Main Idea & Key Details

What is main idea?

• what an informational passage is mostly about

• what supports the informational passage

• the lesson of the passage

• the textual evidence in the passage

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What are key details?

• what the passage is mostly about

• a brief explanation of what the text is about

• information from the text that supports the main idea

• using the text and your schema to make a conclusion

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

Main idea tells what the an informational text is mostly about.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

The topic is __________________.

• the life lesson of the passage.

• a one or two word phrase that is the subject of the passage.

• the topic sentence of a passage.

• only in the beginning of the passage.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Check the different types of key details. Choose 3.

• examples

• facts

• summary

• caption

• description

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the topic of the passage below?

What is your favorite way to eat a potato? Potatoes are one of the most versatile foods in the world. You can bake a potato and eat it whole, or you can cut it up and roast it in the oven. Many people boil potatoes and then beat them until the potatoes are smooth, creating mashed potatoes that can be covered with gravy. Potatoes can be made into French fries, potato chips, hash browns, soft dumplings, or potato salad. Cooks often use potatoes in soups and casseroles. No one can accuse the potato of being useless!

• cooking

• The potato is useless.

• potatoes

• Potatoes can be eaten in many different ways.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the main idea of the passage below?

What is your favorite way to eat a potato? Potatoes are one of the most versatile foods in the world. You can bake a potato and eat it whole, or you can cut it up and roast it in the oven. Many people boil potatoes and then beat them until the potatoes are smooth, creating mashed potatoes that can be covered with gravy. Potatoes can be made into French fries, potato chips, hash browns, soft dumplings, or potato salad. Cooks often use potatoes in soups and casseroles. No one can accuse the potato of being useless!

• People order potatoes a lot at restaurants.

• Potato dumplings are better than potato salad.

• Potatoes can be eaten in the like baked potatoes or mashed potatoes.

• Potatoes can be eaten in many different ways.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is a key detail that supports the main idea of the passage below?

What is your favorite way to eat a potato? Potatoes are one of the most versatile foods in the world. You can bake a potato and eat it whole, or you can cut it up and roast it in the oven. Many people boil potatoes and then beat them until the potatoes are smooth, creating mashed potatoes that can be covered with gravy. Potatoes can be made into French fries, potato chips, hash browns, soft dumplings, or potato salad. Cooks often use potatoes in soups and casseroles. No one can accuse the potato of being useless!

• People order potatoes a lot at restaurants.

• Potato dumplings are better than potato salad.

• Potatoes can be eaten in the like baked potatoes or mashed potatoes.

• Potatoes can be eaten in many different ways.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1