Day 1

What is Theme?

• where the story takes place

• who is in the story

• the lesson or moral of the story

• the main character

Central/Main Idea

• the lesson or moral of the story

• the author's message he/she is trying to deliver

• the claim of the text

• what happened in the text

Inferences

• figure out a word based on clues

• make an educated guess based on the text and your life

• to know what happens in the story before finishing

• to think about how the text impacts you

Conflict

• problem

• reason

• feeling

• helping

Convey

• think

• grow

• know

• show