THEME 4th grade

Theme is ...

• The Main Idea

• The Message

• An Inference

• The Evidence

What is the theme of the tortoise and the hare?

• Sleep during a race

• If you are fast you will lose

• A tortoise and a hare did a race

• Slow and steady win the race

What is the theme of the boy who cried wolf?

• Liers are not believed when they speak the truth

• Be a lier and your sheep will attacked by a wolf

• Don't lie

• Lie and people will believe you

The theme of the lion and the mouse is don't judge a book by it's cover

• True

• False

What is the theme of King Midas and his Golden Touch

• Turn your daughter into gold

• Gold is good

• Get someone to give you gold

• Don't be greedy

What is the theme in the ant and the grasshopper?

• Be an ant not a grasshopper

• Don't dance and have fun work

• It is best to be prepared for the days of necessity

• Ants like food and grasshoppers don't

What is the theme of the bee-keeper and the bees?

• Don't judge a book by it's cover

• Things are not always what they seem

• Look for evidence before you say who did it

What is the theme in a bundle of sticks?

• Union gives strength

• Union never gives strength

• Strength is what is needed in union

What is the theme of the cat maiden?

• True nature is on the inside and will stay there forever

• nature is outside

• True nature will come out

What is the theme in the eagle and the crow?

• Be thoughtless

• Thoughtless imitation will end in danger