Description
Here's a complete DIGITAL, LOW PREP unit for Middle School students on how to analyze fiction text for theme based on R.CCR.2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Middle School students will LEARN, PRACTICE and be ASSESSED for determining the theme in any fiction text!
Objectives:
1. Students will learn key central idea and theme vocabulary
2. Students will learn a 4-step process to analyze a text for theme. (This lesson will be the foundation for students to build on as they analyze additional texts throughout the school year!)
3. Students will practice applying the 4-step process with a new text in a digital self-checking game
4. Students will be assessed on the skill.
This bundle includes all of the following:
DIGITAL VOCABULARY
This digital resource was made using Google Slides and includes:
★Teacher's Guide with directions and links to share on any learning management system such as Google Classroom, Canvas and more!
★ Digital Vocabulary graphic organizers with 12 key words: cite, explicitly, determine, inference, theme, several, objective, drawn, summary, development, central idea, evidence.
★ Matching Digital Puzzle (Secret Picture Tile) Practice
DIGITAL LESSON
This digital resource was made using Google Slides and includes:
★Teacher's Guide with directions and links to share on any learning management system such as Google Classroom, Canvas and more!
★ Four versions of Pixanotes® each with a different level of scaffolding:
Level 1: Fully printed content and pre-printed pictures
Level 2: Fully printed picture flaps and fill in the blanks for students
Level 3: Pre-printed content and picture flaps that need to be positioned by the
student.
Level 4: Fill-in-the-blanks for content and picture flaps that need to be positioned
by the student.
★ Movable picture flaps for levels 3 and 4
★ Text boxes already placed into the notes
★ Editable directions
★ Video that matches the notes. It is embedded into a slide with the student notes, but a link is also provided.
★ Self-Grading Practice Activity - could be used as a quiz!
DIGITAL PRACTICE GAME
This digital resource was made using Google Slides and includes:
★ One self-checking game that goes over the 4 step process and ends with students building a paragraph using the theme's supporting details and evidence from the embedded text. (Teacher's Guide is included!)
DIGITAL QUIZ
This digital resource was made using Google Forms and includes:
★ Teacher's Guide with directions and a link so that you can share the quiz on any learning management system such as Google Classroom, Canvas and more!
★ Link to the Google Form with embedded text
See the previews for a closer look!
⭐ EDITABLE Lesson Plans in the Bonus File! ⭐
I hope this helps your students learn the concept of determining theme!
........................................................................................................................
Let's connect!
E-mail: Lisa@mrsspanglerinthemiddle.com
Blog: Mrs. Spangler in the Middle
© Mrs. Spangler in the Middle (Elizabeth [Lisa] Spangler) All rights reserved by the author.
Thanks and Enjoy!
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Description
Here's a complete DIGITAL, LOW PREP unit for Middle School students on how to analyze fiction text for theme based on R.CCR.2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Middle School students will LEARN, PRACTICE and be ASSESSED for determining the theme in any fiction text!
Objectives:
1. Students will learn key central idea and theme vocabulary
2. Students will learn a 4-step process to analyze a text for theme. (This lesson will be the foundation for students to build on as they analyze additional texts throughout the school year!)
3. Students will practice applying the 4-step process with a new text in a digital self-checking game
4. Students will be assessed on the skill.
This bundle includes all of the following:
DIGITAL VOCABULARY
This digital resource was made using Google Slides and includes:
★Teacher's Guide with directions and links to share on any learning management system such as Google Classroom, Canvas and more!
★ Digital Vocabulary graphic organizers with 12 key words: cite, explicitly, determine, inference, theme, several, objective, drawn, summary, development, central idea, evidence.
★ Matching Digital Puzzle (Secret Picture Tile) Practice
DIGITAL LESSON
This digital resource was made using Google Slides and includes:
★Teacher's Guide with directions and links to share on any learning management system such as Google Classroom, Canvas and more!
★ Four versions of Pixanotes® each with a different level of scaffolding:
Level 1: Fully printed content and pre-printed pictures
Level 2: Fully printed picture flaps and fill in the blanks for students
Level 3: Pre-printed content and picture flaps that need to be positioned by the
student.
Level 4: Fill-in-the-blanks for content and picture flaps that need to be positioned
by the student.
★ Movable picture flaps for levels 3 and 4
★ Text boxes already placed into the notes
★ Editable directions
★ Video that matches the notes. It is embedded into a slide with the student notes, but a link is also provided.
★ Self-Grading Practice Activity - could be used as a quiz!
DIGITAL PRACTICE GAME
This digital resource was made using Google Slides and includes:
★ One self-checking game that goes over the 4 step process and ends with students building a paragraph using the theme's supporting details and evidence from the embedded text. (Teacher's Guide is included!)
DIGITAL QUIZ
This digital resource was made using Google Forms and includes:
★ Teacher's Guide with directions and a link so that you can share the quiz on any learning management system such as Google Classroom, Canvas and more!
★ Link to the Google Form with embedded text
See the previews for a closer look!
⭐ EDITABLE Lesson Plans in the Bonus File! ⭐
I hope this helps your students learn the concept of determining theme!
........................................................................................................................
Let's connect!
E-mail: Lisa@mrsspanglerinthemiddle.com
Blog: Mrs. Spangler in the Middle
© Mrs. Spangler in the Middle (Elizabeth [Lisa] Spangler) All rights reserved by the author.
Thanks and Enjoy!
