Today, we talked about theme and how to find the theme of a story.
Theme: Life lesson, meaning, moral or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
In other words...
Theme is what the story teaches readers.
Theme is not a word, it is a sentence.
You do not have to agree with the theme to identify it.
We then read some sample short stories and searched for the theme in pairs. Everyone came up with great examples.
Lastly, we read David's Haircut.
This was a chance for you to tryout finding the theme on your own. I
asked that you write what you think the themes is at the bottom of your
notes. We will talk about these next time.
* Although there are some notes here, if you were away be sure to
photocopy the notes of one of your classmates so that you have a
complete copy.
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