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English · Grade 5

Themes, Viewpoints and Structure

Learners read an original three-scene story about two partners building a craft-stick bridge, told by a narrator who misjudges her partner, and a public-domain poem by Emily Dickinson. They find themes from how characters respond to challenges, see how a narrator's point of view shapes what readers learn, explain how scenes and stanzas fit together, and write a summary.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 90 minutes
  • Theme, viewpoint and structure check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and write a short answer
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What learners will discover

  • Determine a theme of a story or poem from how characters or a speaker respond to challenges, and tell a theme from a topic.
  • Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
  • Explain how scenes or stanzas fit together to build the overall structure of a story or poem.
  • Summarize a story briefly, including its key events and how the problem is resolved.

Lessons

  1. From what happens to what it means 6 steps3 practiceabout 24 min
  2. Who tells the story matters 6 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  3. How scenes and stanzas fit together 6 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  4. Summarize a story 5 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  5. Theme, viewpoint and structure check 9 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Memory LanternsFlip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.
  • Sentence TheatreYour words direct the show: change a word and the stage changes too.
  • Missing ChapterA page has gone missing. Use the clues to put the right one back.

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