EntiretextTruefriendshiprequiresloyaltyStatedCharacternamesInferenceThebattlesceneEvidenceClimatechangeis scaryDirectstatementConsequencesAuthor’smainpointBroaderInferredPersonalopinionsCharacteractionsSpecificSummarizedThemequestionMultiplethemesKeydetailsPollutionharmsecosystemsUniversalmessageCompletestatementThemeTheme(fiction)Text’smessageSupportingdetailsCentralideaCentralidea(nonfiction)EntiretextTruefriendshiprequiresloyaltyStatedCharacternamesInferenceThebattlesceneEvidenceClimatechangeis scaryDirectstatementConsequencesAuthor’smainpointBroaderInferredPersonalopinionsCharacteractionsSpecificSummarizedThemequestionMultiplethemesKeydetailsPollutionharmsecosystemsUniversalmessageCompletestatementThemeTheme(fiction)Text’smessageSupportingdetailsCentralideaCentralidea(nonfiction)

Theme and Central Idea - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Entire text
  2. True friendship requires loyalty
  3. Stated
  4. Character names
  5. Inference
  6. The battle scene
  7. Evidence
  8. Climate change is scary
  9. Direct statement
  10. Consequences
  11. Author’s main point
  12. Broader
  13. Inferred
  14. Personal opinions
  15. Character actions
  16. Specific
  17. Summarized
  18. Theme question
  19. Multiple themes
  20. Key details
  21. Pollution harms ecosystems
  22. Universal message
  23. Complete statement
  24. Theme
  25. Theme (fiction)
  26. Text’s message
  27. Supporting details
  28. Central idea
  29. Central idea (nonfiction)