Theme and Main Idea

One summer, a grasshopper watched the ants work all day and all night storing seeds for the winter. "How boring," he said. "I will never work all day, I only want to play!" When winter came, the grasshopper looked and looked for food, but there was none around. He asked the ants for some food, but they told him that they worked hard for their food and they would not share any. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THIS STORY?

• You should never share.

• It gets cold in the winter.

• You should always share.

• You must work as well as play.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Probably the best-known rodeo cowboy in the world is Larry Mahan. Mahan was the national champion six times before he was 30. He was good at every event and was so successful that he had his own plane. When he got too old to be in the rodeo, he didn't stop doing rodeo work. He started a rodeo school. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THIS STORY?

• Where to ride bulls and rope calves.

• About the most famous rodeo cowboy in the world

• How to get rich in the rodeo

• Where to go to rodeo school

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

For years food chemists have tasted hot peppers used for chili sauce, catsup, and pizza, but people had a hard time figuring out the spiciness of the peppers. After eating two or three, their taste buds were burning. Now a machine can test different kinds of hot peppers. It measures the chemicals that provide the spicy taste of the peppers. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THIS STORY?

• How scientists measure chemicals

• Why people have trouble tasting hot peppers

• How a machine helps the hot-pepper industry

• how hot and spicy peppers are used

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the main idea of a text?

• the main characters

• the big lesson

• what the story is about

• the message

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is a "theme?"

• what the story is about

• the plot

• the lesson you can apply to your life

• the exposition

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Never give up on something that is important to you.

• Theme

• Main Idea

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Always treat others how you would want to be treated.

• Theme

• Main Idea

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

"Big Mike" was a homeless orphan who was taken in by a wonderful family. Their love and support helped him turn his life around and he become an NFL football player.

• Theme

• Main Idea

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Isaiah and Miguel love to play video games on the weekends, but when the weather is nice they like to play outside.

• Theme

• Main Idea

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

There once was an old farmer who needed money. One day his goose laid a golden egg! For one week the goose laid one golden egg a day. The farmer now had more gold then he would ever need, but he wanted his goose to lay more eggs! He was sure that they must be inside of the goose, so he decided to cut them out. Unfortunately, there were no more eggs in the goose and now the goose was dead. The farmer would never get another golden egg again. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THIS STORY?

• Money is the best thing in the world.

• Money can't buy happiness.

• Golden eggs are worthless.

• Golden eggs are priceless.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2