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What does the author want me to learn from reading this story?

What does the author want me to learn from reading this story?. In this lesson you will learn to determine the theme of a story by asking “what did the author want me to learn from reading this story?”. We’ve just finished reading “The Reformation of Jimmy Valentine-Safe Cracker”. ?.

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What does the author want me to learn from reading this story?

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  1. What does the author want me to learn from reading this story?

  2. In this lesson you will learn to determine the theme of a story by asking “what did the author want me to learn from reading this story?”

  3. We’ve just finished reading “The Reformation of Jimmy Valentine-Safe Cracker” ?

  4. Theme Theme

  5. Theme: the author’s message or what he/she wants the reader to learn. • Life lesson • Not specific to a story • A story can have one, more than one, or none at all..

  6. What is the theme of “The Reformation of Jimmy Valentine-Safe Cracker?” • Love conquers all? • What comes around goes around? • People can and do change ?

  7. Theme: People can and do change for the better. Jimmy Valentine: Beginning: End: Honest businessman who cares more about his family than about Det. Price watching him crack a safe. Sneaky bank robber who only cares about himself.

  8. Let’s Check Our Theme: People can and do change for the better. Theme Test: • Life lesson • Not specific to a story • A story can have one, more than one or none at all..

  9. 1 • Review the text. 2 • Ask: What does the author want me to learn? 3 Test and record your theme.

  10. In this lesson you have learned how to determine the theme of a story by asking what did the author want me to learn from this story?

  11. A second possible theme: “Love conquers all” Theme Test: • Life lesson • Not specific to a story. • A story can have one, more than one or none at all..

  12. Theme: Love conquers all. Jimmy Valentine: Beginning: End:

  13. 1 • Review the text. 2 • Ask: What does the author want me to learn? 3 Test and record your theme.

  14. Group Extension: • Working with your class or your group, go through the three steps to determine the theme or author’s lesson for a short story or novel that you have completed reading.

  15. Individual Extension: • Use the three steps to determine theme or what the author of your independent reading book wanted his/her reader to learn. Record your work on a sticky note or in your reader’s notebook.

  16. Quick Quiz: What is one possible theme of “The Dream Opportunity for Redheads?” Write a sticky note with a possible theme and one piece of evidence from your “theme test.”

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