Theme

Theme

Multiple Select

Select all that apply: Themes are.....

• One word

• Universal

• Apply to more than just the story

• One sentence

• a summary of the story

Implied themes 

• must be inferred by the reader 

• look at: 

• character development 

• plot (what happens does the good guy lose? what does that mean about good guys?) 

• setting 

Open Ended

How are implied themes and stated (explicit) themes different?

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of the passage?

• People should be judged by their character and not their clothing.

• Perceptions

• Clothes are important to who you are.

• People judge clothes.

Open Ended

What is the difference between central idea and theme?

Multiple Choice

Objective summaries are....

• full of opinion and bias (subjective)

• without opinion or bias (objective)

Multiple Choice

Earthquakes happen not only in San Francisco, but in many places where there are great cracks in the rocks below the ground. The rocks on each side of the crack slide past each other. Suddenly, the ground begins to shake. The shaking lasts for a few seconds or even minutes. Buildings sometimes fall down. The rocks settle. Then the earthquake is over The best summary for the passage above would be

• What happens during an earthquake?

• The Great San Francisco Earthquake

• What to do to be safe during an earthquake.

• o Why buildings fall down during an earthquake.

Poll

I can identify a theme statement

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a properly cited theme statement?

• The film The Lion King by the Disney Company is

  about responsibility, and reveals that the true mark

  of maturity is accepting our duties and the

  consequences for our mistakes.

• The film The Lion King is about an evil uncle, Scar, who kills his brother (Mufasa) and takes over the kingdom. Mufasa's son then loses his rightful place as king. His son must then fight for his kingdom back.

• The film The Lion King is really just a cartoon version of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Poll

I can identify an objective summary

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of an objective summary?

• The article “Stomp Out Bullying” by Jennifer Dignan shows why bullying is a problem and how it can be solved. The article discusses how one out of four teens is bullied. In fact, many schools and organizations have established anti-bullying programs to address this problem. To help stop bullying, students should speak up when they are bullied or when they see bullying happen.

• The article "Stomp Out Bullying" by Jennifer Dignan is a really good article to discuss bullying. It says that we should stop bullying in school and I agree. I don't think that bullying is good. They talk about the anti-bullying things that people are doing and they are good programs.