Theme and Supporting Evidence Quiz

What is theme?

• Direct lines from a text that you can use to support your arguments.

• Important information that tells more about the overall idea of a story.

• An idea about life or human nature that an author is trying to share with readers. Could be sentence.

• What we figure out based on experiences.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What is central idea?

• Direct lines from a text that you can use to support your arguments.

• Important information that tells more about the overall idea of a story.

• An idea about life or human nature that an author is trying to share with readers. Could be sentence.

• What we figure out based on experiences.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What is an inference?

• Direct lines from a text that you can use to support your arguments.

• Important information that tells more about the overall idea of a story.

• An idea about life or human nature that an author is trying to share with readers. Could be sentence.

• What we figure out based on experiences.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is textual evidence?

• Direct lines from a text that you can use to support your arguments.

• Important information that tells more about the overall idea of a story.

• An idea about life or human nature that an author is trying to share with readers. Could be sentence.

• What we figure out based on experiences.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

Read the text.

What is the theme of the passage?

• Differences of opinion create problems.

• Family should always be there to help.

• If they really want to help, teachers should just do all the work.

• Hard work pays off.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What evidence supports your understanding of the theme, "Hard work pays off,"?

• Even though she felt frustrated, she continued to go to class week after week.

• Georgia decided to take a sewing class.

• "Clearly I'm just terrible at sewing!" she complained.

• Georgia felt very frustrated when she couldn't sew a straight line on the first day.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Read the text.

What is the theme of the passage?

• Dreams come true when you go to parties.

• It is important to be there for your family.

• Best friends shouldn't have parties when their family is sick.

• Trust in your friends and they will help you.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What evidence helped you determine the theme, "It is important to be there for your family,"?

• I know you've been very excited about this party.

• Grandma is really sick.

• Greg had been looking forward to his best friend's party for over a month.

• It's not like this is the last party I'll ever be invited to and Grandma would be so sad if I didn't come.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Using your PDF in Mrs. McKinney's Google Classroom, look at the text, "The Grinding Stone That Ground Flour by Itself."

How do the events build to support the central idea?

• When Spider learns of the stone, Kofi selfishly tries to keep it for himself.

• Because of his hunger, Spider tries to learn the secret of Kofi's well-being.

• Because of his greed, Spider is suspicious of Kofi and then steals from him.

• When Kofi shows him the stone, Spider hurries to take it home to feed his family.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

Using the same passage, which summarizes the theme of the selection?

• A trustworthy friend is hard to find.

• Good things do not come from bad actions.

• Some creatures are more honest than others.

• Special things should not be shared with others.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9