EnglishYear 4Reading

Identify themes and conventions

Identify themes and conventions across a wide range of writing, comparing and contrasting texts

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    A theme is a big idea that runs through a story, like friendship or bravery. 🦸

  2. 2

    Which of these is a theme? 🧐

  3. 3

    Drag the theme word to match the story: a story about a girl who helps her friend. 🤝

  4. 4

    Let's find the theme in 'The Lion and the Mouse' 🦁🐭

  5. 5

    What is the theme of a story where a boy shares his lunch with a hungry friend? 🥪

  6. 6

    Sort these story titles into the right theme: 'The Lost Puppy' and 'The Brave Knight' 🏰

  7. 7

    A story about never giving up has which theme? 💪

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