The use of literary themes in middle school and high school classroom instruction is a key method of teaching meaning and comprehension. Lessons that focus on such broad ideas, pervasive movements, and cohesive principles move beyond minor details and isolated episodes to the focus of literature-the elements that amplify and illuminate human experience. The following list organizes titles under individual themes which will be helpful in outlining curriculum, planning, scope and sequence, upgrading lists of required works, enhancing book collections, contrasting fiction and nonfiction, or suggesting parallel reading for independent study.
Grades 6-8
Barriers, Facing And Overcoming
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Family Relationships
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Fantasy: Our World And Beyond
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Friendship And Trust
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Horror And Mystery
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Human Struggle And Conflict
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Limitations And Loss
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Love And Sacrifice
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Supernatural And The Unexplained
{ See entire set }
Survivual
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High School
Barriers, Facing And Overcoming
{ See entire set }
Family Relationships
{ See entire set }
Fantasy: Our World And Beyond
{ See entire set }
Friendship And Trust
{ See entire set }
Horror And Mystery
{ See entire set }
Human Struggle And Conflict
{ See entire set }
Limitations And Loss
{ See entire set }
Love And Sacrifice
{ See entire set }
Supernatural And The Unexplained
{ See entire set }
Survivual
{ See entire set }
