Workybooks

Connecting Details to Theme - Short Story Worksheet

Grades
5
Standards
RL.5.3
Formats
PRINT+DIGITAL RESOURCE
This learning resource is available in interactive and printable formats. The interactive worksshet can be played online and assigned to students. The Printable PDF version can be downloaded and printed for completion by hand.
SHARE

About the Connecting Details to Theme Worksheet

Connecting Details to Theme is a thoughtful literary analysis worksheet that helps students understand how specific story elements support and develop thematic ideas. This interactive and printable worksheet, that aligns with the Common Core State Standards, Connecting Details to Theme guides students through the process of identifying themes and connecting supporting evidence from the text.

The worksheet features a concise story about Maria's rainy day experience, followed by carefully crafted multiple-choice questions that help students analyze how different story elements contribute to the theme. Students learn to identify the main message of the story, find relevant supporting details, and understand how specific elements like dialogue and character actions reinforce the story's central theme about turning disappointments into opportunities through creativity.

What will your child learn through this worksheet?

  • Identifying central themes in literary texts
  • Understanding how story details support themes
  • Analyzing the relationship between character actions and theme
  • Recognizing how dialogue contributes to theme development

Learning Outcomes

Cognitive

  • This interactive worksheet enables students to identify and analyze thematic elements in stories
  • Through this worksheet, students learn to connect textual evidence to central themes

Psychomotor

  • Students practice close reading techniques through this interactive worksheet
  • This worksheet helps students develop organized analysis skills through structured questioning

Affective

  • This interactive worksheet helps students develop positive problem-solving attitudes
  • Through this worksheet, students learn to appreciate creative solutions to challenges

Reinforce

  • This worksheet encourages discussion about different ways to handle disappointment
  • Through this interactive exercise, students learn to share personal experiences related to themes

Tags

theme analysis, supporting details, literary elements, reading comprehension, character development, story analysis, problem-solving, creative thinking, evidence-based reasoning, multiple choice questions, narrative elements, positive attitude, text evidence, critical thinking, thematic connections

Common Core Standards Covered

RL.5.3
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

Perfect For:

👩‍🏫 Teachers
  • • Classroom assignments
  • • Auto-graded assessments
  • • Printable handouts
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parents
  • • Home learning support
  • • Homework help
  • • Skill reinforcement
🏠 Homeschoolers
  • • Curriculum planning
  • • Self-paced learning
  • • Progress tracking

Available Formats:

📄
Printable PDF
Download & print for home/classroom
💻
Interactive Digital
Auto-graded online assignments
✏️
Customizable
Adapt to your teaching needs

Grade Levels:

Grade 5

Subjects:

ela

Related Worksheets

interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.1.1,RL.2.1,RL.3.1,RL.4.1,RL.5.1,RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Story Summary Graphic Organizer - thumbnail
Story Summary Graphic Organizer
This story analysis graphic organizer includes space to write about the main characters, setting, summary, conflict, and...
RL.1.1RL.2.1RL.3.1RL.4.1
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.1.1,RL.2.1,RL.3.1,RL.4.1,RL.5.1,RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Story Map Graphic Organizer - thumbnail
Story Map Graphic Organizer
This story analysis graphic organizer includes space to write about the main characters, setting, summary, conflict, and...
RL.1.1RL.2.1RL.3.1RL.4.1
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Character Traits Graphic Organizer - thumbnail
Character Traits Graphic Organizer
This character analysis graphic organizer includes space to write the character's name, traits, relationships, major acc...
RL.3.3RL.4.3RL.5.3
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Know your Character:Graphic Organizer Worksheet - thumbnail
Know your Character:Graphic Organizer Worksheet
This character analysis graphic organizer includes space to write the character's name, traits, relationships, major acc...
RL.3.3RL.4.3RL.5.3
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.1.1,RL.2.1,RL.3.1,RL.4.1,RL.5.1,RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Story Elements Graphic Organizer - thumbnail
Story Elements Graphic Organizer
This story analysis graphic organizer includes space to write about the main characters, setting, summary, conflict, and...
RL.1.1RL.2.1RL.3.1RL.4.1
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.1.1,RL.2.1,RL.3.1,RL.4.1,RL.5.1,RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Story Analysis Graphic Organizer - thumbnail
Story Analysis Graphic Organizer
This story analysis graphic organizer includes space to write about the main characters, setting, summary, conflict, and...
RL.1.1RL.2.1RL.3.1RL.4.1
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.1.1,RL.2.1,RL.3.1,RL.4.1,RL.5.1,RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Story Graphic Organizer - thumbnail
Story Graphic Organizer
This story analysis graphic organizer includes space to write about the main characters, setting, summary, conflict, and...
RL.1.1RL.2.1RL.3.1RL.4.1
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.1.1,RL.2.1,RL.3.1,RL.4.1,RL.5.1,RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Story Summary Graphic Organizer | - thumbnail
Story Summary Graphic Organizer |
This story analysis graphic organizer includes space to write about the main characters, setting, summary, conflict, and...
RL.1.1RL.2.1RL.3.1RL.4.1
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Character Map Graphic Organizer - thumbnail
Character Map Graphic Organizer
This character analysis graphic organizer includes space to write the character's name, traits, relationships, major acc...
RL.3.3RL.4.3RL.5.3
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.5.3 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl - thumbnail
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl
RL.5.3
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.5.3 - Connecting Details to Theme - thumbnail
Connecting Details to Theme
This reading comprehension activity has 5th grade students read a short story and answer multiple choice questions about...
RL.5.3
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Character Exploration: Graphic Analysis - thumbnail
Character Exploration: Graphic Analysis
This character analysis graphic organizer includes space to write the character's name, traits, relationships, major acc...
RL.3.3RL.4.3RL.5.3
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Character Analysis Graphic Organizer - Landscape Format - thumbnail
Character Analysis Graphic Organizer - Landscape Format
This character analysis graphic organizer includes space to write the character's name, traits, relationships, major acc...
RL.3.3RL.4.3RL.5.3
interactive | printable worksheet on CCSS RL.3.3,RL.4.3,RL.5.3 - Character Analysis Graphic Organizer - thumbnail
Character Analysis Graphic Organizer
This character analysis graphic organizer includes space to write the character's name, traits, relationships, major acc...
RL.3.3RL.4.3RL.5.3

Connect with Workybooks!

7950 Silverton Av #208, San Diego CA 92126
WORKSHEETS
 
READINGTEACHER TOOLSRESOURCES
BLOG
COMPANY
Copyright © 2025 Workybooks. Made with ♥ in California.