1. Unit 1, Lesson 5 CREATED BY: M. CHRISTOFF, ENRICHMENT SPECIALIST, FIELD LOCAL SCHOOLS

2. Students will understand what themes are and will write them. Students will visualize story details. Students will use the Visualize Strategy to identify theme. OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY

3.  A theme is the big idea or lesson the author wants the reader to know and learn. THEME

4. As you read, you will use a Graphic Organizer: Inference Map to record details like the ones below to make inferences about the story’s themes. Elisa’s Qualities Elisa’s Motives Elisa’s Actions Important Lessons Elisa Learns THEME

5. Qualities are personality traits that make a character think and act in certain ways. A character’s motives are the reason for his or her behavior. A character’s actions show how he or she responds to conflict and to other characters in the story. Ask yourself, “ What important life lesson does the main character learn?” This lesson is the story’s theme. ANALYZING THE MAIN CHARACTER

6.  Visualizing is using the text details to form pictures in your mind. VISUALIZE

7.  Use the Inference Map to identify sensory details in the story that will help you from mental pictures of the characters’ behaviors. VISUALIZE

8. INFERENCE MAP: THEME PP. 124-125 How did a member of Elisa’s family help her overcome a fear during her first visit to America? Support your answer with details from the selection. Detail: Elisa heard a ________ and thought it was a __________. Detail: Her ________ showed her that it was _________ instead. Detail: Elisa had never seen a _________ before, and she _____________ them. Theme: Sometimes people ________ they don’t _____________.

9. INFERENCE MAP: THEME Elisa’s Diary pp. 125-126 Detail: Elisa is ___ to be in the United States. Detail: Elisa wishes she could ________ to the same _____ as her brother, so she can feel ________. Detail: Elisa does not try to meet _________ in America. Theme: Moving to a ____ country can be difficult, especially if you don’t speak the _________.

10. INFERENCE MAP: THEME PP. 126-127 How did another member of Elisa’s family try to help her when the family first moved to America? Support your answer with details. Detail: _______ told Elisa he uses his ______ to help him ______________. Detail: _________told her that a neighbor learned _______ from the __________. Detail: ______ said Elisa should be watching _______in _______. Theme: You can _____ yourself by __________ different things.

11. INFERENCE MAP: THEME Elisa’s Diary pp. 128-130 Detail: Elisa does not like ________. She is _________ when speaking in class. Detail: Elisa is friendly with _______ who is also new. She likes his ________ about _____________. Detail: Elisa writes about _______ for school. She shows her _________to ______. Theme: __________ what you know with _______ helps you to find _________ in common and make ________.

12. INFERENCE MAP: THEME P. 132 Do you think Elisa will use her experiences with Jose to help the students that she teaches? Support your answer with details. Detail: Theme: Elisa will share the lesson she learned about ……