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Main Idea and Details (Formative)

Authored by Vanessa Campos

English

4th - 5th Grade

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Main Idea and Details (Formative)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a main idea?

The purpose of the passage

It is the same as the topic

A minor detail

The most important idea about a topic that a particular text or paragraph conveys

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the following details and determine the main idea of the words.

-jersey

-grass

-bleachers

-hotdogs

Watching a game at a stadium

Playing sports

football

Eating dinner at the game

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Key details give important information to support the main idea

true

false

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"They felt like heros in an instant. Here was a gorgeous triumph; they were missed; tears were being shed; accusing memories of unkindness to these poor lost lads were rising up, and unveiling regrets and remorse were being indulged; and best of all, the departed were the talk of the whole town, and the envy of all the boys, as far as this dazzling notoriety was concerned. This was fine. It was worth while to be pirate, after all."

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

how to become popular

Feeling like a hero and being missed as a pirate.

Pirates are heros

Being the talk of the town because they are pirates

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"As twilight drew on, the ferryboat went back to her accustomed business and the skiffs disappeared. The pirates returned to camp. They were jubilant with vanity over their new grandeur and the illustrious trouble they were making. They caught fish, cooked supper and ate it, and then fell to guessing at what village was thinking and saying about them..."

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Pirates cooking fish

Pirates cause trouble

Catching dinner and thinking about what the village was saying about them.

Pirates return to camp

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Good point," said Arno, "but don't forget rock-climbing! We learned lots of skills-cooperation, patience, communication. Since we all climbed Mount Sky Rock, and our camp is named for it, I think that would make a great mural!" There were shouts of "yeah" and "good idea!" Caleb added a scene to his sketch showing a trio of campers reaching the summit of Mount Sky Rock, their arms raised in victory. "

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Arno suggesting to create a mural about rock climbing.

How rock climbing can teach you cooperation, patience, and communication.

Murals are a great way to make people happy

Mount Sky Rock is the tallest mountain on earth

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"They found plenty of things to be delighted with, but nothing to be astonished at. They discovered that the island was about three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide, and that the shore it lay closets to was only separated from it by a narrow channel hardly two hundred yards wide. They took a swim about every hour, so it was close upon the middle of the afternoon when they got back to camp."

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

The time the arrived back at camp

Discovering all the things on the island astonished them

While exploring the island they discover a channel which they go swimming every hour before they go back to camp

finding a channel of water

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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