Theme
Can there be more than one theme in a text?
Yes
What are two other names for central idea?
Main Idea and Big Idea
What is a key detail?
Details that explain and support the central idea.
What are text features?
All the pieces of the article (not just the text!)
What is theme?
The message, lesson, or moral the author is trying to teach you.
What is central idea?
Central idea is the point the author wants you to remember most in a text or section of text.
What is one other name for key details?
Supporting ideas, facts, or examples.
What kind of text feature explains what is happening in a photograph?
Caption
Can a theme be used for multiple books and texts?
Yes! Theme is universal!!
Which statement is not a theme?
A. Do not give up.
B. Hard work pays off.
C. She spent hours on her project to get an A+.
D. Always be yourself.
C. She spent hours on her project to get an A+.
Is central idea for fiction or nonfiction?
Theme?
Central idea- nonfiction
Theme- fiction
What text feature tells the definition of important words that are found in a text?
Glossary
What do you use to PROVE your theme is correct?
Text Evidence
What do you use to PROVE your central idea is correct?
Key details from the text
What is an explicit detail?
Details you can find directly in the text.
Read The Bear and the Bees and identify the lesson of the story:
A Bear roaming the woods in search of berries happened on a fallen tree in which a swarm of Bees had stored their honey. The Bear began to nose around the log very carefully to find out if the Bees were at home. Just then one of the swarm came home from the clover field with a load of sweets. Guessing what the Bear was after, the Bee flew at him, stung him sharply and then disappeared into the hollow log.
The Bear lost his temper in an instant, and sprang upon the log tooth and claw, to destroy the nest. But this only brought out the whole swarm. The poor Bear had to take to his heels, and he was able to save himself only by diving into a pool of water.
It is to deal with one problem in silence than to cause more problems by getting angry.
Read The Ants and the Grasshopper and identify the lesson of the story:
One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat.
"What!" cried the Ants in surprise, "haven't you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?"
"I didn't have time to store up any food," whined the Grasshopper; "I was so busy making music that before I knew it the summer was gone."
The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust.
"Making music, were you?" they cried. "Very well; now dance!" And they turned their backs on the Grasshopper and went on with their work.
There's a time for work and a time for play.
Read At the Park and identify the main idea:
I love to do many different things at the park. I slide down the slide, swing on the swings, and play with my friends. I also love to play on the seesaw and climb the monkey bars. I wish I could play at the park everyday!
You can do lots of different things at the park.
What is an implicit detail?
Details you have to infer.
A Wolf had stolen a Lamb and was carrying it off to his lair to eat it. But his plans were very much changed when he met a Lion, who, without making any excuses, took the Lamb away from him.
The Wolf made off to a safe distance, and then said in a much injured tone:
"You have no right to take my property like that!"
The Lion looked back, but as the Wolf was too far away to be taught a lesson without too much inconvenience, he said:
"Your property? Did you buy it, or did the Shepherd make you a gift of it? Pray tell me, how did you get it?"
What you have wrongly gained can be wrongly taken.