Key Ideas and Details for Informational Text

A summary is...

• a brief restatement of the central and supporting ideas and should not include opinions.

• restating everything in the text and including opinions.

• a CER paragraph where you need to analyze the text and includes directly cited evidence.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

When summaries and other writing is done objectively then it...

• is free from opinions.

• includes your own opinions.

• is written with bias and subjective statements.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A central idea...

• is the main point the author is trying to make and is supported with key details.

• is an irrelevant detail.

• is belief and attitude an author has about a topic.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The purpose of supporting details...

• is to provide ideas and details to prove a central idea.

• is to provide unrelated explanations.

• is to give readers an idea for their own writing.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Inferences are more than educated guesses, they...

• are conclusions made from prior knowledge and text evidence.

• are random statements and guesses.

• are irrelevant to the text.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Read the sentence:

Scott decided he wanted to learn how to play the lute, a pear-shaped stringed instrument, rather than a regular guitar. Which word or phrase from the sentence is a restatement context clue for the meaning of the word lute?  

• regular guitar

• he wanted to learn

• a pear-shaped stringed instrument

• play

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the sentence:

She was appalled by the mess the kids made and said she wouldn't babysit for them again. Based on context clues, what is the meaning of the word appalled?

• bored

• pleased

• interested

• horrified

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The CENTRAL IDEA of a nonfiction text needs to always be supported with...

• Supporting details

• The reader's opinion

• Reliable authors

• Concluding sentences

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is another word for SUPPORTING DETAILS used to identify the CENTRAL IDEA of a text?

• Text Evidence

• Type of Conflict

• Climax

• Context Clues

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the CENTRAL IDEA of a nonfiction text?

• What the text is MOSTLY about.

• A full paragraph SUMMARY of a text.

• The meaning of an unknown word/phrase.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5