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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
TM
,
EBSR
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MS
,
MC
,
GR
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SHT
,
DDHT
item(s)
- Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to determine a theme or central idea and its development. Themes and central ideas may be explicitly or implicitly stated, but items should not provide the inference for the student. Items should focus on the use of specific details that aid in the development of the theme or central idea. Items may, however, ask the student to select the details. Items may ask the student to summarize the text. - Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate literary texts. Texts may vary in complexity. - Response Mechanisms :
The Technology-Enhanced Item Descriptions section on pages 3 and 4 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice and Editing Task item types). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below. - Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :
Task Demand
Determine a theme or central idea in a text and explain how it is developed throughout the text, including how it is shaped by specific details.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
- Requires the student to select a theme and then to select the correct explanation of how the theme develops throughout the text.
- Requires the student to select the theme or central idea and then to select words or phrases from the text that provide explicit support for the theme or central idea.
EBSR
- Requires the student to first select a theme from the choices and then to select a detail or details that support that theme.
GRID
- Requires the student to select the theme of a passage and then to drag into a graphic organizer details or quotations that shape this theme.
Task Demand
Summarize the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
- Requires the student to select the sentence that accurately summarizes the major events of a paragraph or paragraphs.
Multiple Choice
- Requires the student to select the correct summary of the text.
Multiselect
- Requires the student to select sentences from the text that represent key events that should be addressed in a summary.
Drag-and-Drop Hot Text
- Requires the student to place pieces of a summary in the correct order.
Table Match
- Requires the student to complete a table that presents an objective summary of a text.
Related Courses
Related Access Points
Related Resources
Lesson Plans
Original Student Tutorials
Teaching Ideas
Unit/Lesson Sequences
Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12
Learn how to determine the theme of a fictional text using excerpts from Book 12 of Homer's The Odyssey. In this interactive tutorial, you'll learn how to determine the theme of a text based on the characters and events of the story. You'll also practice distinguishing between themes and topics in a work of literature. Finally, you'll create your own theme statement for The Odyssey using details from the text.
Explore three short poems by the famous American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and practice determining a theme for each poem in this three-part interactive tutorial series. In Part One, you’ll identify the topic of the short poem “First Fig.” Then, you’ll select words and phrases from the poem that address the topic of the poem. Finally, you’ll determine a theme in the short poem. By the end of this series, you should be able to explain how a theme is developed and supported by specific words and phrases throughout a short poem.
Make sure to complete all three tutorials in this series!
Click HERE to launch Part Two.
Click HERE to launch Part Three.
Explore the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay in this tutorial series. This tutorial is Part Three of a three-part series. In Part Three, you’ll study her poem "Recuerdo." You'll identify the topic of the poem, determine a theme of the poem, and explain how the theme is developed through specific words and phrases.
You're encouraged to complete the previous tutorials in this series before beginning Part Three.
Click HERE to launch Part One.
Click HERE to launch Part Two.
Explore the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay in this tutorial series. This tutorial is Part Two of a three-part series. In Part Two, you’ll study her short poem "Second Fig." You'll identify the topic of the poem, determine a theme of the poem, and explain how the theme is developed through specific words and phrases.
Make sure to complete all three parts!
Click HERE to launch Part One.
Click HERE to launch Part Three.
Examine some of the various topics and themes present in the American classic To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read excerpts from the novel and examine the development of the main character, Scout. You'll analyze how her words and actions help develop the important themes of the novel. You'll wrap up the tutorial by creating your own theme statement based on the text.
Learn to determine a theme of a poem, craft a thematic statement, and write a summary of the poem "Leisure" by W. H. Davies.
This interactive tutorial is Part One of a two-part series. In Part Two, you'll study "Leisure" by Amy Lowell to determine a theme of the poem and craft a thematic statement. By the end of this series, you will compare and contrast a theme in each poem and how these themes are developed.
Click HERE to launch Part Two.
Study "Leisure," a poem by Amy Lowell, to determine a theme of the poem and craft a thematic statement. At the end of this interactive tutorial, you'll use what you've learned throughout this two-part series to compare and contrast a theme in "Leisure" by Amy Lowell and a theme in "Leisure" by W. H. Davies and how these themes are developed.
Make sure to complete Part One before beginning Part Two. Click HERE to launch Part One.
Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Study "Leisure," a poem by Amy Lowell, to determine a theme of the poem and craft a thematic statement. At the end of this interactive tutorial, you'll use what you've learned throughout this two-part series to compare and contrast a theme in "Leisure" by Amy Lowell and a theme in "Leisure" by W. H. Davies and how these themes are developed.
Make sure to complete Part One before beginning Part Two. Click HERE to launch Part One.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn to determine a theme of a poem, craft a thematic statement, and write a summary of the poem "Leisure" by W. H. Davies.
This interactive tutorial is Part One of a two-part series. In Part Two, you'll study "Leisure" by Amy Lowell to determine a theme of the poem and craft a thematic statement. By the end of this series, you will compare and contrast a theme in each poem and how these themes are developed.
Click HERE to launch Part Two.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay in this tutorial series. This tutorial is Part Three of a three-part series. In Part Three, you’ll study her poem "Recuerdo." You'll identify the topic of the poem, determine a theme of the poem, and explain how the theme is developed through specific words and phrases.
You're encouraged to complete the previous tutorials in this series before beginning Part Three.
Click HERE to launch Part One.
Click HERE to launch Part Two.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay in this tutorial series. This tutorial is Part Two of a three-part series. In Part Two, you’ll study her short poem "Second Fig." You'll identify the topic of the poem, determine a theme of the poem, and explain how the theme is developed through specific words and phrases.
Make sure to complete all three parts!
Click HERE to launch Part One.
Click HERE to launch Part Three.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore three short poems by the famous American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and practice determining a theme for each poem in this three-part interactive tutorial series. In Part One, you’ll identify the topic of the short poem “First Fig.” Then, you’ll select words and phrases from the poem that address the topic of the poem. Finally, you’ll determine a theme in the short poem. By the end of this series, you should be able to explain how a theme is developed and supported by specific words and phrases throughout a short poem.
Make sure to complete all three tutorials in this series!
Click HERE to launch Part Two.
Click HERE to launch Part Three.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Examine some of the various topics and themes present in the American classic To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read excerpts from the novel and examine the development of the main character, Scout. You'll analyze how her words and actions help develop the important themes of the novel. You'll wrap up the tutorial by creating your own theme statement based on the text.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to determine the theme of a fictional text using excerpts from Book 12 of Homer's The Odyssey. In this interactive tutorial, you'll learn how to determine the theme of a text based on the characters and events of the story. You'll also practice distinguishing between themes and topics in a work of literature. Finally, you'll create your own theme statement for The Odyssey using details from the text.
Type: Original Student Tutorial