R.L.6.2: Determine a theme/central idea and provide a summary

R.L.6.2: Determine a theme/central idea and provide a summary.

By Mr Bell-7

R.L.6.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text​ distinct from personal opinions or judgements.

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Open Ended

In your own opinion, what is the theme of a literary story?

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What Is a Literary Theme?

A literary theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work. The theme of a story can be conveyed using characters, setting, dialogue, plot, or a combination of all of these elements.

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Open Ended

In your own word, describe what a summary in literature could be?

​Kahn Academy Resource Video: Understanding Theme

https://youtu.be/MAu3e5GZo4k​

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Kahn Academy Resource Video: What is a main idea?

https://youtu.be/4swFGRhQoMI​

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Summary: Provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgements. ​

​Kahn Academy Resource Video: Summarizing

https://youtu.be/as7xe8UQEr4​

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​The steps to discovering the central idea of a passage:

1. Read the article and pay attention to the text features and text structures to determine the subject of the article.

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Examples of Text Features:

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Examples of Text Structures: Description, Sequence and Order, Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution)​

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Ask yourself "What is the subject of the article and what does the author reveal about the subject?"(Thats the central idea.)

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​Step 3:

Turn the central idea into a question.​

​Step 4: Answer the question. The answers are the supporting details.(which leads to citing evidence)

​The main idea is what something is mostly about. Main ideas are typically found in a literary passage. Central ideas are found in an informational text. The theme is the lesson or message that the writer wants to get across in his or her story.

Multiple Choice

Read the passage and answer the question.

Once upon a time, four boys lived in the countryside. One boy was very clever but he did not like books. His name was Good Sense. The other boys were not very clever but they read every book in the school. When they became grown men, they decided to go out into the world to earn their livelihood.

They left home and came to a forest where they halted for the night. When they woke up in the morning, they found the bones of a lion. Three of them, who had learnt their books well at school, decided to make a lion out of the bones.

Good Sense told them, “A lion is a dangerous animal. It will kill us. Don’t make a lion.” But the three disregarded his advice and started making a lion. Good Sense was very clever. When his friends were busy making the lion, he climbed up a tree to save himself. No sooner had the three young men created the lion and gave it life, than it pounced upon them and ate them up. Good Sense climbed down the tree and went home very sadly.

What is the moral of the story?

• A. Listen to a wise person's advice

• B. Never listen to someone who does not like to read books

• C. Think before you act

• D. Both A and C

Multiple Choice

Read the passage and answer the question.

Once upon a time, four boys lived in the countryside. One boy was very clever but he did not like books. His name was Good Sense. The other boys were not very clever but they read every book in the school. When they became grown men, they decided to go out into the world to earn their livelihood.

They left home and came to a forest where they halted for the night. When they woke up in the morning, they found the bones of a lion. Three of them, who had learnt their books well at school, decided to make a lion out of the bones.

Good Sense told them, “A lion is a dangerous animal. It will kill us. Don’t make a lion.” But the three disregarded his advice and started making a lion. Good Sense was very clever. When his friends were busy making the lion, he climbed up a tree to save himself. No sooner had the three young men created the lion and gave it life, than it pounced upon them and ate them up. Good Sense climbed down the tree and went home very sadly.

What can be an appropriate title for the above story?

• A. The Four Friends

• B. Good Sense

• C. The Lion and the Friends

• D. The Men

Multiple Choice

Read the passage and answer the question.

One evening, long after most people had gone to bed, a friend and I were making our way merrily back home through the silent and almost deserted streets. We had been to a musical show and were talking about the actor we had seen and heard in it.

“That show made him a star overnight,” said my friend about one of the actors. “He was completely unknown before and now thousands of teenagers send him chocolates and love letters through the mail.”

“I thought he was quite good,” I said, “but not worth thousands of love letters daily. As a matter of fact, one of his songs gave me a pain.”

“What was that?” my friend asked. “Sing to me.” I burst into a parody of the song.

“Be quiet for heaven’s sake!” My friend gave me an astonished look.

“You’ll give everybody a fright and wake people up for miles around.”

“Never mind,” I said, intoxicated with the sound of my own voice. “I don’t care. How does it matter?”

And I went on singing the latest tunes at the top of my voice.

Presently there came behind us the sound of heavy footsteps and before you could say “Jack Robinson” a policeman was standing in front of me, his notebook open, and a determined look on his face.

“Excuse me, sir,” he said. “You have a remarkable voice, if I may say so. Who taught you to sing? I’d very much like to find someone who can give my daughter singing lessons. Would you be kind enough to tell me your name and address? Then my wife or I can drop you a line and discuss the matter.”

What happened at the end of the story?

• A. Both the friends went home and had dinner.

• B. The writer gave the policeman his name and address.

• C. The policeman arrested both friends.

• D. They went to see another musical show.