Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Standard:
Literacy.RL.6.5
Description:
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Standard:
6.3*
Description:
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.
Standard:
6.3.A*
Description:
infer the implicit theme of a work of fiction, distinguishing theme from the topic
6th Grade Reading - Theme Lesson