Lesson 2: Events that Support a Theme - Learning Goal - Identify
events in the plot that support the theme of a story. -
Approximately 50 minutes - Necessary Materials Provided: Direct
Teaching and Guided Practice Worksheet, Independent Practice
Worksheet Not Provided: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John
Steptoe, Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman, chart paper, markers
will remind students that the theme of a story is the underlying
message or lesson that the author is trying to convey to the
reader. I will explain that stories usually have events in the
plot that support the theme of the story. I will read the theme
of the story of Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
aloud: “Kindness is rewarded over cruelty”. I will read Mufaro’s
Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe aloud. After reading the
story once, I will go back to the first half of the book and
model identifying the events in the story that support the
theme. For example: Nyasha’s singing made her crops more
bountiful than anyone else’s. This wa