Central Idea Review

Being able to identify the central idea of a text shows...

• that you can cite evidence from the text.

• that you know how to write.

• that you understand the text.

• that you like what you are reading.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

We often let others know what we are thinking without using words. The name that we give for this kind of communication is body language. Body language includes gestures, facial expressions, and posture. Body language does not always mean the same thing to everyone. What is the central idea of the paragraph?

• We sometimes use words to express ourselves.
• Body language may not mean the same thing to everyone.
• We use body language to communicate with others.
• Body language includes gestures, facial expression, and posture.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Find the central idea

Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business

• Being a clown isn't all fun and games.

• Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

• Rodeos are exciting.

• Clowns are good at riding bulls.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is a central idea?

• It's the authors point of view

• What the passage is mostly about

• It is the sequence of the story.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

You should determine the central idea by combining the supporting details (AKA text evidence).

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the central idea?

Because lambs are sometimes eaten by coyotes, ranchers may hunt or trap the coyotes. However, killing coyotes may upset nature's balance. Scientists have found a way to protect sheep without killing coyotes. Coyotes are fed lamb meat treated with a drug. When they eat the meat, they get sick. Later, coyotes won't even go near lambs. They'll hunt rabbits instead.

• Coyotes prefer rabbits to lambs.

• Scientists are trying to protect sheep and coyotes.

• Killing coyotes upsets nature's balance.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is this passage mainly about?

Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting. 

• Who uses pemmican today.

• What can be put in pemmican.

• How pemmican was made by Native Americans.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What text features can give you a clue of what the main idea is?

• Title

• Headings

• Pictures

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

• Who is the main character?

• What is the main event?

• What is one important detail?

• What point about the topic is the author trying to make?

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the central idea?

What's that humming sound? Could it be a hummingbird, the only bird capable of backward flight?  Hummingbirds have many unique flight habits that distinguish them from other birds. Most birds flap their wings up and down to fly, but the hummingbird moves its wings forward and backward very rapidly in a figure eight pattern. This allows the hummingbird to hover in position, fly upside down, and move about very rapidly. And while other birds have to push off with their feet to begin flying and work their way up to their top speeds, the hummingbird can both start flying at maximum speed and stop flying instantaneously. After you've seen a hummingbird in flight, it's unlikely that you'll mistake them for another bird.

• Birds and hummingbirds are very different.

• Hummingbirds wings fly in figure eight patterns.

• Hummingbirds make a humming sound.

• The hummingbird takes flight in a totally unique and unusual way.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2