THEME
WORKSHEET
DEFINITION: Themes are BIG Ideas, like friendship, love and courage. Themes are NOT the events, or actions in
the story; however, you can infer the theme from the actions.
EXAMPLE: When a friend stands up to a bully for another friend in a
story, we can infer from their actions that two themes in the story are
friendship and courage.
Your Turn
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A good place to
look for themes is the actions of the main character. See if you can
complete the Theme Worksheet. |
(an important action by the main
character)
Based on __________________________________________
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(an important action by the main
character) |
(a related action by the main character)
and _____________________________________________,
(title of the story)
I infer that one theme in ____________________________
is
(theme)
____________________________________.