This worksheet asks you to identify three different themes from a book you’ve read and support each theme with details and evidence from the text.
Since no specific book is mentioned, I’ll use a well-known example — *Charlotte’s Web* by E.B. White — to show how to complete this task. You can replace it with any book you’ve read.
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Step 1: Understand what a “theme” is
A theme is the big idea or message the author wants to share. It’s not just the plot (what happens), but what the story teaches us about life, people, or the world.
Examples of themes: friendship, courage, growing up, kindness, sacrifice.
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Step 2: Pick three themes from the book
For *Charlotte’s Web*, here are three strong themes:
1. Friendship
2. Kindness changes lives
3. Accepting change and loss
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Step 3: For each theme, write a “Theme Statement”
A theme statement turns the theme into a full sentence that explains the lesson.
Example:
Theme: Friendship → Theme Statement: True friendship means caring for someone even when it’s hard.
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Step 4: Add “Text Details & Evidence”
Pick specific moments from the book that prove your theme statement.
Example:
Charlotte writes words in her web to save Wilbur — that shows she’s a loyal friend who risks herself for him.
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Now, let’s fill out the worksheet using *Charlotte’s Web*:
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Theme 1
Theme Topic: Friendship
Theme Statement: True friendship means staying loyal and helping your friend even when it’s difficult.
Text Details & Evidence: Charlotte helps Wilbur by writing messages in her web like “Some Pig” and “Terrific,” which makes people think Wilbur is special and saves him from being killed. She does this even though she knows she will die soon.
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Theme 2
Theme Topic: Kindness changes lives
Theme Statement: Small acts of kindness can have big effects on others.
Text Details & Evidence: Fern saves Wilbur when he’s born because she feels sorry for him. Later, her kindness inspires others — like Charlotte and Templeton — to help Wilbur too. Without her first act of kindness, Wilbur wouldn’t have lived.
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Theme 3
Theme Topic: Accepting change and loss
Theme Statement: Life includes loss, but we can honor those we’ve lost by remembering them.
Text Details & Evidence: Charlotte dies after laying her eggs, but Wilbur takes care of her babies. He never forgets her, and he visits her egg sac every year. This shows that even though she’s gone, her love and sacrifice live on through him.
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You can now copy these into your worksheet — or use them as a model to fill in your own book’s themes!
Final Answer:
Use the three filled-in theme sections above based on *Charlotte’s Web* as an example — or adapt them to your own book by following the same structure: pick a theme, write a clear statement, and add real examples from the story.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of identifying theme worksheets.
