Theme-2

In his sophomore year of high school, Michael Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team at Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. But at five feet and eleven inches tall, the coach believed that Jordan was too short to play at that level, so Jordan was cut from the team. Jordan didn’t let this obstacle defeat him. In fact, it pushed him to work even harder. He trained vigorously and grew another four inches the following summer. When he finally made the varsity squad, Jordan averaged 25 points a game and went on to become one of the greatest basketball players in history. all paragraph com from E learning.com

• The theme is to Never give up.

• you should never turn evil.

• The main idea is Never give up.

• Micheal Jordan is cool

Justin had no one to sit with at lunch. He was new in town, and tried to make friends everyday. Because Justin spoke with a strange accent, many of the kids did not want to sit with him at lunch. Rachel noticed Justin eating by himself one day and invited him over. Justin and Rachel quickly became friends, and Justin began to enjoy coming to school everyday. What is the main theme (message) of this story?

• Justin was lucky to have a friend like Rachel.

• You should not speak to someone because they are different from you.

• Be kind to others.

Blake tried not to tear up as he said good-bye to his classmates. This was his last day at school before his family moved to Chicago. Blake was going to miss everybody, but he was particularly sad about leaving his buddy Dax. As Blake gave Dax a hug, Dax slipped him a piece of paper that said “I’ll write you every week,” and then had Dax’s email address on it. Blake smiled through his tears.

• saying goodbye

• it is okay to hug friends

• moving

• friendship

Sunni watched as her teacher talked sternly to a girl. She saw her teacher point to a hole in the ground that Sunni had dug. The girl whined, “I didn’t do it,” but Sunni’s teacher shook her head and made the girl sit against the fence. Sunni sighed and walked up to her teacher. She said, “Mrs. Baker, that girl didn’t dig the hole, I did. I’m sorry.”

• honesty

• bullying

• getting in trouble

• playing outside

Milo knew that none of the other boys in his class liked him. They weren’t mean to him, but nobody wanted to be his friend. When Milo told his parents how he didn’t have any friends, they decided to take him shopping. They bought Milo new shoes, a new video game, and a brand new cell phone. Milo took all of his new stuff to school the next day to show the boys, but it didn’t help him make any friends.

• you can impress people with things

• helping others makes you feel good

• money can't buy happiness

• making friends is hard

Aria had been looking forward to Friday all week. Her dad had promised that he would take her to her favorite restaurant and then they would go bowling together. When she got home, though, her dad wasn’t there. Instead, she found an envelope full of twenty dollar bills and a note from her dad that said she was going to go bowling with her friend’s family instead of him. Aria cried as she called her friend to cancel.

• bowling is fun

• it is hard to wait

• honesty is the best policy

• money won't buy happiness

When Zoe’s sister broke her arm, Zoe helped her out a LOT. Zoe carried her backpack to school, helped her cut her food, scratched her back, and even did her chores for her – which included cleaning the toilet! Helping her sister took up a lot of her time, so Zoe wasn’t able to hang out with her friends very much. It was worth missing out on fun knowing that her sister was taken care of, though.

• helping others can make you happy

• money can't buy happiness

• slow and steady wins the race

• honesty is the best policy

Laura and Clarissa hung out every day after school. Sometimes Clarissa would make fun of Laura. She also would trick her into doing her chores –Clarissa hated cleaning her room, so it was nice that she could get Laura to clean it for her. One day, Laura told Clarissa that she was going to start hanging out with Brittney after school instead. Laura even stopped hanging out with Clarissa at recess.

• you should have more than one friend

• friends change

• friends support you even when you make mistakes

• to have a good friend, you must be a good friend

What are both the daughter and son concerned with?

• Getting good grades

• How they look in the mirror

• Fall Break

Once a frog jumped off an embankment into what he assumed was a pond. Unfortunately it was not a pond; it was just a ditch. There was a raccoon in the ditch that ate him. 

• Respect your elders

• Don't steal

• Look before you leap 

• Don't be boastful