Find Theme and Summarize Literature

Determine a theme from details in a story, drama, or poem and summarize without adding opinions or minor details.

How the lesson starts: Find Theme and Summarize Literature

The Story Squeezer
Beep boop! This is Tink, a robot with a Story Squeezer. Tink drops in a whole story and squeezes out a treasure: the big message. That message is called the theme. Let's squeeze one!
Follow the events
Pip the penguin wanted to skate in the ice show. She fell eleven times. She practiced every morning. By the show, she spun without a wobble. Problem, response, outcome. What lesson does that teach? Practice can turn falls into skill.
Pick the theme
Tink tests three choices. Practice? That's just a topic, one word. Penguins love ice? The story never teaches that. Practice can turn falls into skill? It's a full message, and the events prove it. Winner!