Themes

Finding a theme is a challenge for students reading literature. It's helpful to explore a story we all know very well, such as "The Three Little Pigs." This way, it's not about the complexity of the literature, and we can focus on the theme more directly. Here some of the concepts are put into "word clouds" using "Wordle" at www.wordle.net. Study the three word clouds which capture some of the thematic concepts from this classic story.

The Straw Pig stage:

What are the differences between the straw and stick stage?

The Stick Pig stage:

What are the differences between the stick and brick stage? How is this third stage quite different?

The Brick Pig stage: