Themes by Topic
Oklahoma A.4.2 Demonstrate knowledge of literary elements and techniques and how they affect the development of a literary work.
A.4.2.c Identify the author's purpose (persuade, inform, or entertain).
- Author Study: Rick Riordan
- Author Study: Arnold Lobel
- Author Study: Beverly Cleary
- Author Study: Bill Wallace
- Author Study: Cheryl Harness
- Author Study: Chris Van Allsburg
- Author Study: Dr. Seuss
- Author Study: Louis Sachar
- Author Study: Maya Angelou
- Author Study: R.L. Stine
- Author Study: Roald Dahl
- Author Study: Tomie dePaola
- Literature: "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Dear America Book: West to a Land of Plenty" by Jim Murphy
- Literature: "Dovey Coe" by Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Literature: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Flip-Flop Girl" by Katherine Paterson
- Literature: "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
- Literature: "Love That Dog" by Sharon Creech
- Literature: "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
- Literature: "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Poppy" by Avi
- Literature: "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
- Literature: "The Best Halloween Ever" by Barbara Robinson
- Literature: "The Family Under the Bridge" by Natalie Savage Carlson
- Literature: "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes
- Literature: "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
- Literature: "The Watsons Go to Birmingham --1963" by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Literature: "Trouble River" by Betsy Byars
- Literature: "True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi
- Literature: "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
- Literature: "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
- Reading: Author's Purpose
