What is the topic of the short paragraph?

What is the central idea of the text?

What is the theme of the text? Choose all that apply.

Theme and central idea are not usually:

There will be clues in the text that help me infer the theme or central idea.

Theme is usually for:

Central Idea usually applies to:

One summer, a grasshopper watched the ants work all day and all night storing seeds for the winter. "How boring," he said. "I will never work all day, I only want to play!" When winter came, the grasshopper looked and looked for food, but there was none around. He asked the ants for some food, but they told him that they worked hard for their food and they would not share any.

What's the THEME?

An octopus isn't fast enough to swim after a fish. The octopus must wait for a fish to swim by.  When the fish comes within reach, the octopus whips out his long arm to grasp it.  Then the octopus has a tasty meal.  

What is the main idea?

Jon held the ball in his hands.  He bounced it slowly on the ground.  Once. Twice. He crouched low and then jumped.  The ball flew into the air.  Up, up, up, it went.  Then down, down, into the basket.  “Yes!” he yelled.  “Nothing but net!”

What's the main idea?

Exit Ticket: What is the central idea?

Exit Ticket: 2. What is theme?