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Main Idea Practice

Authored by Yoni Newkirk-McKoy

English

9th - 10th Grade

8 Questions

CCSS covered

Used 14+ times

Main Idea Practice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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What is the main idea?

The character's ancestors.

Edith Prior and who she might be.

The main character's confusion.

The video

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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What is Cora suggesting when she says "I want to know?"

She hopes she will play an important role.

She does not know Edith and would like to meet her.

She is curious about what will come of them.

She would like to learn the true history of their community.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you begin to determine the main idea of a text?

By looking in the beginning or end of the passage.

By identfying the topic of the passage.

By identifying important information.

By writing a summary.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should you look for to support your claim of the main idea?

Theme

Central Idea

Supporting Details

Facts and Statistic

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the main idea?

A description about the story to come.

A declaration about the Baudelaire family.

A warning about the story and its sad content.

A beginning for the end of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The narrator believes the reader...

will find the story unhappy.

does not like sad stories.

like stories with happy endings.

can't enjoy the stories.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What strategy should you use to answer the following question: What sentence best supports the main idea?

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ACES

LTI

RTP

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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