What might be the main idea of a book titled "Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables?"

It's important to eat vegetables and fruit.

Strawberries have seeds on the outside.

Spinach is good for your bones.

If you read an essay about how important recycling is to our environment, what is the main idea?

Recycling is important to protect the environment.

People shouldn't make so much plastic.

People should eat healthy food.

Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are bakers. They work at a store called Bake Goods to Go. Mrs. Jones works nights. She bakes cakes, cookies, and pies. Mrs. Brown works in the daytime. She bakes bread and rolls. Both Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are very good bakers. What is the main idea?

Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are bakers

They work at a store called Bake Goods to Go.

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA 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!

How much of popular candies are sold each year.

The overpowering candy industry

Candy corn, the world's most abundant candy piece.

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA Yellowstone National Park is mainly located in Wyoming, although three percent is located in the state of Montana. The Continental Divide of North America runs diagonally through the southwestern part of the park. The park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, which is an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level. This plateau is bounded on nearly all sides by mountain ranges. There are 290 waterfalls that are at least fifteen feet in the park, the highest being the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, which falls 308 feet.

Physical features of the Yellowstone Park

Yellowstone Park's beautiful water falls

The continental Divide of North America

IDENTIFY THE MAIN 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.

Why the skeleton costume is the best for Halloween

IDENTIFY THE MAIN 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 bulls buck them off, 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. Of course, this is a very dangerous thing to do. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business.

Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

Sometimes clowns can mean serious bussiness.

Cowboys and Rodeo Clowns are constantly in danger.

A Rodeo bull's attention is easily caught by Rodeo clowns.

Main Idea

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English

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7th - 8th Grade

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CCSS

RL.7.2, L.3.4D, RI.6.10

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Sara Sheldt

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a main idea?

the central point of a piece of writing

the information that supports the topic sentence

the most interesting detail in a book

the punctuation used in a paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The main idea can be implied or stated.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A SUPPORTING detail explains the main idea in a paragraph. What does SUPPORT mean?

to search and find

to hold up and help

to end

to write

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

You should determine the main idea by combining the supporting details.

True

False

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

If you wanted to find the main idea of an article, where would you look?

In the first sentence

In the first sentence of the second paragraph

In the last sentence of the first paragraph

There is no one place where the main idea is always found

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

If you can't figure out the main idea of a passage, what should you do?

Try to recall every specific detail from the passage

Ask yourself general questions about the passage

Read the passage over and over until you have it memorized

Read the passage once and don't look at it again.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What inference can you make about main ideas in writing?

They're always based on fact and never opinion.

To be effective, they should be supported by facts

In many essays, they have nothing to do with the topic

Most pieces of writing lack main ideas

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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What is a main idea?

The main idea can be implied or stated.

A SUPPORTING detail explains the main idea in a paragraph. What does SUPPORT mean?

You should determine the main idea by combining the supporting details.

If you wanted to find the main idea of an article, where would you look?

If you can't figure out the main idea of a passage, what should you do?

What inference can you make about main ideas in writing?

What might be the main idea of a book titled "Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables?"

If you read an essay about how important recycling is to our environment, what is the topic?

If you read an essay about how important recycling is to our environment, what is the main idea?

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