Main Idea and Summarizing.

Main Idea is the same thing as Theme

• True

• False

What is main idea?

• The moral of the story

• What the story is about

• The charcters in the story

• What the characters does

How do you sumarize?

• You write down what you learned from the story.

• You write down all the mistakes in the text.

• You write down most the key details in the story.

• You tell what happens in the story without spoiling it

Which best describes a summary?

• a really long detailed piece of writing

• the entire text told in your own words

• a boring thing that teachers make you write

• the main ideas and important details of a text that is in your own words.

What can help you find the main idea? (Pick 2)

• The author

• The first and last sentence.

• The title

• The theme

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

• Who is the main character?

• What is the main event?

• What is one important detail?

• What point is the author trying to make?

Which sentence is a supporting detail that recycling is important?

• There are many landfills available for waste.
• Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down.
• Clean jars before recycling them.
• Separate your paper, cans, and glass jars before recycling.

What are suporting details?

• Details that support the main idea

• Details that support the theme

• Different main ideas

• I don't know

There are many fun things to do at the beach. Swimming is one thing that can be done at the beach. Snorkeling is another thing that can be enjoyed. Playing beach volleyball can be a lot of fun. It is also fun to look for shells. Some people simply like to sunbathe.

What is the main idea?

• Going to the beach to swim can be fun.

• It is also fun to look for shells.

• Some people simply like to sunbathe.

• There are many fun things to do at the beach.

One dinosaur had a brain that weighed about as much as three pencils. Its body weighed ten tons and was over twenty feet in length. As you can guess, this dinosaur did not think too clearly. It wasn't the world's brightest dinosaur!

What is the a good title of this paragraph?

• A big dinosaur

• The Weight of a Dinosaur Brain

• A small brain

• A Dinosaur's Thinking.