R.4.5.b

Description: Identify the theme(s).
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 2C

Exemplars

2C: Summarizing

2C: Summarizing

Description: Summarizing

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: D-51

D-51

Grade level: 4
Word count: 1175 words
Author: Daniel Varnell
Synopsis: When a family gets stuck on a faraway planet, they must ask aliens for help.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: The theme of a story is its message or "big idea." Which of the following phrases best summarizes the theme of this selection.
  1. only the truth matters
  2. always show kindness
  3. use your manners
  4. never talk to strangers

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Use your own words to describe the ending of a selection.

Evaluator

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