We Are Wolves Themes

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📚 Part 1: Understanding the Themes

Success criteria: I can identify key themes in We Are Wolves and explain what they mean.

Key themes: Survival means staying alive and safe. Resilience means recovering from hardship and continuing. Family means protecting, supporting and caring for people you love.

1. Which theme is shown when characters find ways to stay alive and safe?

Identity

Survival

Celebration

2. Which theme describes continuing after frightening or difficult experiences?

Resilience

Wealth

Competition

3. Which actions can show the theme of family? Tick two.

Protecting one another

Ignoring someone who needs help

Sharing support and care

Giving up immediately

4. In your own words, what does the title We Are Wolves suggest about the characters?

✏️ Part 2: Finding Evidence

Use a scene, event or quotation from the novel to support each answer. You may use your book while completing this section.

5. Describe one moment that shows the characters trying to survive. What does this reveal about them?

6. Describe one way a character shows resilience.

7. How does family influence a character’s choices? Use evidence from the novel.

🌱 Part 3: Thinking Deeper

Success criteria: I can connect a theme to a character’s actions and explain my thinking using evidence.

8. Which theme is most important in the novel: survival, resilience or family? Explain your choice.

9. How might a character’s identity change because of the difficult events they experience?

Support options: Ask for a chapter to be read aloud, use an audiobook, read a shorter chunk at a time, follow the text with a ruler or coloured overlay, or work with a reading partner.

Differentiation: Use these sentence starters if needed: “This shows the theme of ______ because…” and “The character changes when…”. For an extra challenge, compare two themes and explain how they are connected.