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Vocabulary
- Central message
- Theme
- Moral
- Myths
- Fables
- Folktales
- Conveyed
Knowledge
- Qualities of myths, fables, and folktales.
- Many stories have a central message, theme, or moral.
- A central message or moral is the lesson that is learned through the story or the one big idea of the story.
- The central message, theme, or moral is conveyed through key details.
Skills
- Identify the central message, theme, or moral of a story, including myths, fables, and folktales.
- Explain the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral conveyed in the passage.
Understanding
- Understanding the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral of a story will improve overall comprehension of the passage.
- Myths, fables, and folktales are types of narrative stories that often include a moral.
