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Literary Elements and Techniques | Theme

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Literary Elements and Techniques | Theme

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Learn how to identify theme in a literary work in this short animated video from WNET.

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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.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	21. Explain how relevant details support the implied or explicit main idea of a text. a. Determine the central idea or theme of a text. b. Explain the difference between implied and explicit details. c. Summarize the key supporting details by citing evidence from a text. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 21. Implied main idea Explicit main idea Relevant details 21a. Central idea Theme 21b. Implied detail Explicit detail 21c. Summarize Key supporting details Citing Evidence Knowledge: 21. Students know: The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text. Sometimes an author will clearly state the main idea, while other times an author will merely suggest the main idea. The supporting details explain the main idea or provide more information about the main idea. 21a. Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text. 21b. An author can directly state details, or an author can include details that require the reader to make inferences. 21c. A summary is a short statement explaining the main point or most important details of a text. Skills: 21. Students are able to: Identify the implied or explicit main idea of a text. Use relevant details to support the main idea of a text. 21a. Determine the central idea or theme of a text. 21b. Identify implied and explicit details and explain how they are different. 21c. Cite evidence from the text to create a summary of a text's most important details. Understanding: 21. Students understand that: Most texts have a main idea, or most important message, and supporting details, which provide more information about the main idea. An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues through details in the text to imply the main idea. 21a. The central idea or theme of a text is conveyed through details in the text. 21b. An author can choose to explicitly state details in the text or provide details that require the reader to infer the details. 21c. A summary is a short explanation of the most important details from a text, and statements in a summary should be supported with textual evidence.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	3. Explain how authors use setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view to contribute to the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 3. Setting Plot Characters Theme Conflict Dialogue Point of view Prose Poetry Textual evidence Knowledge: 3. Students know: Authors of prose and poetry use literary elements, such as setting, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view, throughout a text to develop and drive the plot. Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language. Analysis of a text should be supported with text evidence from the writing. Skills: 3. Students are able to: Identify the setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view in prose and poetry. Explain how literary elements contribute to the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry. Support their explanations of literary elements with textual evidence. Understanding: 3. Students understand that: Prose and poetry contain common literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view. Literary elements contribute to the meaning of poetry and prose. When they analyze a text, they should include text evidence to support their claims.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 7	3. Explain how the author's choice of setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 3. Setting Plot Characters Theme Conflict Dialogue Point of view Author's purpose Prose Poetry Textual evidence Knowledge: 3. Students know: Authors of prose and poetry use literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view, throughout a text to develop and/or enhance the meaning of the text. An author's use of literary elements can indicate the author's purpose for writing the text. Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language. Analysis of a text should be supported with text evidence from the writing. Skills: 3. Students are able to: Identify the setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view in prose and poetry. Explain how literary elements contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry. Support their explanations of literary elements with textual evidence. Understanding: 3. Students understand that: Prose and poetry contain common literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view. Literary elements contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of poetry and prose. When they analyze a text, they should include text evidence to support their claims.

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Literary Elements and Techniques | Theme