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Central idea

Authored by Mary Vretas

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a topic?

the writer's opinion about a text
the general subject of a text
the details that explain the text
a retelling of the most important ideas

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the central idea of a story tell the reader?

a specific detail from the story
The conflict of the story
What the story is about 
The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What text features can give you a clue of what the main idea is?

Title
Headings
Pictures
All of these

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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?

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

We often let others know what we are thinking without using words. The name that we give for this kind of communication is body language. Body language includes gestures, facial expressions, and posture. Body language does not always mean the same thing to everyone.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?

We sometimes use words to express ourselves.
Body language may not mean the same thing to everyone.
We use body language to communicate with others.
Body language includes gestures, facial expression, and posture.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

 Imagine testing glass by throwing chickens at it? Sometimes fast moving airplanes fly through flocks of birds. If the birds hit the windshield of a plane, the glass could shatter and cause a crash. Airplane manufacturers have made a chicken cannon that fires rubber chickens at glass windshields. If the windshield doesn't break when the rubber chicken hits it, the designers know that the glass can withstand the force of a real crash.

Why birds can be dangerous to airplanes
How a chicken cannon checks glass
How the Chicken cannon works
How big a bird can hit a plane and bring it down

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Find the central idea

Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business

Being a clown isn't all fun and games.

Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

Rodeos are exciting.

Clowns are good at riding bulls.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

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