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Part 1: Notes

A theme IS:

A theme is NOT:

Example:
Basic Theme:

Basic Theme:

Topic:

Better Theme:

Better Theme:

You Try!
The Ant and the Grasshopper theme: ___________________________________________________
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Double check that your theme fits all of the requirements from the boxes above.

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Part 2: Read the short story The Dinner Party in the Holt text book. Then use the graphic organizer to
find a theme in the story.
Describe what the story was about.

Big one word topic:

Possible theme:

Possible theme:

One theme found in the story The Dinner Party is __________________________________________

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