Theme Sub Plan for Grades 7-8 (No Prep): Tracking a Story's Theme

Margot is hurt, and her team gives her the scorebook. In "The Scorebook," the story never says what it is really about, so students become theme trackers. They choose four moments (at least one from the beginning, one from the middle and one from the end) where the story's message grows, writing each moment's paragraph number, what happens and what it adds. Then they write the theme as one full sentence that names no character and gives no advice, and explain in three sentences how it develops from beginning to end, using at least two paragraph numbers.

What's inside

• Sub Plan, 2 pages
• Reading, 2 pages: the story, "The Scorebook," 14 numbered paragraphs
• Student Packet, 2 pages
• Answer Key, 1 page, with a 30-point guide
• All four documents in one ready-to-print PDF, in print order, 7 pages
• 9 files in all. Print only: no slides, no tech, no scissors.

Answer key included

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