Theme/Central Idea
What is a "theme"?
a. everything that happened in the story
b. the lesson or message you can take away
c. the character's names
b. the lesson or message you can take away!!
What is a summary?
a. a quick explanation of what happened in the story
b. the lesson or message
c. the setting
a. a quick explanation of what happened in the story!
What should you do when answering multiple choice questions?
What is a CER?
a. A claim, evidence and reasoning
b. multiple choice question
c. a reading passage
a. a claim, evidence and reasoning
Which of these words ALSO means theme?
a. central idea
b. summary
c. setting
d. characters
a. central idea
What is important to include in a summary?
a. random details from the story
b. big events that affect the character the most
c. every single little thing that happens
If the test is being read to you and you hear the question, "Why was paragraph 14 important to the story?", what should you ask the person reading it to you?"
Can you read paragraph 14 again?
What does the C stand for in CER?
Claim!
Which one of these is an example of a theme of Inside Out?
a. Joy sabotaged Sadness and made her stay away
b. Riley moves to a new school.
c. It's ok to feel sad sometimes, it's normal.
c. It's ok to feel sad sometimes, it's normal.
Which detail would be MOST important to include in the summary of the movie Inside Out?
a. Riley doesn't like broccoli on her pizza
b. Joy and Sadness get lost inside of Riley's brain.
c. Anger wears a suit.
b. Joy and Sadness get lost inside of Riley's brain.
Which test are we taking tomorrow??
The ELA test!
What can you do to make your claim based on a question?
a. restate the question/copy and paste
b. Write whatever you want
c. answer the question right away
a. restate the question/copy and paste
Which of these is a central idea from the movie Frozen?
a. It's ok to be different.
b. Ana and Elsa get in a huge fight.
c. Olaf almost melts by the fire.
a. it's ok to be different!
Which detail would be important to include in a summary of Frozen?
a. Elsa almost froze Ana when they were playing as kids.
b. Olaf is a snowman.
c. Ana wears her hair in braids.
a. Elsa almost froze Ana when they were playing as kids.
What can you do when you're DONE with the test?
Read or sleep, so don't rush!!
What is evidence?
a. the first sentence you write
b. details from the story to support your answer
c. explaining why you said something
b. details from the story to support your answer!
What is an example of a theme from our poster?? (the red and black one)
There are many options!
What's a detail you would include in a summary of the movie Encanto?
There are many options!
How many options do you normally have for a multiple choice question?
4, so you have to look carefully.
What claim would you write from this question?
"What is a theme from the story Inside Out?"
A theme from the story Inside Out is...