Main Idea and Theme

What is not a theme

• Eating candy

• Hard work pays off

• Always help poeple

• Never steal

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

The boys never expected to get caught stealing the bag of chips, but the security camera caught their theft.

• main idea
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

The boys never expected to get caught stealing the bag of chips, but the security camera caught their theft.

• Theme
• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

Never give up on something that is important to you.

• Theme
• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

A novel can have more than one theme.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does the MAIN IDEA of a story tell the reader?

• When to eat lunch
• The conflict of the story
• What the story is about 
• The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

What the story is mostly about

• main idea

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

The message, lesson, or moral of a story.

• Main Idea

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

It was a rainy day, and mom had to get creative to keep the kids from getting too bored.

• Main idea

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

She knew she would have to work hard, but Jana has always wanted to win a spelling bee.

• main idea

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9