ThemeClimatechangeis scaryInferenceMultiplethemesText’smessageConsequencesCharacteractionsInferredEntiretextPollutionharmsecosystemsSpecificCompletestatementPersonalopinionsTheme(fiction)BroaderCharacternamesDirectstatementSupportingdetailsStatedEvidenceSummarizedTruefriendshiprequiresloyaltyAuthor’smainpointCentralideaThebattlesceneThemequestionCentralidea(nonfiction)KeydetailsUniversalmessageThemeClimatechangeis scaryInferenceMultiplethemesText’smessageConsequencesCharacteractionsInferredEntiretextPollutionharmsecosystemsSpecificCompletestatementPersonalopinionsTheme(fiction)BroaderCharacternamesDirectstatementSupportingdetailsStatedEvidenceSummarizedTruefriendshiprequiresloyaltyAuthor’smainpointCentralideaThebattlesceneThemequestionCentralidea(nonfiction)KeydetailsUniversalmessage

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