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Finding Theme

Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 3
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Theme, Central Message, Lesson
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will demonstrate their understanding of a story by finding the theme, central message, or lesson of a story. This includes demonstrating understanding of a character, setting, and plot of the story as well.

ELA.3.R.1.2 Explain a theme and how it develops, using details, in a literary text.
ELA.3.R.2.2 Identify the central idea and explain how relevant details support that idea in a text.

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Video : Parts of a Story

Description: Watch and listen to the video before answering the questions on the quiz.

Video : Theme

Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.

Description: Learning how to find a theme in a story.

Quiz : Theme, Central Message, Lesson

Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.

Question #1

What are the characters in a story?

A) Only people can be characters.

B) Characters can be people or animals.

C) Characters are the setting in a story.

Question #2

The setting of a story is when and where the story takes place.

A) Yes

B) No

Question #3

What is the plot of a story?

A) A plot is the setting and characters in a story.

B) A plot is the ending of a story.

C) A plot is the events that happen in a story.

D) A plot is the character's and their traits of a story.

Question #4

A theme, lesson, and central message all mean the same thing.

A) True

B) False

Question #5

The moral of the story is the same as the theme of a story.

A) True

B) False

Question #6

Why does the author put a theme in a story?

A) The author felt like it.

B) The author wants to teach you a lesson.

C) The author is trying to teach your parents something.

D) The author didn't want to but she had to put a theme in the story.

Question #7

How is the theme put into the story?

A) The author wants you to infer the theme of the story.

B) The author tells you, "the theme of the story is..."

Question #8

Which is a question you can ask yourself to find the theme of a story.

A) What were the characters like?

B) Why were the characters being mean?

C) What did the author learn from the story?

D) What did the characters learn?

Question #9

When I am telling a theme, I can use one word answers.

A) Yes

B) No

Question #10

How should your theme be told?

A) Only in one word.

B) In two words only.

C) In a complete sentence.

D) In a sentence.

Description: Read and answer the questions for the quiz below.

Resources : Extra Practice

Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.

BrainPop, Jr. Video
Feel free to visit the BrainPop, Jr. video.

Khan Academy
A great website for resource videos.

A Bad Case of Stripes Read Aloud
Watch the video and see if you can determine the theme of this story!

Standards: ELA.3.R.1.2, ELA.3.R.2.2

Video : Parts of a Story

Video : Theme

Quiz : Theme, Central Message, Lesson

Resources : Extra Practice