Theme Lesson: Compare Themes in Two Stories, Grades 5-6 Reading

Can two different stories teach the same message about life? Often they can, by different paths. This lesson has students compare two original realistic stories with a similar theme, then write a short summary of one that names its theme and leaves out their own opinions.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Two original stories, 2 pages, paragraphs numbered
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Answer key, 1 page, with a model summary and a 5-point rubric
• All printables in one ready-to-print PDF, 7 pages

Answer key included

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