Main idea

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

• supporting detail

• topic sentence

• example sentence

• transition sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What might be the main idea of a book titled "Eat your Fruits and Vegetables?"

• Tomatoes are good for you

• It is important to eat vegetables and fruit

• Strawberries have seeds on the outside.

• Spinach is good for your bones.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which chapter would have information about lions, tigers, and snow leopards?

• "Lion, King of the Jungle"

• "How Tigers got their Stripes"

• "Save the Snow Leopards"

• "Big Cats of the World

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is a main idea?

• the central part of a piece of writing

• the information that supports the topic sentence

• the most interesting detail in a book

• the punctuation used in a paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

If you read an essay about how important recycling is to our environment, what is the topic?

• litering

• recycling

• plastic

• paper

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

If you read an essay about how important recycling is to our environment, what is the main idea?

• People shouldn't make so much plastic.

• People should eat healthy food.

• People should pick up trash.

• Recycling is important to protect the environment.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

If you can't figure out the main idea of a passage, what should you do?

• try to recall every specific detail from the passage

• ask yourself general questions about the passage

• read the passage over and over again until you memorize it

• read the passage once and do not look at it again

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What are supporting details?

• useless

• details about the text that tell you about the setting

• details from the text that tell you how the character is feeling

• details from the text that develop the main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

What is author's purpose?

• The atmosphere of a piece of text

• The reason fro writing the text

• The different ways a writer forms his/ her writing

• The technique a writer uses in his /her writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6