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I take care of my brother a lot. He is four years old. He likes to watch T.V. He likes to color. He likes to hear stories. He is usually a good boy.

The main idea is:

• To tell about a family.

• To tell about the brother.

• To show why boys are good.

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Lisa's birthday is soon. She wants to have a party. She will ask 6 friends to come. They will play games. They will eat cake and ice cream. It will be fun.

The main idea is:

• Many people came to Lisa's house.

• Lisa got many presents.

• Lisa wants to have a birthday party.

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What is the main idea?

Youth Voices by Ricardo

Plastic Pollution is a serious problem. Many times, the plastic is polluting the Ocean. There are ways to help like recycling, reusing plastic, and not using single-use plastic. However, I believe people should reduce the amount of single-use plastic they use. The first thing we can do is “refuse any single-use plastics that we don’t need” (Hutchinson 2). There are a lot of single-use plastics that we don’t need. For example, water bottles, plastic bags, food wrappings like sandwich bags, bubble wrap for packaging, and utensils like forks, spoons, knives, and cups. All these have alternatives or “alternative versions of those products” (Hutchinson 2). You can easily use a reusable water bottle like a hydroflask. You can use reusable grocery bags, paper bags, old newspaper, foam, metal utensils, and reusable cups. In 2015 alone, 448 million tons of plastic was produced around the world (Anastasia 1). By using alternatives, we’re already reducing the amount of single-use plastic being thrown out.

• The main pollution problem is single-use plastic

• The overuse of plastic is a huge problem

• The earth needs us t use less plastic

• There are ways for people to use less plastic

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Beth likes to swim with her friends at the beach. The best part of going to the beach is collecting shells. She likes to use shells to make jewelry.

The main idea is:

• Beth is a good swimmer.

• Beth likes to collect shells.

• Shells are easy to find.

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Jim and Tim are brothers. They look alike. They talk alike. Sometimes they dress alike. People think Jim is Tim. People think Tim is Jim. The boys think it is funny.

The main idea is:

• Jim and Tim are alike in many many ways.

• Jim is older than Tim.

• Tim is bigger than Jim.

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Excerpt from The Moon Princess by Edith Harrison

At last one distinguished-looking person strode forward, small of stature and ugly to look upon. His body was dwarfed, and he had a big hump on his back. His face was dark and glowering, and he wore a suit of yellow leaves. All the guests moved aside to let him pass, as though they feared him. He lived in the vast depths of the forest, amidst huge mountains; his daily work, with his thousands of imps, was to build those mountains big and high. Stone by stone he raised them, bleak and barren, to the clouds. He limped as he walked, and he glared angrily at the shrinking faces avoiding him; but he gave his invitation to the fair guests, as the others had done, and bowed low before them as he gave it.

• The appearance of the man who builds mountains

• The invitation of the man who builds mountains

• How people are afraid of the man who builds mountains

• The hard work by the man who builds mountains

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Karen is going to bake bread. She has never done this before. Her father will help her. Karen hopes her bread will be good.

The main idea is:

• White bread is the best.

• All people eat bread.

• Karen makes bread.

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Scott has something he likes a lot. It has four wheels. It is red. I can carry things. Scott rides it. Scott gives his friends rides in it. It is Scott's wagon.

The main idea is:

• All boys like wagons.

• Scott has fun with his wagon

• All wagons are red.

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IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA

Sometime in December of 1891, Dr. James Naismith was teaching gym at the YMCA College in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was raining, and Dr. Naismith was trying to keep his students active. He wanted them playing a rough game that would keep them moving. He didn't like a few ideas that were too rough. Then Naismith had his breakthrough. He wrote out the rules for a game with peach baskets fixed to ten-foot elevated tracks. Naismith's students played against one another, passing the ball around and shooting it into the peach baskets. Dribbling wasn't a part of the original game. Also it took a while to realize that the game would run more smoothly if the bottoms of the baskets were removed. But this game grew to be one of the most popular sports in America today. Can you guess which one?

• The most popular sport in America

• Dr. James Naismith's career in teaching

• The invention of Basketball

• How to get students active

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It gets very hot in the summer. Sometimes it is too hot to work. It is too hot to play. the best thing to do is go swimming.

The main idea is:

• Summer is too short.

• School starts in summer.

• Summer can be very hot.

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