Theme and Rheme

Today we explored how theme and rheme can help us create sentences that flow into one another. The theme of a sentence is the topic (what is being talked about). The rheme is the information (what is being said about the topic) that follows. Often the rheme becomes the theme of the next sentence. Each group were challenged to write the next two possible sentences by paying close attention to the theme and rheme. 

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. With the decrease in seafood numbers fishermen will lose their jobs. Without their jobs these people and their families will be plunged into hardship. - Yvette, Zeba, Sajiha

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. Consequences could consist of low storage in fish stores Low fish numbers could lead to having no fish and chips. - Fine, Zahn, Dontalian, Tiare

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. These serious consequences will lead to lower fish numbers. Lower fish numbers means less seafood available in stores. - Tim, Courtney

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. These serious consequences will lead low fish numbers. A decrease in the population of fish will lead to people not having jobs. - Jasmine, Oh S’Mar, Juanita
New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. These consequences may result in less seafood being available in stores. If seafood is not available in stores people will start buying it illegally. - Shantay, Taikehu, Saruja, San Tat

New Zealand waters are overfished. This overfishing will have serious consequences. These serious consequences will lead to smaller amounts of fish. This will lead to smaller amounts of fish and seafood in stores. - John, Jacob, DJae