Theme
When determining the theme, a reader must first consider what?
The subject / topic
This is how you start a narrative.
A hook
What is the definition of main idea?
What the story/ text is all about?
He went to see dr. alan located on hollywood street.
What errors are in the sentence above?
What are capitals: Dr. Alan, Hollywood Street?
"It is raining cats and dogs outside!" Hurry, we have to get into the house.
What does the phrase raining cats and dogs mean?
It is raining really hard outside.
What is the definition of theme?
The overall lesson of the story
When writing a story, you should include these 3 things...
Character feelings, action, and dialogue.
True or False: Main Idea can include character names or places?
True
Joseph sank into his chair as he was assigned his new seat.
What part of speech is the word sank?
Predicate
The trees danced around in the wind.
What does this phrase mean?
The wind was blowing the leaves causing them to move.
True or False: A theme statement must include names or places to be true.
False
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
Proper noun is capitalized; proper noun is a specific name of a person place or thing
Seated on his throne, King Midas wore a golden crown. He had golden rings on each finger and held a golden scepter. His vest was embroidered with golden thread and even his shoes had golden ornaments. He had a golden box filled with gold coins. He named his daughter Marigold.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
A: King Midas had a heart of gold.
B: King Midas loved gold
B. King Midas loved gold
A word that describes a person, place, or thing.
subject describer
Ex: The beautiful garden blossomed in the spring.
I rubbed my shoulders as I walked. My backpack weighs a ton! I thought to myself.
What does the phrase weighs a ton mean?
The bag was really heavy.
A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been. What is the theme?
Dont be greedy
What should you do to help move your story along from beginning, middle, to end?
Use transition words
Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting. Today explorers still carry and eat this food.
What is the passage mostly about?
A: what can be put into pemmican
B: how pemmican was prepared by Native Americans.
B: how pemmican was prepared by Native Americans.
dont sit like that, you will mess up youre spine jenna said.
What is wrong with this sentence?
Missing quotation marks
your instead of you're
missing period
Capitalize Jenna
My voice was a cannon breaking the silence.
What does this mean?
He was very loud.
In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he would die of thirst. Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink. What is the theme?
Be persistent
Thump! the students gasped as they picked up the laptop. The screen was shattered and they all began pointing the finger at each other when the teacher walked over. What kind of hook is this?
Onomatopoeia
Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way. Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?
A:
Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way
B:
They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area
A:
Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way
The ______ was beautiful today. The sun was shining and it was 75 degrees.
Which word belongs in the blank space?
A: Weather
B: Whether
A: Weather
The rain fell and kissed my cheeks.
What kind of figurative language is this?
Personification