Time = Parts Reading

Time = Parts Reading

Time = Parts

• Every piece, article, or text you read will have the main idea or overall topic (such as the person) along with subtopics (childhood, early life, life successes).

• Think of each time period and ask yourself, “What’s this part mostly about?”

• Retell the significant events in a person’s life.

Prompts

• What’s the first part?

• Use the chapters to help you figure out the parts.

• Thinking about just the part of the person’s life, what seems to be the main idea?

• What does it seem like the main idea of this part of the person’s life is?

• Put all the main ideas together. What’s the main idea of the whole biography?

Multiple Choice

How are books or articles sometimes organized to help you separate a person's life into time periods?

• They have chapters or section headings.

• They include transition words and phrases.

• Books have multiple copies.

• They use higher level vocabulary words.

Multiple Choice

What is a good question to ask yourself after finishing a chapter or section?

• How long did it take me to read that?

• What is the name of the next chapter?

• What was this part mostly about?

• How long is it until recess?

Multiple Select

Which of the following is a reading prompt to think about while studying non-fiction text? Check all that apply.

• What’s the first part?

• Use the chapters to help you figure out the parts.

• Thinking about just the part of the person’s life, what seems to be the main idea?

• What does it seem like the main idea of this part of the person’s life is?

• Put all the main ideas together. What’s the main idea of the whole biography?