Theme
What is theme?
What is the message or lesson the author wants you to learn?
What is the main idea?
What is what the text is mostly about?
What does it mean to use context clues?
Use surrounding words to figure out meaning.
What is text evidence?
What is proof from the text?
What is a character?
A person/animal in a story
A character learns that honesty is important after telling a lie. What’s the theme?
What is Honesty is important?
Main idea or detail?
“Dogs need food, water, and exercise.”
What is main idea?
“The boy trudged through the mud.”
What does trudged most likely mean?
What is walked slowly/heavily?
Why do we use text evidence?
What is to support my answer?
What is setting?
Where and when the story takes place
What is the difference between theme and main idea?
Theme = lesson, Main Idea = what the text is mostly about
What helps support the main idea?
What are Supporting details?
What resource can you use that gives a definition of unknown words?
What is a dictionary?
Which is better text evidence?
A) “I think…”
B) “The text states…”
What is "The text states"
What is conflict?
The problem in the story
Why can’t a theme be just one word?
It must be a complete message or lesson
Why is the main idea important?
What is it helps readers understand the text?
“The sky was gloomy, dark, and gray.”
What does gloomy mean?
What is Dark/sad?
In written response what must follow text evidence.
What is explain?
What is plot?
Events in the story (beginning, middle, end)
Give a theme for a story where a character never gives up despite challenges.
What is Perseverance leads to success?
If details are about recycling helping the Earth, what is the main idea?
What is recycling helps the environment?
Why are context clues important on STAAR?
Help determine word meaning without a dictionary.
Why is text evidence important for SCRs?
It proves your thinking and earns full credit
Define Climax
The turning point in the story