The Caves of Lascaux

Main Idea: Mark the main Idea

• Cave paintings are beautiful.

• The caves of Lascaux hold colorful prehistoric paintings.

• Drawings of horses are on the walls of the Lascaux caves.

Main Idea: Mark the statement that is too broad

• Cave Paintings are beautiful.

• The caves of Lascaux hold colorful prehistoric paintings.

• Drawings of horses are on the walls of the Lascaux caves.

Main Idea: Mark the statement that is too narrow

• Cave paintings are beautiful.

• The caves of Lascaux hold colorful prehistoric paintings

• Drawings of horses are on the walls of the Lascaux caves.

Subject Matter: The main topic of this passage is

• the lives of Cro-Magnon people.

• animals of prehistoric times.

• what the cave paintings of Lascaux looked like

• the boys who discovered the paintings.

Supporting Details: Most of the drawings in the caves are of

• several types of animals.

• horses.

• dead people.

• teenage boys.

Conclusion: The writer would like you to conclude that

• anyone can find cave art.

• the cave paintings of Lascaux are remarkable.

• the Cro-Magnon people are a mystery.

• the Cro-Magnon people were magicians.

Clarifying Devices: The writer uses the word you in the first paragraph to

• give the reader good directions to find the caves.

• pull the reader into the story.

• compare present-day readers with Cro-Magnon people.

• make it clear that this is a true story.

Vocabulary in Context: The word extraordinary means

• about animals.

• familiar.

• colorful.

• very unusual.