Main Idea

What kind of sentence tells the main idea of a paragraph?

• supporting detail
• topic sentence
• example sentence
• transition sentence

A SUPPORTING detail explains the main idea in a paragraph. What does SUPPORT mean?

• to search and find
• to hold up and help
• to end
• to write

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.  Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball.  They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.  Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.
What is the main idea?

• They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.
• Soccer players learn how to dribble.
• They learn how to work together as teammates.
• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

What is the main idea?

• Its the authors point of view
• Is what the passage is mostly about
• It is the sequence of the story.

The main idea is supported by what?

• concluding sentences

• details

What does the MAIN IDEA of a story tell the reader?

• The most important idea about a topic or a story.

• The conflict of the story

The main idea of a text is....

• what the text is a little bit about

• what the text is never about

• what the text is sometimes telling you

• what the text is mostly or mainly about

The main idea is supported by what?

• topics
• details
• monkeys
• periods

Supporting details....

• are pointless when determining the central idea

• just give more information

• do not support the central idea

• are evidence and prove the central idea

What is the main idea of this picture?

• sports equipment

• fruit

• insects

• who or what the story is about