Theme

What is theme?

• how the reader feels about the story
• What the main character learns 
• the title
• central message or moral of the story

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Which category best identifies the text pictured?

• theme

• topic

• text details

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Which category best identifies the text pictured?

• theme

• topic

• text details

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Which category best identifies the text pictured?

• theme

• topic

• text details

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which category best identifies the text pictured?

• theme

• topic

• text details

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Which category best identifies the text pictured?

• theme

• topic

• text details

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

She sobbed for hours trying to think of a way out of having to tell her father she wrecked her new car.  After stewing over it for quite some time, she called her father on his cell phone.  "Thank you," he said.

• Sometimes crying is good for you
• it's important to be honest
• Driving a car is a big responsibility
• expereincing loss/grief is difficult

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

My best friend was having a party Friday night, but I also had a baseball game.  This was going to be a tough decision.  If I do not go to the game, I will let my team down.

• It's important to be loyal
• Your friends are the most important things in life
• Being good at sports is the best way to get friends
• it's important to never give up

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Which of the following is an example of THEME?

• Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.
• Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.
• How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
• Life is short; make the most of it.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Jim was stacking boxes at work.  There was a certain height he had to reach.  He stretched his body, but could not reach to place the final box at the top.  Bill happened to see Jim struggling and came to his rescue, since he was a foot taller.

• teamwork can accomplish a goal
• tall people are the best
• work hard to reach a goal
• people can be like boxes

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9