Quarter 3: English: Week 6

Quarter 6: English: Week 6

Major Points and Key Themes

Objective:

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Identify major points and key themes. 

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• Every story has different elements. It has characters, settings, and events. These significant details play important roles in understanding the story.

• Aside from these story elements, stories also give specific major points and key themes. As a reader, it is necessary that you are able to identify the major points and key theme shown in each story. 

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Read the story in next slide. 

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The selection above tells us that Anthony is a studious pupil as he studies well in school and at home. This is the major point.

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Meanwhile, it also tells that studying well can help one get good grades and be successful in life. This is the theme.

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Learning Task 1:

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Read the paragraph below. Then, answer the questions that follow. Write the letters of your answers in your notebook. 

Multiple Choice

______1. What is the major point of the paragraph?

• A. Floppy is a cat.

• B. Floppy can do tricks.

• C. Floppy is smart.

Multiple Choice

______2. What is the best key theme of the story?

• A. Cats are smart animals.

• B. Cats are tricky animals.

• C. Cats are sleepy animals.

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Learning Task 2: Read each paragraph. Then, identify what each item tells. Write the letters of your answers in your notebook. 

Multiple Select

1. Carabaos help farmers in plowing the field. They give us milk and meat. The story is about _________.

• A. farmers

• B. carabaos

• C. meats

Multiple Select

2. Emma and Roi go to school everyday. After school, they help their parents in doing household chores. Emma washes the dishes while Roi sweeps the floor.

The paragraph is about the ________.

• A. honest children

• B. helpful children

• C. polite children

📚MAJOR POINTS AND KEY THEMES

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Learning Task 3:

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Read the paragraphs. Then, identify the theme and main idea in each story. Write the letters of your answers in your notebook. 

Multiple Choice

______1. What is the major point of the story?

• A. Bats are mammals.

• B. Bats can eat up to 1,000 insects in one hour.

• C. Bats help in controlling the population of insects.

Multiple Choice

______2. What is the key theme of the story?

• A. bats’ eating habits

• B. bats’ favorite food

• C. bats’ contribution to nature

Multiple Choice

3. What is the major point of the story?

• A. Cold weather makes us sleepy.

• B. Cold weather tells us to wear jacket.

• C. Cold weather prevents us from going outside.

Multiple Choice

4. What is the key theme of the story?

• A. Cold weather makes us sleepy.

• B. Cold weather tells us to wear jacket.

• C. Cold weather prevents us from going outside.

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In your notebook, complete the paragraph by selecting your answers from the choices below. Write your answers in your notebook. 

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Multiple Choice

The (1)__________ of a story deal with what the story is all about. Meanwhile, the (2)__________ explain the central idea that a story tells. These two (3)__________ are both important in understanding a story or selection.

• elements

• major points

• key themes

Multiple Choice

The (1)__________ of a story deal with what the story is all about. Meanwhile, the (2)__________ explain the central idea that a story tells. These two (3)__________ are both important in understanding a story or selection.

• elements

• major points

• key themes

Multiple Choice

The (1)__________ of a story deal with what the story is all about. Meanwhile, the (2)__________ explain the central idea that a story tells. These two (3)__________ are both important in understanding a story or selection.

• elements

• major points

• key themes

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