Main Idea

Explain the differences between the Main Idea and a Summary.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Explain the strategy for identifying an Explicit Main Idea.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Recognizing Main Ideas and Supporting Details

The ​ ​ (a)   of a paragraph is ​ (b)   in the paragraph--what the paragraph is all about.

• main idea
• most important

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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's another name for the main idea?

• plot

• subject

• central idea

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

How can a reader locate the main idea of a passage?

• summarize the passage

• remember what was read

• tell the story in your own words

• ask the question who or what the passage is about

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What does explicit mean?

• Not stated in the passage

• Clearly stated in the passage

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

How do you find the implied main idea in a passage?

• find the general topic

• identify supporting details

• decide how the details relate to the topic

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is an essential reading skill to find the implied main idea?

• note-taking

• rereading

• inferencing

• Reading

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

information or facts that support or add more to the main idea

• Supporting Details

• Details

• Facts

• objective summary

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Read each Paragraph and select the main idea.

Lantern fish live near the bottom of the ocean where it is very dark, so they carry their own lights. The lights look like tiny glowing pearls. They are called photophores. A lantern fish can flash its photophores on and off. A lantern fish gives off enough light to light up a dark room.

• Lantern Fish live near bottom of the ocean.

• Lantern fish produce light only in the daylight.

• Lantern fish give off light.

• Lantern fish are like glowing pearls.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2