Reader's Workshop:
Exploring Themes in Stories
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
How are themes presented within and across texts?
How can I put my thinking out into the world?How are these issues seen in society?
Goals:
Goals:
Readers use targeted strategies to understand and analyze complex texts.
Readers interpret the impact of character's actions in books and short stories.
Readers determine and outline themes in their reading
Readers present their thinking with others, one on one and in a group.
Example of student's theme analysis
Example of student's
social issues analysis