characters' traits, feelings, and behaviors.
23c.
  • They can use information from the text to learn when and where the story takes place.
  • They can use the text to describe attributes of the setting.
23d.
  • Stories will often have a central message or moral that the author intended to share with readers.
23e.
  • Myths, fables, and folktales are often written to convey a particular theme or main message.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
22. Describe literary elements within a story, including setting, plot, characters, and themes.

a. Describe in detail the characters' behavior, emotions, and traits and explain how their actions influence events in the story.

b. Explain how the characters' actions and dialogue contribute to the meaning of the story.

c. Identify the central message, theme, or moral in a story, including myths, fables, and folktales, and explain the meaning conveyed in the passage.

d. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots from two texts.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
22.
  • Describe
  • Literary elements
  • Story
  • Setting
  • Plot
  • Characters
  • Themes
22a.
  • Describe
  • Character
  • Behaviors
  • Emotions
  • Traits
  • Actions
  • Influence
  • Events
22b.
  • Explain
  • Characters
  • Actions
  • Dialogue
  • Contribute
  • Meaning
22c.
  • Central message
  • Theme
  • Moral
  • Myths
  • Fables
  • Folktales
  • Conveyed
22d.
  • Compare
  • Contrast
  • Theme
  • Setting
  • Plot
  • Stories
Knowledge:
22. Students know:
  • Literary elements within a story include the setting, plot, characters, and themes.
  • Setting is when and where a story takes place.
  • Plot is the main events of a story (often referred to as the beginning, middle, and end of a story).
  • Characters are any person, animal, or figure that affect the plot.
  • Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text.
22a.
  • A story author provides descriptions of the characters' behavior, emotions, and traits.
  • The actions of characters in a story affect the events, or plot, of the story.
22b.
  • The actions of characters in a story affect the events, or plot, of the story.
  • The dialogue, or spoken words, of characters in a story affect the plot of the story.
22c.
  • Qualities of myths, fables, and folktales.
  • Many stories have a central message, theme, or moral.
  • A central message or moral is the lesson that is learned through the story or the one big idea of the story.
  • The central message, theme, or moral is conveyed through key details.
22d.
  • Compare means tell how things are alike or similar.
  • Contrast means tell how things are different.
  • Literary elements from different texts, like themes, settings, and plots, can be compared and contrasted.
  • Setting is when and where a story takes place.
  • Plot is the main events of a story (often referred to as the beginning, middle, and end of a story).
  • Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text.
Skills:
22. Students are able to:
  • Identify and describe the literary elements, including setting, plot, characters, and theme, within the text.
22a.
  • Provide a detailed description of story characters' behavior, emotions, and traits.
  • Explain how story characters' actions affect the events of the story.
22b.
  • Explain how the actions of characters' contribute to the meaning of the story.
  • Explain how the dialogue between two or more characters contributes to the meaning of the story.
22c.
  • Identify the central message, theme, or moral of a story, including myths, fables, and folktales.
  • Explain the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral conveyed in the passage.
22d.
  • Compare and contrast literary elements, such as themes, settings, and plots, of two texts.
Understanding:
22. Students understand that:
  • Identifying and describing literary elements within a story will help in comprehending the text.
22a.
  • Understanding each character's behavior, emotions, and traits will help them better understand a story's plot.
  • Characters in a story drive the plot by engaging in different actions.
22b.
  • Characters' actions and dialogue contribute to the meaning of a story.
  • Understanding the actions and dialogue of story characters improves overall comprehension of the text.
22c.
  • Understanding the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral of a story will improve overall comprehension of the passage.
  • Myths, fables, and folktales are types of narrative stories that often include a moral.
22d.
  • Comparing and contrasting literary elements can improve their comprehension, or understanding, of both texts.
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