Main Ideas in Texts - including theme and purpose
Know the difference between theme and main idea and help your students learn HOW that main idea is illustrated through evidence from texts in this fully editable resource to complement any genre. (Suitable for years 10-13.)
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Students:
- Learn the difference between theme and main idea (aka 'big' or 'central' idea).
- Look at common themes and the ideas that could fall from these.
- Look at common themes from te ao Māori and the ideas that could fall from these.
- Practice writing about main ideas using scaffolds provided.
- Link main ideas with evidence to learn about how ideas are illustrated/developed (from short texts provided, then their own studied text).
- Have a quick look at how ideas are developed in non-fiction texts.
- Learn how purpose and main idea are linked.
This resource includes:
⭐ A student booklet.
⭐ A teacher booklet with answers/sample answers.
You and your students will enjoy:
❤️ Clear explanations with graphics to help.
❤️ Scaffolded learning and short writing activities.
❤️ Annotated examples.
❤️ Linking learning with your own studied text.
Formats:
🖥️ Microsoft PowerPoint, resized to an A4 page. This means your resource:
- Is completely editable.
- Will easily upload to your Google Drive if you prefer the Googley suite.
- Is printable 📃
🖥️ A PDF version of each document.
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Also helpful are these related products:
✅ Main Ideas and Evidence - 10 mini lessons
✅ Teaching a Text - Teacher Guide - incl Mātauranga Māori
✅ Characters - Comprehensive Study
✅ Characters - Psychological Studies - Psyche!
✅ Symbolism - Literal and Thematic
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Sharing/Copying this Resource
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- Please do NOT take it with you to a new school.
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