123_Unit_4_Main Idea - Week#9

Unit 4
Finding Main Idea

Task/Activities for Tody

1) Socratives
2) Learning Objectives
3) Reading Quiz
4) Lesson
5) Vocabulary Tasks

This unit will teach you how to find main ideas in reading texts, as well as how to skim and scan.

​Reading Quiz

After you finish reading a text, have you ever asked yourself what the text was about?

Have you ever read a text only to find a specific piece of information? Did you read the whole text?

When the author does not state the main idea directly, it is called an implied main idea. To figure out what the implied main idea is, you must look at the specific sentences in the paragraph and think about what they suggest.

• The main idea may be split. The first sentence of a paragraph may present a point of view, while the last sentence presents a contrasting or opposite view.

• The main idea is the central point or thought that the author wants to communicate to the readers.

• The main idea answers the question, "What does the author want me to know about the topic?" or "What is the author teaching me?" Often, the author states the main idea in a single sentence.

• In paragraphs, a stated main idea is called the "topic sentence." In an article, the main idea is called the "thesis statement."

What is a main idea?

How to find the answers?

1. First, read the first line of each paragraph. Look for a common theme or idea.
   

2. Then, pass your eyes quickly over the rest of the passage to check that you have really found the main idea/ topic of the passage.

Draw

Answer the questions after reading the passage.

Draw

Answer the questions after reading the passage.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the passage?

• All calendars are the same.

• The solar calendar is based on the Sun.

• Different calendars have dissimilar bases.

• The lunar month is twenty-nine and a half da)'S long

Multiple Choice

Which of the following expresses the main idea of the passage?

• Vaccines provide immunity to specific diseases.

• Vaccines contain disease-causing microorganisms

• Vaccines are derived in different ways.

• New approaches in administering vaccines are being developed

Multiple Choice

How many types of vaccines are presented in the passage?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

Multiple Choice

The topic of this passage could best be described as

• the Piltdown Man

• Charles Dawson's discovery

• Eoanthropus dawsoni

• a definition and example of a hoax

Multiple Choice

The author's main point is that

• various types of hoaxes have been perpetrated

• Charles Dawson discovered a

  human skull and jawbone

• Charles Dawson was not an honest man

• the human skull and jawbone were extremely old

Practice Time

Reorder

Reorder the following

• The journey

• will take

• you

• through

• some beautiful scenery

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• We

• will need

• to shift

• this table

• over to the wall

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Most people here

• earn

• about

• £30,000

• a year.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• What

• time

• does

• the concert

• begin?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Harvard University

• is

• an internationally

• respected

• university

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• she

• is

• a

• very capable

• woman

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Things

• are

• changing

• very

• rapidly

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• He

• consumes

• huge amount

• of bread

• with every meal

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• There

• are

• enough rooms

• to accomodate

• all the students

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• My

• top priority

• is to find

• somewhere

• to live

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Open Ended

Choose any 3 words and create sentences on your own.

​Let's check your vocabulary

Dropdown

The ​

Select answer

cost of the project is high.

Dropdown

This substance is so radioactive that it ​

Select answer

in the dark

Match

Match the following

• Our ….. came third in the competition

• I will send you the …… by email

• The government is trying to …… confidence in the country’s economy

• The committee finally reached …… on two important issues.

Team

Document

Restore

Agreement

• Team

• Document

• Restore

• Agreement

Vocabulary Task - Any 10 Words