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edTPA Lesson Plan Template
Subject: 4- Literature
Activity
2. Statement of
Objective for Student
3. Teacher Input
Students will come to the carpet and I will first discuss what theme is.
Who can please tell me what they think theme is? (CFU) Great
Job. Details help us figure out what the story is about. This is known
as the theme. Today we will learn how to identify the theme of a story.
Theme is the main idea of a story, let me read this short story to you,
and show you how I would figure out the theme of the story.
Katie invited Missy to her house to work on their biology project, but
Katie had no idea what a visit from Missy entailed. First of all, it was
raining and Missy neither bothered to take her boots off nor thoroughly
wiped them on the doormat. Then Missy ate a bag of hot chips on
Katies white bedspread without asking, and Missy is a sloppy eater, so
hot chip powder got all over the bedspread. Katie tried to be polite and
ignore Missys sloppy behavior, but then Missy threw her chip wrapper
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on the floor. Offended, Katie pretended that she was sick and asked
Missy to leave. The next day Katie asked the teacher if she could work
by herself. After explaining her situation, the teacher allowed Katie to
work alone. Missy would have finished the assignment by herself, but
she spilled grape soda all over her assignment.
Who can tell me what the theme is? (CFU) It is hard to work
cooperatively with someone when they are messy and disrespectful.
I know that this is the theme because in the story it describes the ways
that Missy was messy in Katies house, and how much it frustrated
Katie to the point she worked on the assignment alone.
Lets try to find theme! Read the following passage aloud with
students: (ELL Student will sit in the front row, with a copy of the text
so that he/she can read along with the teacher (PID.))
Mr. Pig and Mr. Dog were hanging out at the food court of the animal
shopping mall. Mr. Pig was eating a huge feast of pizza and drinking a
large jug of fruit punch and Mr. Dog was watching him eat. Hey, Mr.
Pig. If you give me a slice of your pizza, Ill let you have the next bone
I find. Mr. Pig declined, even though it hurt his stomach to eat the last
three slices of pizza. Im sorry, Mr. Dog,Mr. Pig said, but I paid for
this pizza, and its all mine. Mr. Dog sighed and waited for Mr. Pig to
finish, and then they left the animal mall together. On the way out, a
hunter spotted them and gave chase. Mr. Pig normally could have
escaped the hunter but since he was weighed down by such a large
meal, Mr. Pig collapsed and the hunter killed him. Mr. Dog easily
escaped. Later that night while returning to the scene, Mr. Dog caught
the scent of something delicious and began digging around a trash can.
He found a large ham bone with lots of meat and marrow still stuck to
the bone. Mr. Dog happily ate.
Who can tell me what you think the theme might be in this short story?
(CFU)
What details from the passage can you use to support your answer?
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(CFU)
4. Guided Practice
5. Independent Practice
Now that we have found a theme together, I want you all to go home
and read the first three chapters of Charlottes Web and find a theme
from each. Dont forget to find evidence from the story to support your
thoughts. (Students who are ELL learners will be assigned to find the
theme of only one chapter (PID))
6. Assessment Methods
of all objectives/skills:
Check the independent practice for a completion grade. Students will need to have
completed a theme worksheet that has the three themes they were assigned to do. If
students have all three themes and make an effort of the assignment they will get a
completion grade. ELL students will be required to show effort and completion on
one theme from one chapter (PID).
7. Closure
8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:
N/A
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