Theme vs. Topic: Reading Unit 2, Grade 6 (Letters & Devotion)

Description

Theme vs. Topic is Unit 2 of Reading, Reasoning, and Writing: Grade 6 English Language Arts (Grade 6), the Letters & Devotion Reading course, complete in one printable PDF: 8 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 53 pages.

• Topic as a one-word/short-phrase label of a text’s subject
• The structural difference between topic (label) and theme (full-sentence claim)
• The choice-consequence chain in a fable’s plot
• A theme statement inferred from choice-consequence evidence in a fable
• Textual evidence that supports a stated theme claim
• Two competing, differently-supported theme claims for one text
• An inferred theme for an unfamiliar fable lacking a stated moral
• The theme-vs-topic distinction applied outside narrative fiction

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

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