Sweet Themes to Explore

This theme-focused worksheet is designed for Grades 3-5 and helps students explore three major themes in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: greed, kindness, and imagination. For each theme, students identify a specific example from the story-such as a character’s behavior or an important event-and then explain what lesson the example teaches. This structure guides learners to move beyond simple recall and into meaningful interpretation.

By connecting story events to moral lessons, students begin to understand how authors use characters and plot to communicate important ideas about behavior, values, and choices.

Learning Goals

• Identifying Themes in Literature (Elementary ELA) – Recognize central ideas in a story
• Using Textual Evidence – Support ideas with examples from the book
• Analytical Writing – Explain how events and characters convey lessons
• Understanding Moral Messages – Interpret how fiction teaches right and wrong

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Aligned with upper elementary ELA standards
• Clear, Guided Structure – Theme → example → lesson format supports developing writers
• Builds Critical Thinking – Encourages students to explain why examples matter
• Reinforces Character Understanding – Connects traits to outcomes and lessons
• Flexible Use – Ideal for independent work, small groups, assessment, or discussion prep
• Low Prep – Print-and-use worksheet with student-friendly prompts

This Sweet Themes to Explore worksheet helps students see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as more than an entertaining story by highlighting the moral lessons behind the candy-coated adventure. By identifying themes and explaining their meaning, learners strengthen comprehension, analytical thinking, and written expression while engaging thoughtfully with literature.

This worksheet is part of our Charlie and the Chocolate Factory worksheets collection.