Central Idea and Supporting Details

Central Idea and Supporting Details

By TIMOTHY HICKEY

SUPPORTING DETAILS

What facts, names, numbers, dates, events and spectific information support the central idea?​

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CENTRAL IDEA / MAIN IDEA

What ​does the text say about the topic?

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TOPIC

What the article is about?

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Multiple Choice

WHAT IS THE TOPIC?

A penny for your thoughts? If it’s a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it’s uncirculated, it’d easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that’s a pretty penny.

• WW II

• 1943

• Pennies

• Money

Multiple Choice

WHAT IS THE CENTRAL IDEA?

A penny for your thoughts? If it’s a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it’s uncirculated, it’d easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that’s a pretty penny.

• Some pennies were stamped 2x in 1955.

• Rare pennies can be worth a lot of money.

• "Uncirculated" means is has not been used a lot.

• Pennies after WW II were made out of steel.

Multiple Choice

WHAT IS THE TOPIC?

Before you put on that skeleton costume and rove door-to-door pandering for candy, take a minute to reflect on this tradition. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts. They celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be the candy fueled costume ball that we know today.

• November

• Summer

• Candy

• Halloween

Multiple Choice

WHAT IS THE CENTRAL IDEA?

Before you put on that skeleton costume and rove door-to-door pandering for candy, take a minute to reflect on this tradition. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts. They celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be the candy fueled costume ball that we know today.

• Halloween is an ancient tradition.

• Thanksgiving is in November.

• People use to wear animal skins as costumes.

• The Celtics celebrated the New Year Nov. 1st.

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WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA? WRITE A STATEMENT.

It is estimated that over twenty million pounds of candy corn are sold in the US each year. Brach’s, the top manufacturer, sells enough candy corn to circle the earth 4.25 times if each piece were laid end to end. That’s a lot of candy corn, but that’s nothing compared to the production of Tootsie Rolls. Over 64 million Tootsie Rolls are produced every day! But even Tootsie Rolls have got nothing on the candy industry’s staple product: chocolate. Confectioners manufacture over twenty billion pounds of chocolate in the United States each year. Now that’s a mouthful!