1. How can we find a common theme?
A common theme is a theme that is shared by two or more texts. A text can be a book, short story, poem, movie clip, or even a picture!

2. What kind of feeling do both of these pictures convey?

3. Sadness? Loneliness?

4. What do we learn from this clip of the movie Back to the Future?
What do we learn from this clip of the movie Back to the Future?
This is a theme of the movie.

5. What do we learn from this clip from a football movie?
What do we learn from this clip from a football movie?
This is a theme of the movie.

6. What do we learn from this clip from the movie Star Wars?
What do we learn from this clip from the movie Star Wars?
This is a theme of the movie.

7. What do we learn from this clip from Meet the Robinsons?
What do we learn from this clip from Meet the Robinsons?
This is a theme of the movie.

8. What do we learn from this clip from the movie Meet the Robinsons?
What do we learn from this clip from the movie Meet the Robinsons?
This is a theme of the movie.

9. What do we learn from these clips from the movie October Sky?
What do we learn from these clips from the movie October Sky?
This is a theme of the movie.

10. What do we learn from these clips from the movie The Karate Kid?
What do we learn from these clips from the movie The Karate Kid?
This is a theme of the movie.

11. https://youtu.be/P0zVPZBykSE
Now, read over the various themes that you’ve written on your notes. Discuss those themes with one partner, and summarize what you’ve learned at the bottom of your notes. When you’re done, you should have come up with a common theme.