Theme Analysis Worksheet

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📚 Part 1: Theme Identification

Theme Word Bank: seeking adventure, trusting people, facing challenges, helping others, cautious

1. Read this quotation from The Last Last-Day-of-Summer:

"They wish they could freeze time and enjoy the last day of their adventurous summer."

This quotation shows the theme of: ________________

2. Read this quotation:

"Otto knows to be careful when he meets Mr. Flux."

This quotation shows the theme of: ________________

3. Read this quotation:

"Sheed knows they need to do something when she suddenly freezes."

This quotation shows the theme of: ________________

4. What is a theme?

The main character in a story

The most important message or lesson the author wants readers to understand

The setting where the story takes place

The problem that needs to be solved

✏️ Part 2: Sentence Completion

Instructions: Complete each sentence using evidence from the text and the word bank above.

5. Otto and Sheed wish to "freeze time and enjoy the last day of their adventurous summer." This shows the importance they place on ______________.

6. Despite their wish, Otto knows "to be _______ when he meets Mr. Flux." This means he realizes he cannot ________ Mr. Flux.

7. When Sheed knows they need to "do something when she suddenly freezes," it shows that Otto's suspicions of Mr. Flux are correct, and _______ becomes Otto and Sheed's main priority.

8. Based on all these quotations, write one sentence explaining the overall theme of this excerpt:

Theme Analysis Worksheet

Theme Analysis Worksheet

📚 Part 1: Theme Identification

✏️ Part 2: Sentence Completion

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