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Sophia: Common Themes in Literature PPTSophia: Common Themes in Literature PPT
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Sophia Learning
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9th - 10th
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Sophia: Common Themes in Literature

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This tutorial focuses on common themes in literature, beginning with a slide show discussing 11 different, common themes and literary examples. This is followed by a 11-minute YouTube video with students acting out common themes in popular movies to help students to identify and better understand common themes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.9

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CCSS: Adaptable

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literary elements, love

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

CCRA.R.9 RL.8.2 RL.6.5 RL.9-10.9 RL.9-10.3 RL.5.2 RL.7.2 RL.5.9 RL.7.3 RL.6.2 RI.5.9 RL.8.5 W.6.9.a RL.11-12.2 RL.6.9 RI.5.6 RL.8.3 RI.7.3 SL.5.5

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