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In Other Words...
NOT IN THE HALLS!
The Moral of the Story
What's the Big Idea?
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to work with a partner or group; work together

COLLABORATE

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to float in the air; to move back and forth anxiously

HOVER

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a person who moves slowly or falls behind

LAGGARD

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The moral or life lesson learned from a story

THEME

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A statement that tells what a text is mostly about 

CENTRAL IDEA

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to change and develop gradually; to achieve a new or higher level of existence

EVOLVE

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to return or go back; change back to a former condition

REVERT

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to have a noisy, angry argument with no easy solution

WRANGLE

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A story's theme is found by analyzing how the events of the story ______ the characters.

CHANGE or EVOLVE

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The central idea of a text should answer at least two or three of these questions

WHO? WHAT? WHY? WHEN? WHERE? HOW?

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One old __________ my grandpa always used was "The early bird gets the worm"

ADAGE

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Josie wanted to go to the mall this weekend, but the trip was ______________ by the fact she was grounded.

PRECLUDED

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Dr. Reid is not afraid to ___________ a few kids if they don't move out of his way. 

JOSTLE

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A theme should be _______ so that the lesson can be applied to practically anyone

UNIVERSAL

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The central idea statement should be _________ to the text and its subject/character

SPECIFIC

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Instead of reading all of Anne Frank's Diary, we read just a small _______________.

EXCERPT

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Some students are so __________ they listen to everything the teacher says. 

SERVILE

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The hallways become so _____________ during dismissal with everyone yelling and shoving each other. 

DISCORDANT

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A good theme for All Summer in a Day would be...

answers vary

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The central idea of a text should read a lot like one of these

NEWSPAPER HEADLINE

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Mr. Comer received many ____________ when they announced he was teacher of the century. 

PLAUDITS

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The new Marvel movie made so much money, it's been called a box office _____________.

BONANZA

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Mr. Comer's 7th period class gets very _________ when playing games, so Mr. Comer _________ them from ever doing so again and got _________ so hard at dismissal that he fell down into the hallway. 

CHURLISH; PRECLUDED; JOSTLED

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A good theme for Diary of Anne Frank would be...

answers vary

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This would be a good central idea for the article where Elie Wiesel receives recognition for his dedication to human rights

ELIE WIESEL RECEIVES RECOGNITION FOR HIS DEDICATION TO HUMAN RIGHTS