Central Message

Central Message

Multiple Choice

What is central message?

• Writing in complete sentences.

• The lesson you can learn from the story.

• The character's feelings in the story.

• A word that describes a noun.

Open Ended

What lesson does the author want you to learn? What could the central message be?

Open Ended

What could the central message be?

Multiple Choice

Read the story below.  Then choose the message/theme that fits the story.
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An ant passed by, bearing along with great effort an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.  "Why not come and chat with me," said the grasshopper, "instead of toiling away with work?"  "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the ant, "and I recommend you do the same."  "Why bother about winter?" said the grasshopper; we have plenty of food right now."  But the ant went on its way and continued to gather food.  When winter came, the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while the ants had plenty of food to go around from what they collected in the summer.  Then the Grasshopper knew.

• Hard work now will pay off later.
• It is better to play than to work hard.
• Grasshoppers are smarter than ants.
• Ants work together better than Grasshoppers.