Types of Nouns
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What does "theme" mean?
It is the lesson the story teaches or the message.
How do we write our "main idea" statements?
One sentence summary
What is the subject of the sentence?
What is a "folktale"?
A story that is passed down from generation to generation.
What are the two kinds of nouns?
Abstract and Concrete
What was one theme from Rumplestilskin?
Do not lie.
Be humble; don't brag.
Actions have consequences.
Tell me a main idea for Pandora's Box.
Pandora is given a forbidden box by Zeus but opens it and all of the evil is let out into the world.
What is the predicate of the sentence?
What the subject is doing.
What is a "fable"?
A story that teaches a lesson about life. Usually there are personified animals.
Name the nouns and tell us whether they are abstract or concrete.
The boy felt sad because he lost his favorite pencil.
Boy = concrete
Sad = abstract
pencil = concrete
What was one theme from The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
Be honest.
Actions have consequences.
What is one main idea of The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
A boy lies about a wolf too many times so people don't believe him when a real wolf comes.
What is the subject and predicate of this sentence?
The boy went to the mall to buy shoes.
The boy
went to the mall to boy shoes
What is a "myth"?
A mysterious story or scary story that teaches a lesson about life.
What are abstract nouns? Give me an example.
Nouns that express ideas or feelings.
What was one theme from Pandora's Box?
There is hope in all things.
What is the main idea of Rumplestilskin?
A girl is forced to give a man her baby if she is unable to guess his name.
What is the subject of the following sentence?
I went to school.
I
What is a "legend"?
Name the nouns and tell us whether they are abstract or concrete.
Ashley felt like she needed some relaxation after school.
Ashley = concrete
relaxation = abstract
school = concrete
Think about the stories we have read so far. Do they have similar themes? Why or why not?
Answers will vary.
How are theme and main idea different?
Main ideas talk about actual events from the story. It is a one sentence summary.
Theme is the lesson that the story teaches us. It is an opinion.
What is every complete sentence composed of?
A subject and predicate?
Name one other type of fiction story and define it.
Tall tale. Over exaggerated to be funny.