Theme/central idea

Theme

• The evidence to support the answer

• the lesson the reader learns from a story

• where the story takes place

• the way the story is structured .

central idea

• the element of the story

• the moral of the story

• the main event of the story

• the authors point of view

From the time alexis was eight years old she dreamed of being a dentist. She decided to study science like never before. After high school graduation, she went to college and then to dental school. She studied many nights until she almost fell asleep and she often gave up the choice to do something fun if she had a test the next day. Finally Alexis became a dentist and had the life she once imagined.

• Laziness can have negative consequences

• Money doesn’t buy happiness

• Don’t judge a book by its cover

• Hard work pays off

Based on main points specifically stated in the text

• Central Idea

• Objective Summary

• Theme

What three questions align with a One Sentence Summary?

• Who/What?

• Does what?

• What about it/Why?

• How?

• Where?

The message, lesson, or moral of a story

• Theme

• Central Idea

• Objective Summary

Read the excerpt from Moon Mission.

People first set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped from the Apollo 11 spacecraft and planted an American flag on the moon’s rocky surface. Six NASA lunar missions followed over the next few years, and 10 more astronauts walked the lunar surface. Then the United States government stopped funding such missions. NASA hasn’t sent a crew to the moon since 1972.

Which central idea is best supported by the excerpt details?

• The United States government was afraid to try to send people into space.

• NASA determined it was less expensive to send satellites to the moon instead of people.

• Lunar missions were strong for a few years until NASA ran out of money to support them.

Read the following sentence: A woman risks her life to spy for the Union during the Civil War. The sentence is an example of a

• central idea

• theme

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.
• You can severely break your leg while crossing the street.
• Life is short; make the most of it.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A story can have more than one theme.

• False

• True