Theme, narrator and proof: 6th to 8th reading & writing
Literature: theme development, narrator's point of view and textual evidence. A free 6th to 8th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: literature: theme development, narrator's point of view and textual evidence.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: Where does the story show it?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: theme, narrator and proof.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Trail: Who is telling the story? (https://peabody.kids/world/write/write-point-of-view)
- Play: Story parts (https://peabody.kids/words/c6-lit-terms-1)
- Read: 7th grade short stories (https://peabody.kids/short-stories-for-7th-graders)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about theme, narrator and proof, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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