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Determine theme and summarize the text
RL4.2 :Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
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Monday: Theme |
Topic: The topic is the subject of the text. For example, friendship, family, nature, and adventure can all be topics. Theme: The theme is the main message or lesson of a text. It is what the author believes or wants you to learn about the topic. For example, family is important.
Find this page and write the notes in your journals.
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Steps to identifying the theme:
1. Read the text
2. Identify the story elements
3. Make a list of topics
4. Pick one topic to write a sentence about what the author believes about that topic
"The author believes _____ about ______(topic)."
(Do not use character names, theme should be universal, not just for the one story, and do not be too vague)
5. Cross off "The author believes" to make it a theme statement.
6. Back up you theme statement with text evidence
2. Identify the story elements
3. Make a list of topics
4. Pick one topic to write a sentence about what the author believes about that topic
"The author believes _____ about ______(topic)."
(Do not use character names, theme should be universal, not just for the one story, and do not be too vague)
5. Cross off "The author believes" to make it a theme statement.
6. Back up you theme statement with text evidence
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Tuesday: Summarizing |
Summaries should be short and to the point. Only the main parts of the story should be includes.
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