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Theme Development Worksheet
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Theme Development Worksheet
Read each question and passage carefully. A theme is a message about life or human behavior that a story develops through its events and characters. Use details from the text to support your answers.
Recognizing Theme
Choose the best answer for each question.
1.Which statement best describes a theme in a story?
- The name of the main character
- The place where the events happen
- A message about life developed through the story
- A list of events in the order they happen
2.Select every statement that could express a theme.
- Trust grows when people communicate honestly.
- The story happens during a snowstorm.
- A character named Harper is in seventh grade.
- Small acts of courage can make a difference.
- The school radio station has two microphones.
Analyze a Passage
Read the passage, then answer the questions with details from the text.
Carlos was excited to host the school radio station’s morning announcement, but the audio file would not play. With the broadcast only minutes away, he felt like blaming the student who had edited it. Instead, Carlos asked Isabella to help him check the recording. They found a loose cable and fixed it together. Carlos thanked Isabella on air and learned that solving a problem works better when people cooperate than when they rush to blame one another.
3.What theme is developed in “The Missing Broadcast”?
4.Give two details from the passage that support your theme. Explain how each detail connects to the message.
5.How does Carlos’s response to the problem change, and what does his change help reveal about the theme?
Compare Theme Development
Read both short passages. Then compare how each develops a shared theme.
Passage A: Harper’s first attempts at editing the station’s audio bulletin sounded choppy. She listened again, learned how to trim the pauses, and practiced with a new recording each afternoon. By Friday, her bulletin played smoothly.
Passage B: The school radio crew’s first live interview ran late and missed a question. The students reviewed what had gone wrong, made a clearer plan, and tried again the next week. Their second interview stayed on schedule and included every question.
6.What theme do both passages share?
7.Explain one difference in how Passage A and Passage B develop this shared theme. Use at least one detail from each passage.
8.Write one sentence about a school radio station crew showing how a small act of kindness can improve someone’s day.
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