RL.8.2: Determine a Theme Or Central Idea of a Text and Analyze Its Development Over The

RL.8.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

Content Topic: Reading Grade Level: 8th Grade Domain: Key Ideas and Details Strand: Reading: Literature

Essential Questions I Can...

1. How do I identify the theme of a text? ● 2-4. How do the characters, setting, and plot develop the central idea or theme? 5. How do I write an objective summary of that text? 6. How can I determine the theme of a text and analyze its development using an objective summary?

Instructional Task Analysis (TLW) Vocabulary Assessment Prompts

1. Identify the theme or central idea of a text. Primary 1. After reading a text, identify the 2. Explain how characters affect the development of the theme or central ideas using evidence to theme. support your answer. 3. Explain how settings affect the development of the 2-4. Use a graphic organizer, map the theme. development of the theme. Include in the map 4. Compare the development of the theme to the development the points where the theme was affected by of the plot. characters, setting, or plot. 5. Identify characteristics of an objective summary (e.g., 5-6. Using the graphic organizer above to write an Evidence based, reflects the author's intent, paraphrases the Secondary objective summary of the text. supporting details). 5. Given a new text, write an objective summary 6. Create an objective summary of the given passage using that analyzes the development of the text's analytical integration of setting, characterization, and plot to theme including any relationships to show the development of the theme. characters, setting, and plot. 7. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

Resources Text Electronic Lesson Sample

* EoL Book, pages 354-355 - "Theme" * How to Find Themes in Literature * EoL Book, pages 356-363 - "The http://www.associatedcontent.com/a People Could Fly" rticle/1497547/how_to_find_themes The book helps guide students through _in_literature.html?cat=38 finding the theme of the text. LINK