SCTW Pt. 2

What is the central idea?

• How the author feels

• How the reader feels

• A station in New York

• The main point an author is trying to make

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

What are key details?

• Ideas that contradict the central Idea

• Ideas that support the central idea

• Details specifically explaining a key

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Choose 4 (FOUR) types of supporting details

• Facts

• Examples

• Description

• Quotations

• Reviews

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Choose the best central idea for the following mini passage:

After the Egyptians crushed cut cane and captured the juice, they boiled and strained the liquid, let it settle, then strained it again. The cane juice was now poured into molds with holes in the bottom, so that all the liquid could drain out, leaving only a powder. That powder was then mixed with milk and boiled again. After one round of these steps, the process was repeated all over again. As a result of all this effort and care, Egypt was known for the “whitest and purest” sugar.

–Sugar Changed the World,

Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

• Egyptians crushed sugar cane and used the juice as a sweetener.

• Egyptians had a special process for refining white sugar.

• Egyptians were hard workers who overcame many challenges.

• Egyptians boiled and strained liquid to form sugar.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which detail below best supports the central idea?

After the Egyptians crushed cut cane and captured the juice, they boiled and strained the liquid, let it settle, then strained it again. The cane juice was now poured into molds with holes in the bottom, so that all the liquid could drain out, leaving only a powder. That powder was then mixed with milk and boiled again. After one round of these steps, the process was repeated all over again. As a result of all this effort and care, Egypt was known for the “whitest and purest” sugar.

• The details explain how Egyptians created the process to refine white sugar.

• The details clarify the simplistic approach that Egyptians used to refine white sugar.

• The details describe the complicated and repetitive process necessary to create white sugar.

• The details compare the Egyptian process of refining sugar to processes used by other people.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Text features are another type of detail that helps support the central idea. What are some examples of text features?

Choose 3.

• Maps

• Charts

• Quotes

• Pictures

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2