Analysis of Theme: Identity (Grades 5-6)

In this unit, students develop their understanding of identity and theme by reading, writing about, and discussing several short stories and poems. Through their study, students learn to determine themes, analyze how they are developed over the course of a text, and compare and contrast texts in terms of their approaches to similar themes. Five literary texts 4-6 weeks instruction Literary analysis writing What is this unit about? As you might have guessed from the title, this unit is about analyzing theme. Through engaging in the unit, students learn to analyze how themes develop over the course of a text, including how they emerge and are shaped and refined by specific details. Students also learn how to write essays about their analyses of themes. This unit is also about identity. Through the course of this unit, students deepen their understanding about identity and how it is shaped. In this unit, students will read, write about, and discuss three short stories and two