Topic, Summary & Theme

Topics are....

• who or what the story is about

• tell the beginning, middle & end of the story

• are the moral of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Summaries....

• who or what the story is about

• tell the beginning, middle & end of the story

• are the moral of the story

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Themes...

• who or what the story is about

• tell the beginning, middle & end of the story

• are the moral of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Themes are ALWAYS said in the story

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Titles are hints to...

• the topic

• the summary

• the theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A summary states the main ideas from the...

• beginning

• middle

• end

• epilogue

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The topic is...

• Try new things

• Sam was bothered till he ate it & then he liked it

• Green Food

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

The theme could be..

• Listen to the Lorax

• Free the Swamee Swans

• Save the trees

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Themes can be generalized to many stories

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Topics are a paragraph long

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2