Central Idea Mini Lesson

GRADE 8

CRM 3.3
Reading

Informational Text

with Reading
Across Genres

“How it Feels to be Colored Me”

by Zora Neale Hurston

Week 1
5 Days

8.2.2 CENTRAL IDEAS
8.2.3 AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

Open Ended

Write the Topic and Central Idea of the below paragraph?

"To many parents, the infant's crying may be mainly an irritation, especially if it continues for long periods. But crying serves important functions for the child as well as for the parents. For the child, crying helps improve lung capacity and the respiratory system. Perhaps more important, the cry serves as a signal of distress. When babies cry, they indicate that they are hungry or in pain, and this is important information for parents."

ELA.8.R.2.2: Analyze two or more central ideas and their
development throughout a text.

By the end of the lesson students will be able to:

❑

use steps to determine multiple central ideas within an informational text.

❑

determine specific details that support or develop central ideas.

○ CENTRAL IDEA: The main point an author is

making about a topic; the author’s primary ideas.

○ ANALYZE: Study closely; break down into

key parts.

○ DEVELOPMENT: The building of an

idea/ideas throughout a text.

○ SUPPORTING IDEAS: details authors use

to develop or build ideas Facts, quotes,
descriptions, examples that clarify, explain,
and describe the central idea.

ELA.8.R.2.2:
Analyze two or
more central ideas
and their
development
throughout a text

Analyze two or more central ideas and their
development throughout a text involves understanding what central ideas are, how to determine them, and what supports does the author use to build the central ideas.

STEPS
1. identifying the topic -examine the text features.

2. read sections and summarize important points about
the topic. – ask yourself: what ideas is the author trying to convey about the topic

3. determine central ideas based on the ideas given.

To analyze central idea development

•identify the types of supporting details the author
used to emphasize and support each central idea

•look for facts, definitions, concrete details, quotes

The Photo That Changed Education.

This photo was taken the first day that nine African-American students, called the Little Rock Nine, integrated Little Rock Central High School, a formerly all-white school. This day in 1957,marked an historic event in history that changed our education system for decades to come.

What are the central ideas of the text?

What’s the topic?

❑ 1. Identify the topic.

▪Preview text features.

Determine central ideas.

▪summarize key points relating
to the topic in each
paragraph.

▪Track how the ideas in the
paragraphs connect.

▪Ask questions: what point is
the author trying to make
about the topic?

▪Determine two central ideas

Analyzing how authors
develop central ideas

▪identify key details the author
used as support to build or
develop the central ideas.

▪ (facts, statistics, descriptions,
quotes)

8.2.2 To analyze central ideas and their development use the

following steps. To analyze central ideas and their development

use the following steps.

Summarize p 1- p 2

​Hashtag(#) Topic and Central Idea of Each Paragraph on Blank Paper

❑ 1. Identify the topic.

▪Preview text features.

Determine central ideas.

▪summarize key points
relating to the topic in each
paragraph.

▪Track how the ideas in the
paragraphs connect.

▪Ask questions: what point is
the author trying to make
about the topic?

▪Determine two central ideas

Analyzing how authors
develop central ideas
▪identify key details the author
used as support to build or
develop the central ideas.

▪ (facts, statistics,
descriptions, quotes)

Summarize p 3- p 4

​Hashtag (#) Topic and Central Idea of Paragraphs on Blank Paper

.

Circle the correct answer.
Part A: Choose two statements that express the central ideas presented in the text.

a)

Women who lift weights cannot become as muscular as men.

b)

Great health begins with knowing the facts.

c) There are several myths about exercise.
d) Exercise is beneficial to everyone.
e) People use many different excuses to avoid exercising.

Read the question and identify key words
Read the answer choices carefully
Go back into the text to prove or disprove answers
Select and answer
Make sure the answer choice answers the questions.

ELA.8.R.2.2: Analyze two or more central ideas and their development throughout a text

Choose two details that best contribute to the development of the central ideas from Part A.

a)

“Who can keep up.”

b)

“if a woman lifts weights, she will develop muscles as large as a man’s.”

c)

“Skip breakfast before exercising or eat breakfast before exercising.”

d)

“Actually, regular exercise “stabilizes the blood-sugar level and prevents hunger pangs “,according to dietician Sherry Brook.”

e)

“Misinformation can be harmful to both body and mind.”

Read the question and identify key words
Read the answer choices carefully
Go back into the text to prove or disprove answers
Select and answer
Make sure the answer choice answers the questions.

ELA.8.R.2.2: Analyze two or more central ideas and their development
throughout a text

❑ 1. Identify the topic.

▪What is the topic?

Determine central ideas.

▪Read and summarize
paragraph 1-2

.
▪Write 2 central ideas the
author is trying to convey to
the reader.

Analyzing how authors
develop central ideas

▪Find a detail that supports
each central idea.

▪What type of details did the
author mostly use to develop
the central ideas?

Read the following paragraph and then follow the steps to determining central ideas.
Fitness Busters
Skip breakfast before exercising or eat breakfast before exercising.
Who can keep up. One myth about exercise is that if a woman lifts
weights, she will develop muscles as large as a man’s. Without male
hormones, however, a woman cannot increase her muscle bulk as
much as a man’s.

Another falsehood about exercise is that it increases the appetite.
Actually, regular exercise “stabilizes the blood-sugar level and
prevents hunger pangs “,according to dietician Sherry Brook. Some
people also think that a few minutes of exercise a day or one session a
week is enough, but researchers at Mayo Clinic suggest at least three
solid workouts a week are needed for muscular and cardiovascular
fitness. Misinformation can be harmful to both body and mind.
Knowing the facts can lead to a successful fitness journey.

​# Topic and Central Ideas on Blank Paper

Multiple Select

Part A: Choose two statements that express the Central Idea presented in the text

• Women who lift weights cannot become as muscular as men.

• Great health begins with knowing the facts.

• There are several myths about exercise.

• Exercise is beneficial to everyone.

• People use many different excuses to avoid exercising.

Multiple Select

Part B: Choose two details that best contribute to the development of the central ideas from Part A.

• 
  

  1. “Who can keep up.”

• “if a woman lifts weights, she will develop muscles as large as a man’s.”

• “Skip breakfast before exercising or eat breakfast before exercising.”

• 1. Actually, regular exercise “stabilizes the blood-sugar level and prevents hunger pangs “,according to dietician Sherry Brook.”

• “Misinformation can be harmful to both body and mind.”