A President Should Quiz

What is the minimum amount of sentences your project needs?

• 9

• 6

• 4

• 8

True or False: A main idea is a sentence in a text that tells the most important point of the text.

• True

• False

True or False: You don't need to use correct capitalization and punctuation in your project.

• True

• False

Check all the things that are required on your project.

• 8 sentences

• main idea sentence

• 2 paragraphs

• supporting details

• maintain the point of view

What is the best main idea sentence for this paragraph?

The rain began early in the morning. It fell as hard drops, one after another. The sky was full of dark purple clouds. Thunder began as a soft rumble and became louder and louder. Lightning crashed every few minutes, making the sky a brilliant white.

• The farms needed the rain.

• The thunder hurt the people’s ears

• Lightning made the sky bright

• The storm was very strong.

Let's practice writing a main idea statement like the one you will have in your project. Let's pretend you are writing a letter, in second person point of view, to President Biden. Your main issue you want to talk about is racism. Write a possible main idea sentence for your project.