Theme Lesson: How Setting and Plot Shape a Theme, Grades 7-8

Two friends argue. In a big quiet house, either one can walk away. In a stuck elevator, neither can. Where and when a story happens decides what a character has to do, and what a character is forced to do is how a theme gets built. This lesson teaches students to trace that chain.

What's inside

• 14 slides, with speaker notes on all 14
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Original story "Kindling," 2 pages, paragraphs numbered
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Answer key, 1 page
• All printables in one ready-to-print PDF, 7 pages

Answer key included

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