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Are you teaching your students the art of uncovering a story’s theme this Christmas or holiday season? Look no further! Our ‘Finding Theme Using Short Christmas Stories’ pack is here to help your students with this challenging skill while, at the same time, thoroughly captivating their interest as you celebrate the season. Inside, you’ll discover four original Christmas short stories written for your students’ reading pleasure.
To simplify the assessment process, we’ve also included easy-to-use assessments for each story, offering both short answer and multiple-choice options. And that’s not all! Our resource is packed with extra activities and organizers designed to infuse excitement into teaching theme this December. As your students dive into these short Christmas stories, exploring elements like theme, plot, characters, and setting, they’ll effortlessly unravel the story’s overarching theme.
Say goodbye to tedious lesson planning, and get ready to make theme discovery easy and enjoyable for your students during the hectic days leading up to winter break. Read on to explore all that this resource has to offer, and see just how much time it will save you.
INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE
- Short Story 1: Catching Santa
- Short Story 2: Gingerbread Friends
- Short Story 3: Christmas Tree Trouble
- Short Story 4: Christmas Brings Hope
- Assessment for Each Short Story (Short Answer or Multiple Choice Option)
- 12 Writing Prompts (3 for Each Story – Opinion, Narrative, Informational)
- 3 Holiday Classroom Posters for Teaching Theme (Color and B/W Included)
- Common Themes in Literature Bookmarks
- 18 Theme Word Wall Cards
- What is Theme Mini-Passage
- Topic Vs. Theme Mini-Passage
- What’s The Theme Organizer
- Finding the Theme Doodle Sheet
- Story Map Organizer
- Character Response Organizer
- Finding the Theme: Questions to Ask Yourself Activity
- Proving the Theme Using Evidence Organizer
- Theme of a Story: What I Have Learned
- Google Slides™ for Paperless Learners
- Answer Key for Easy Grading
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