Part

1: RTI (Enrichment)- Story Theme and Setting

Date/Day

Thursday and Friday February 5th and 6th

Enrichment

Content Objective

I can relate the elements of a story to its theme.

Learning Target

I will construct a story element cube.

I will write a short paragraph about the theme and use evidence (story elements) to
support my claim.

Language Objective

I can identify the theme of a story.

I can list elements of a story.

Relevance

This lesson will provide students with the opportunity to read a story and find the
story elements in it before determining the theme. Students will then create an
interactive cube with the story elements on it. They will focus on one story
elements and how it contributes to the theme. By determining the story elements
and taking the time think of the theme first the students will be able to make the
association between story elements and theme.

Story themes and elements relate to the students lives because recognizing themes
in literature and movies can helps students self-reflect on their own life and
recognize themes in their daily lives.

Vocabulary

Academic Vocabulary: Theme, setting, character, conflict, resolution.

Vocabulary from story: Burst, complain, announce

In-class Assignments

Thursday
Create 8 notecards with the vocabulary
words that students will need to know
during the story (academic& in the
story) have each student stand up and
define the word in their own words for
the class.

Read first full paragraph of story to
students out loud demonstrating what
they will look for alone while they are
reading (highlighting character names,
setting, and beginning.)
Students independently will read aloud
and their task will be to highlight the
conflict, resolution, as well as other
characters/ the setting.

Friday
Quickly we will review the answers
from the five questions answered the
previous day about the story.
OR
Answer questions about the story from
day before as a class.

Students will use laptops with adobe

flashplayer/ print-outs of a cube to
make a story element cube about the
story The Lottery.

They will answer the questions on the
story element cube.

Depending on time
Students will complete do a quick
formative assessment by answering
five questions about the story. (Exit
Slip)

Depending on time
If using cutouts students will roll their
cube and write a four sentence
paragraph about how their side of the
cube they rolled affects the theme.
(The sides of the cube are setting,
character, conflict, and resolution; if
they roll theme/ favorite part they will
reroll.)

If using the adobe flash player each
table group will be assigned a story
element theme to write the four
sentence paragraph to.

Thursday
1) Vocab Redefine
2) Read The Lottery
3) Exit Slip

Friday
1) The Lottery Questions& Answers
2) Story Element Cube
3) Quickwrite

Agenda

This Week

Focus on story elements and theme for the first two days of RTI enrichment

Supplies

-The Lottery Story from Readworks

-Story Element Cube
(http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/)
-Notecards
-Exit Slip
-Paper
-Laptops OR scissors and tape
-Writing utensils
-colored pencils/ highlighters

Extension/ modification

Modification: Lower reading level for students farther behind (current story reading
level is 4th grade, lexile 860 level)
Extension: Read an upper lexile level, have students work in groups to create a
presentation about the story elements and explain the theme using the elements.

Part 2: RTI (Enrichment)- Story Theme and Setting

Date/Day

Monday and Tuesday February 9th and 10th

Enrichment

Content Objective

I can relate the elements of a story to its theme.

I can determine the theme of a story.
I can explain how the setting affects a characters feelings.

Learning Target

I will recognize story elements.

I will confirm what the theme is in a story.

Language Objective

I can identify the theme of a story.

I can list elements of a story.
I can find two pieces of evidence to support my idea for the theme.

Relevance

This lesson will provide students with the opportunity to read a story and find the
story elements in it before determining the theme. Students will use a graphic
organizer to see how certain elements affect the theme of a story. The graphic
organizer will help with visualizing the causation between what happens in a story/
how characters act to the theme and how the setting can affect a character.

Story themes and elements relate to the students lives because recognizing themes
in literature and movies can helps students self-reflect on their own life and
recognize themes in their daily lives.

Vocabulary

Academic Vocabulary: Theme, setting, character, conflict, resolution.

In-class Assignments

Monday
Read aloud and Demonstration-
~Read Aloud Five Little Penguins
Slipping on the Ice OR another picture
book
~While reading ask questions related
to: who the characters are, what the
setting is, how they feel and act in
certain settings, what the problem is in
the story, and whats the resolution of
the story.
~Next using document camera talk
about what could the theme possibly
be.
~Demonstrate filling out the graphic
organizer from the book
~Explain how the characters and
setting affect one another. Also explain
how the theme is created by the
actions of the character within the

Tuesday
Retest-
~Students will read
~Students will complete test about the
story

story (define this as the evidence).

Picture Book Selection and Read-

~Give each student a picture book to
read
~Students will read picture book
Fill Out Graphic Organizer-

~Students will fill out the graphic
organizer using the picture book given
to them
~Walk around answering questions and
checking answers (Not all answers
need to be in a sentence form, some
can be bulleted/ listed)

Agenda

Monday
1) Model
2) Picture Books (9)
3) Graphic Organizer

Tuesday
1) Retest

This Week

For RTI enrichment student will determine the theme of the story and determine
how the setting affects the characters.

Supplies

-Graphic Organizer
-Picture Books
-Test
-Scope Magazine

Extension/ modification

Extension: Have students write a summary about the story they read using their
graphic organizer OR have them use graphic organizer for a story from SCOPE
magazine
Modification: Provide ESL or students who need writing intervention with a
sentence frame for the theme square and how the setting affects the characters.

Name:

The Lottery Questions

Date:

_____ 1. What is theme?

a. The main idea of a story
b. The part of the story where the problem is solved
c. A trait of a character
d. An important detail in a story

_____ 2. The theme of this passage is
a. misunderstandings.
b. wealth.
c. secrets.
d. friendship.

_____ 3. In this passage the reader learns that Tina
a. tells too many secrets.
b. should focus more in school.
c. thinks about money too much.
d. rushes to conclusions.

_____ 4. The turning point in this story is:
a. Tina told Maya her parents won the lottery.
b. Maya told her sister that Tina's parents won the lottery.
c. Maya's sister shouted to her family that Tina's parents won the
lottery.
d. neighbors came to Tina's house to borrow money.

_____ 5. The moral of this story is:
a. playing the lottery is a bad idea.
b. don't tell secrets to young children.
c. be sure of the facts before telling others.
d. parents need to be clear when communicating with their
children.

Name:

Date:

Theme and Setting

How does the setting affect or make
the character feel?

Evidence #1

What is the theme?

Evidence #1

Evidence #2

Searching for a Theme

Name:
Title:

What was the problem in the story?:_____

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Character:______________________
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Setting:________________________
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How did the setting make the

character feel or affect them? How
do you know it made them feel
that way?:____________________
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What is the theme of the story?(support your idea with two pieces of
evidence):_________________________________________________________________
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