Access 1 Skill: Theme
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Fill in the blanks as you watch the video about theme
or message the author is trying to express in a story or poem,
1. The theme is the central idea
is usually stated as a moral, or a lesson
2. The theme of a
directly
3. Renders often have to infer the theme because it is not
from the story to infer the theme.
4. Readers use
6. Dialogue, character's actions, descriptions, setting, plot events, and the story's
are all evidence that can help a reader infer the theme of a story,
"SL 9-10 2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (9. visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy
of each source
ELD P10.106 Em - Listening actively Demonstrate comprehension of oral presentations and discussions on familiar social and academic topics by asking and
answering questions with prompting and substantial support
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For each box in the right column write information related to the entry on the left.
fiction, poetry, or drama,
Theme is the central idea or message an author
expresses in a work of
To infer the theme of a story, novel, poem, or play,
answer this question
When a theme is not directly stated, it is developed over
A broad theme can be stated in
An example of a specific theme expressed in a sentence
is

Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.