Main/Central Idea-Informational Text

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What is a key aspect of a ballet dancer's routine?

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Ballet dancers train very hard every day.

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What is this selection mainly about? Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

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Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.

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What is the main idea or main event of the passage? Students sat in the cafeteria talking loudly. It was lunch time at Green Elementary, and the lunch room was full. The noise and the smell of grilled cheese filled the air. In the corner sat Rudy and Jacob. They were making their daily lunch trades.
"I'll give you my cheese crackers for your pretzels," said Jacob.
"Okay, I'll give you my vanilla pudding for your sugar cookies," said Rudy.
"Deal!" said Jacob.
Options: Jacob and Rudy trade food at lunch, Rudy wanted Jacob's sugar cookies, Jacob had cheese crackers and wanted pretzels, Students were talking loudly during lunch at Green Elementary

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Jacob and Rudy trade food at lunch

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True or False: The main idea does not need supporting details.

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False

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Which sentence is a supporting detail that recycling is important?

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Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down.

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Which sentence is a supporting detail that you should get enough sleep? Options: Many people sleep later on the weekends., Caffeine keeps some people awake at night., Dark rooms are best for sleeping., Seven to nine hours keeps you refreshed the next day.

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Seven to nine hours keeps you refreshed the next day.

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What genre is informational text?

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Non-Fiction

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What type of writing shares information about a topic?

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Informational Essay

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What is a topic sentence?

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A sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph

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What is the central idea of a text?

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What the text is mostly about