Main Idea and Supporting Details

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Main idea of a text?

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The biggest or most important idea.

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Supporting details in a text?

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Ideas or facts about the main idea.

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Importance of identifying the main idea of a text?

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Understand the overall message or purpose.

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Identify the main idea of a text by analyzing the title, headings, topic sentences, and key supporting details.

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Analyze title, headings, topic sentences, and key details.

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Story about Alex's grandpa's apartment on the 18th floor, where Alex learns to enjoy the view from the windows.

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Alex and his grandpa’s windows

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Main idea location in reading?

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NO

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Luca’s grandpa lives on a farm with a big garden and many animals. As a child, Luca was scared of the chickens that chased him. His grandpa taught him to shoo them away. Now, Luca feels grown up and is no longer afraid.

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Luca and the chickens

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Supporting details clarify and strengthen the main idea.

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Provide evidence, examples, and explanations.

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Purpose of supporting details in a text?

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Provide evidence, examples, and explanations that support the main idea or thesis.

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Main idea of Apollo 13 movie?

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Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for summer 1995.