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Theme in Literary Works

The document provides a lesson on identifying themes in literary works. It includes a table with 9 texts labeled A through I and their corresponding themes. The objective is for students to match each text to its theme. The lesson instructs students to work independently to match the texts and themes, then debrief to discuss how determining a work's genre helps with comprehension.

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Theme in Literary Works

The document provides a lesson on identifying themes in literary works. It includes a table with 9 texts labeled A through I and their corresponding themes. The objective is for students to match each text to its theme. The lesson instructs students to work independently to match the texts and themes, then debrief to discuss how determining a work's genre helps with comprehension.

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3 Theme in Literary Works

TEKS: Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in
different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text
to support their understanding. (paired with Fig 19D, E, F)

Objective: Students will be able to match texts to their theme.

Lesson Instructions:
1. After re-teaching and practicing identifying a text’s genre and theme or main idea
students should work alone or independently to match the following texts to their
theme.
2. Debrief and discuss how this process helps improve comprehension and the importance
of determining genre when reading.
A. Black Rabbit Summer, Kevin Brooks
Thoughtful Pete, tough Pauly, twins Eric and Nicole, strange Raymond: As kids they were tight; now they've
grown up--and apart. They agree to get together one last time, but past hurts and personal histories soon
surface, and the party's over. The group splinters off into the night. Days later, a girl goes missing. Who is the
prime suspect in her disappearance? It’s one of the old gang. Pete doesn't know what to believe. Could one of
his childhood friends really be a cold-blooded killer?

Theme: People can change a lot over time.

B. Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare, Darren Shan


Darren Shan is just an ordinary schoolboy who loves to ride bikes and hang out with his three best friends. Then
one day Darren and his friends stumble across an invitation to visit the Cirque Du Freak, a strange and
mysterious freak show. The boys can only buy two tickets, so they draw straws to see who will go. Almost as if
by destiny, Darren wins one of the tickets, and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody
world of vampires.

Theme: An ordinary life can change completely in just a moment.

C. Ghostgirl, Tonya Hurley


Charlotte Usher feels practically invisible at school, and then one day she really "is" invisible. Even worse: she's
dead. But being dead doesn't stop Charlotte from wanting to be popular; it just makes her more creative about
achieving her goal.
Theme: For teens, social concerns can be more important than anything.

D. The London Eye Mystery, Siobhan Dowd


Kat and her autistic brother Ted watch their cousin Salim board the London Eye ride. But after half an hour it
lands and everyone troops off — except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have
disappeared into thin air? Ted and Kat become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite
Kat’s doubts about her brother’s ability, Ted proves essential in unraveling the mystery to find their cousin.

Theme: Differences in abilities don’t have to limit people.

E: The Ruins, Scott Smith


Two American couples, newly graduated from college, are enjoying the final week of a Cancun vacation when
they are persuaded by a new friend to accompany him into the jungle to find his brother who has gone off with
an archaeological team in search of ruins, and they do not realize until it is too late that they are trapped by an
unspeakable horror.

Theme: Newcomers in strange environments can face great risks.


F. Unwind, Neal Shusterman
In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that
would "unwind" them.

Theme: Friends can be the key to survival

G. What Happened to Cass McBride, Gail Giles


In this gripping, psychological page-turner, Cass McBride has only a walkie-talkie to save her when she is buried
alive.

Theme: Survival can depend on your critical thinking skills.

H. The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson


The four visitors at Hill House-- some there for knowledge, others for adventure-- are unaware that the old
mansion will soon choose one of them to make its own.

Theme: Things are not always as they appear.

I. The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova


A young woman is plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family's past connect to an inconceivable
evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful
work alive through the ages.

Theme: You can never bury your past.

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