Theme and Main Idea Through Summarizing
7th GradeELA45 min
Learning Objective
I can use summarizing strategies to identify a text's theme and main idea.
Lesson Flow
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Guided Notes
Key concepts students will learn:
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A theme is an important idea that is woven throughout a story and links a big idea about our world with the action of a text.
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The main idea is what the story is all about, while the summary is the events of the story, but the theme is a lesson or a message that you can take out of the story.
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In the story of Anansi, a theme could be that anyone can have a good idea or wisdom is inside all of us.
Practice
9 questions • Multiple choice & Short answer
Exit Ticket
“What is one possible theme of the movie Toy Story?”
Teacher Guide
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