Tapping the Power of Nonfiction: Bend 1

A central idea is

• The pictures included in the introduction

• The information in the index

• The main points or ideas the author is making

• The headings included in chapters

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What strategy is best to help you find central ideas?

• Reading the introduction

• Looking at the front cover

• Skimming through the whole book

• Locating details across the sections

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What's another strategy you can use to find central ideas?

• Reading the book reviews

• Reading the headings/chapter titles

• Reading someone else's opinion on the book's subject

• Reading podcast transcripts about the book

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What's another strategy you can use to find the central ideas?

• Read pop-out or bolded sentences

• Read only the first and last sentence of the book

• Read only the 3rd chapter

• Read only the conclusion

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

A central idea will...

• Never change

• Change only in the introduction

• Reveal themselves over time

• Always be bolded in the conclusion

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Authors embed stories in nonfiction texts to...

• Make the chapters longer

• Make the text more interesting

• Teach us something through a story

• Meet the required page count

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

As we read, we get new details and have to revise our earlier thoughts about...

• The introduction

• The front cover

• The central idea

• How we liked the text

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

We should revise our initial ideas about what when presented with new evidence?

• Central idea

• The front cover

• The author's stance

• How we like the book

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How many central ideas can a nonfiction text have?

• None

• Only one

• More than one

• Only 4

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What can be developed significantly across a text?

• Ideas, events, people

• Ideas, events, genres

• The author, the front cover, or the introduction

• The chapters, central idea, and page numbers

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2