FINAL

1.       Themeis what the story is mostly about.

Cumberland Gap National Park

 Acomplete sentence doesn’t always need a capital letter at the beginning of asentence.

Sequenced Order

A sentence needs a Subject and a Predicate to becomplete

The following sentence is a theme statement:“Expect the best, but prepare for the worst.”

________________________________ tells what the who and what of the sentence is doing

A Main Idea does NOT USE WORDS like he,she,them,we

Then Everyone watched Ana Rosa and waited.....SUMMARIZE IT

A paragraph does not need supporting details

Causeand Effect:

Beep Baseball

A Main Idea should talk about what the story is mainly about...

The Plains Indians

The Hoover Dam

A sentence must end with appropriate punctuation.

Thefollowing sentence is a theme statement:“It’s was best she learned to forgiveothers........"

A MAIN IDEA ONLY TALKS ABOUT ONE PART OF THE TEXT

______________________________________ is the who and the what of a sentence

Ana Rosa.......best Summary of that text

A main idea SHOULD use words like he, she, them

1.       Themeis UNIVERSAL meaning that it should APPLY to everyone.

A paragraph needs 3-5 supporting detail sentences....

 Descriptions:

A Main Idea should be about the WHOLE TEXT

1.      Problem Solution:

A paragraph should NOT..........

1.       WhenI write a theme statement it is ok to use words like YOU, US, or We.

      Compareand Contrast:

A Verb...

A Main Idea is.....

A NOUN is...

A Main Idea should be written like a theme statement....