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Understanding Theme
By xtremewriting
You will gain an understanding of what theme is, how it differs from other literary devices with which it is often confused, and how to identify the theme of a literary work.
What is Theme?
By OnDemandInstruction
This instructional video defines the term "theme" and shows how to identify themes in a text.
eSpark Learning: Determining Theme Instructional Video (4.RL.2)
By esparklearningvideos
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
What is Theme?
By OnDemandInstruction
This instructional video defines the term "theme" and shows how to identify themes in a text
eSpark Learning: Determining Theme Instructional Video (4.RL.2)
By esparklearningvideos
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
Identifying the Theme in Literature
By mrsniradale
This video explains what is a theme in literature and presents steps to identify the theme. It concludes with a list of the following literary terms defined: plot, characterization, conflict. [Text is displayed on the screen with music; no narration.]
Common Core Literature Standard 2: Themes
By OnDemandInstruction
This video is a resource on themes. The learning goals of the video are the following: determine the theme of a text; analyze its development; and provide a summary of the text.
Theme
By Julie Jaeger
Designed to teach how to write a theme statement. Addresses the idea of subject or topic vs. theme, and keeping plot and character out of the statement. - created at http://goanimate.com/
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" THEME 2
By 60 Second Recap
In a play called "A Midsummer Night's Dream," it probably doesn't come as much of a surprise that another of Shakespeare's themes is dreams. Perhaps what's not so obvious is the meaning of this theme.
"Oedipus Rex" THEME 2 -- Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" ... from 60second
By 60 Second Recap
Don't shun theme number two just because it sounds like the stuff of "Harry Potter" and other fantasies. In Sophocles' day, prophecy was legit. And believe it or not, Sophocles' theme about prophecy is still legit today. We'll prove it to you—in 60 seconds.
Literature 2 Themes and Central Ideas
By OnDemandInstruction
This instructional video is based on the Common Core Literature Standard 2, which covers locating a story's theme or central idea and summarizing a story.
eSpark Learning: Developing Theme Framing Video (8.RL Quest 3)
By eSparkLearningVideos
eSpark Learning: Developing Theme Framing Video (8.RL Quest 3)
eSpark Learning: Determining Theme Instructional Video (8.RI.2)
By eSparkLearningVideos
eSpark Learning: Determining Theme Instructional Video (8.RI.2)
"Oedipus Rex" THEME 1 -- Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" ... from 60second Recap®
By 60 Second Recap
Truth. Oedipus may not want to accept it, but it's true that truth is what this play is all about. For more on what Sophocles had to say on this theme, click on the video.
"Beowulf" THEME 2 -- "Beowulf" ... from 60second Recap®
By 60 Second Recap
"Beowulf" is all about heroism, but it's also all about identity. In fact, "Beowulf" is so much about identity, that identity is its second theme. Find out how identity is established in this poem—and its connection to heroism—in this 60second Recap®.
"Jane Eyre" THEME 1 -- Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" ... from 60second Recap®
By 60 Second Recap
So if you hadnt yet figured out why Charlotte Brontës male characters in "Jane Eyre" are so incredibly unappealing, here's a clue: It has to do with Brontës theme. What theme would that be? Why, relationships between men and women, of course! Watch this 60second Recap® to learn more
eSpark Learning: Development of Theme Framing Video (8RL2, Quest 4, FA13)
By eSparkLearningVideos
eSpark Learning: Development of Theme Framing Video (8RL2, Quest 4, FA13)
Theme Revisited - Moving from Summary to Analysis
By WarnerJordanEducation
A difference does exist between summary of a text and the analysis of a text. The goal is to help students move from what they observe in a text (summary) to what they are thinking deeply about in that text (analysis). It reviews the definition of theme, revisits several literary elements, and includes cinematic elements that students should consider when discussing a film. It presents the steps students can take to analyze film and relates that to the steps students take to analyze literature
eSpark Learning: Determining Theme Using Chunking Framing Video (6.RI.2 Quest 1)
By eSparkLearningVideos
eSpark Learning: Determining Theme Using Chunking Framing Video (6.RI.2 Quest 1)
"Beowulf" THEME 1 -- "Beowulf" ... from 60second Recap®
By 60 Second Recap
You can't miss "Beowulf's" #1 theme: heroism. That's because you can't go more than a few stanzas in this poem without finding some kind of discussion about, or celebration of, the qualities that make a hero. (In case you were wondering, your main man Beowulf's got them all.)