3/1/22

3/1/22

By Lora Seger

Theme

After this lesson, I will be identify the theme of a story using key details in the text.

After this lesson, I will be able to orally identify the theme of a story using key details in the text with the assistance of a graphic organizer.

What is theme?

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• What the author wants you to learn

• Central Message

• Lesson

• Moral​

​Main Idea vs. Theme

​Main Idea

​Theme

Multiple Choice

What is Main Idea?

• The supporting details in the story

• What the story is about

• The conclusion of a story

• The message of the story

​Main Idea vs. Theme

​Main Idea

​Theme

• ​What is the story about?

• 1-sentence summary​

• ​Not hidden

​Main Idea vs. Theme

​Main Idea

​Theme

• ​What is the story about?

• 1-sentence summary​

• ​Stated in text

• ​Usually not stated in text

• ​A big idea about life

• ​Inferred

​What does it mean to infer?

• ​To make a conclusion using...

​What you already know

​What does it mean to infer?

• ​To make a conclusion using...

​What you already know

​What does it mean to infer?

• ​To make a conclusion using...

​What you already know

Key details, context clues, and other evidence​ from story

Multiple Choice

To infer means...

• to guess what the story is about

• to summarize the story

• to find the main idea of the story

• to use what you know and what the story tells you to come up with a conclusion

​Main Idea vs. Theme

​Main Idea

​Theme

• ​What is the story about?

• 1-sentence summary​

• ​Stated

• ​Usually not stated

• ​A big idea about life

• ​Inferred

Supported by evidence

Multiple Choice

True or False: The theme is the main idea of the story.

• True

• False

​Themes are UNIVERSAL

• ​The theme can be applied to different stories

• ​Stories from different cultures, languages, and customs can have the same themes

• ​Themes do not contain names of characters, places, or details of plots

​Theme Topics vs. Themes

• ​Themes are not one-word ideas!

• ​Themes are specific.

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​THEME TOPICS

• ​Love

• ​Friendship

• ​Honesty

• ​Teamwork

• ​Loyalty

• ​Courage

​THEMES

• ​True friends will stand by you, even in difficult moments.

• ​Treat others the way you want to be treated.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT the same as theme?

• The central message of the story

• The lesson of the story

• The topic of the story

• The moral of the story

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could be a theme?

• It is better to take responsibility for your actions, than to lose your friends.

• Trust

• When Nemo works hard, he can achieve anything.

• New York is the best place to go on vacation.

By Tanya Henderson

​What is summarizing?

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• A brief overview of the main points in a story

• It includes the main characters, plot, setting, and conflict and resolution

• A solid summary will show that the reader understood the story after they read it

• Should include the title of the story

• Should be written in YOUR own words​

​What summarizing is NOT...

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• It is not a full retell of the story

• It does not include opinions

• It does not include predictions

• It does not include minor story details​

1. SWBST Somebody... Wanted... But... So... The

​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

​What are some good strategies to use?

​5 W's

Who, what, when, where, why?​

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​​Subheader

​​Subheader

Multiple Choice

What is a summary?

• a short explanation of a text
• a persuasive argument about a text
• a movie based off of a book
• a theme or universal lesson

Multiple Choice

You should write your summary

• in your own words with complete sentences
• in a secret language that you make up
• in one draft without revising
• in fragments without punctuation

Multiple Choice

A summary should not include the main character of the story.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

An easy way to remember summary for fiction is...

• Someone, Wanted, But, So, Then

• Somebody, Went, But, Somehow, Those

• Someone, Wanted, Then, End

• So, Wanted, But, Then

Multiple Choice

A summary is a retelling of the whole story in my own words.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers. The swamps of southeast Texas have alligators and other exotic wildlife.

The Summary of this passage is:

• There are a lot of cows in Texas.

• There are many different, varied parts of Texas.

• Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.

• There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

Exit Ticket

​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

Multiple Choice

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.

The Summary of this passage is:

• Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

• Jill loves Mexican food.

• The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

• Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.