Summary/Theme Review

What is the definition of a summary?

• a brief statement or account of the main points or events

• the lesson learned

• the author's opinion of the story

• retelling the entire story

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following belong in the first sentence of a summary?

• title

• date written

• author's first and last name

• text type

• verb + main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Give me an example of text type (remember text type is what you are looking at/analyzing)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is theme?

• main points of the story

• lesson or moral of the story

• the topic of the story

• how the story ends

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following would NOT be an example of theme?

• Love conquers all

• Respect your elders

• Never give up

• Don't let your mask slide down in front of your teachers

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

True or False: Themes are specific to characters in the story

• False

• True

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Themes are often developed around words/ideas that the story is about even though the word itself might not appear in the text. Which of the following is NOT a topic themes can be built around?

• Love

• Greed

• Honesty

• Kindness

• pencils

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Name a story we read last week in class

Write a lesson/moral of the story/theme you've heard before that we can all learn from

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

True or False: Summary and Theme are 2 different words for the same thing

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2