Choosing themes for your stories or novels consciously gives you the focus you need to develop and enrich your character arcs. Learn more.

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Theme is such an important concept when teaching reading. Students are asked to determine the theme of a text over and over again. However, many students struggle with how to identify the theme. That's why I'm sharing some of my favorite ways to teach theme. You'll find theme lesson ideas, theme activities, and theme passage suggestions to help your students finally figure out how to find theme!

10 Themes in Literature Anchor Posters: Studying theme helps us look deeper into the story in order to understand its meaning.