1. The Magi That is the theme!!!
The three wise men who delivered gifts to the baby Jesus.
“of all who give gifts these two [Della and Jim] were
the wisest.”
Why were they the wisest?
That is the theme!!!

2. The Gift of the magi
Theme Group Project

3. Theme: The author’s message to the reader
What a theme is…
A message
A moral
A lesson
What a theme is not…
A topic
A word
Be careful what you wish for.
Love

4. Theme Project
With your group, create a one-page poster on which you explain the theme of the story.
Requirements…
The title of the story
A theme or message
An explanation of how that theme fits the story with DIRECT CITATIONS from the story.
Consider the words, thoughts, and actions of the main characters.
Color
At least one picture – printed or drawn by a group member
BUT THERE’S A CATCH: It needs to be in the form of an Instagram page, a Twitter page, a Facebook page, or Snapchat page.

5. Instagram

6. Twitter

7. Facebook

8. Snapchat

9. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” J.R.R. Tolkien
DUE TODAY