Identify the Theme

A story's theme is its...

• message about life

• text evidence

• information the author didn't want you to know

• always figurative

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Katie Clean invited Messy Missy to her house to work on their biology project, but Katie Clean had no idea what a visit from Messy Missy entailed. First of all, it was raining and Messy Missy neither bothered to take her boots off nor thoroughly wiped them on the doormat. Then Messy Missy ate a bag of hot chips on Katie Clean’s white bedspread without asking, and Messy Missy is a sloppy eater, so hot chip powder got all over the bedspread. Katie Clean tried to be polite and ignore Messy Missy’s sloppy behavior, but then Messy Missy threw her chip wrapper on the floor. Offended, Katie Clean pretended that she was sick and asked Messy Missy to leave. The next day Katie Clean asked the teacher if she could work by herself. After explaining her situation, the teacher allowed Katie to work alone. Messy Missy would have finished the assignment by herself, but she spilled grape soda all over her assignment.

Select two Themes that are in this passage:

• Respecting others property is important

• You shouldn't get chips on your friends bedspread

• Friends get offended when you are messy.

• Choose your partners carefully

True or False

The Theme can be stated directly in the text.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Most often the Theme is implied and we have to figure it out by asking ourselves questions such as "what conflict did the character face?".

True or False

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Choose two questions we ask ourselves to figure out the Theme of a text:

• What conflict did the characters face?

• What is the setting

• How did the character react to the conflict?

• Did the character use dialogue?

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

A story's main theme might be difficult to figure out because:

(Select the best option)

• Its rarely stated directly

• The author doesn't want you to know it.

• Only adults will understand it.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

What does Theme add to a story?

• a sense of location

• The motivation of the characters

• Dialogue for the characters

• An important life lesson

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following is an example of THEME?

• Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.

• Life is short; make the most of it.

• Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.

• You can severely break your leg when riding a bike

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CCSS.RL.8.2

A rooster was resting high up in a tree when a wolf came to visit. He told the rooster that he could come down because peace had been declared, and all enemies were now friends. The rooster doubted what the wolf was telling him, but the wolf promised that it was true. Against his better judgement, the rooster climbed out of the tree and the wolf proceeded to eat him.

WHAT IS THE THEME OF THIS STORY?

• Don't believe everything you hear

• Never trust a wolf.

• Never have any enemies

• You shouldn't climb trees

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of these things is not related to the "theme" in a story?

• how a character is feeling
• a "life lesson" the main character learns
• a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand
• the moral of the story

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CCSS.RL.8.2