Landry
Landry students wear these color polo shirts.
What is red, white, and navy blue.
Define key details.
What are the important parts of a story.
This movie is the highest grossing superhero film of all time.
What is Avengers: Endgame.
Mrs. Smith was teaching her students about respect. All week she taught her students about treating others with kindness and even how to respect people they didn't agree with. But over the weekend, some of Mrs. Smith's students were at the mall and saw her yelling at a store employee. Mrs. Smith's student Jaime saw her yelling at the employee and thought that respecting others must not be that important after all. What is the theme?
A. Actions speak louder than words.
B. Friendships can come from unexpected places.
C. Through friendship you can overcome your fears.
A. Actions speak louder than words.
What is theme?
What is the lesson or message of the story.
CREE stands for these three words
What is Claim, Reason, Evidence, Explain.
This puts together the main plot points of a story into a short statement or paragraph.
What is a summary.
What popular kids movies involve a family with superpowers but are banned from using them?
What is The Incredibles.
Julia wanted to become a doctor for as long as she could remember. In college when her friends were out at the mall or going out with friends, Julia spent all of her time studying. At graduation, Julia graduated with high honors and was offered a job shortly after. What is the theme?
A. Studying is important.
B. It is important to go to college.
C. Hard work pays off.
C. Hard work pays off.
Can theme be just one word? Explain
What is no theme can not be just one word. It is a statement. If it is just one word it is considered a theme topic.
These two people are the principal and assistant principal of Landry Elementary School.
Who are Dr. Cockerham and Ms. Tolliver.
These two words make up the contraction they're.
What is "they are."
Who is the book author of the move "The Lorax"?
Who is Dr. Seuss.
Growing up, Cynthia was always in the shadow of her older sister Maria. Maria always got better grades, was better at sports, and was popular at school. Cynthia spent a lot of time in the family's garden feeling sorry for herself. Then one day Maria needed help on a science project about plants. Due to all of her time in the garden, Cynthia knew a lot about plants and was able help Maria with the project. Cynthia was shocked that she was better at something than her sister. What is the theme?
A. Accept yourself for who you are.
B. Family is the most important thing in life.
C. People need to take responsibility for their actions.
A. Accept yourself for who you are.
If you are having trouble determining the theme of a passage on a test, what are 2 things you could do?
What is reread the passage and think of theme topics that might help you then come up with a theme.
Landry Elementary School is located on this street.
What is Red River Street.
This word means to look as something more closely.
What is analyze.
What is the movie Neverland in?
What is Peter Pan.
A monkey put his hand into the jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and cried bitterly. What is the theme?
A. Do the right thing, even if it's hard.
B. If you are greedy, you might get nothing.
C. With hard work, you can do anything.
B. If you are greedy, you might get nothing.
You identify these in a story to support your theme choice.
What are key details.
This teacher has been at Landry the longest.
Who is Mrs. Sholes
This author wrote the short story "Hot Day on Abbott Avenue".
Who is Karen English.
What popular kids movie is this song, "Color of the Wind"?
What is Pocahontas.
One winter, a monkey found a snake stiff and frozen. The monkey felt sorry for the snake and so he picked the snake up and held it to his chest to try to warm it. The snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and because of its instincts, bit the monkey with all its might. What is the theme?
What is... even though you have good intentions, others may not.
Identify a book or movie and identify one possible theme.
Mrs. Buckner will evaluate answers individually.