5th Grade Common Core ELA Volume 1 | Page 11

CCSS. ELA. Literacy. RL. 5.2
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION How will identifying a story’ s theme help the reader further understand the author’ s message?
HOME ALONE – kidsfront. com One day Mr. & Mrs. David went out to attend a wedding. Their two sons Jack and Tom were all alone in the house. At midnight, the doorbell rang. Tom ran and opened the door thinking that his parents were back. But there he found a stranger standing at the door. Actually, he was a burglar. He tied Tom and went to the room to look for valuables. But he was unaware of Jack, the other brother. When Jack saw the thief, he quietly slipped out of the house and complained to the police. The thief got arrested. 1) What is the setting? 2) Who are the characters? 3) What is the plot?
SETTING CHARACTER PLOT
Setting + Character + Plot = THEME