11 Tips for Teaching About Theme in Language Arts • The Great Books ...
When fourth-grade students in Becca Morris’s class start listening to R. J. Palacio’s Wonder, she looks forward to the discussion it will inspire, with questions like “What does it mean to be a true friend?” “What’s the role of the bystander in bullying situations?” and “Can we tell what a person is like just by looking at them?”
“Studying themes like trust, integrity, and hone
