LA sixth grade A.1 Determine the main idea of a passage

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• After Heidi interrupted a crucial moment during a televised football game, networks began to delay regularly scheduled shows until football games were over.

• After Heidi interrupted a crucial moment during a televised football game, the TV network received numerous calls from angry viewers who were unable to watch the final moments of the game.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• Some people say that standing desks promote good study habits, but others are wary about the new desks.

• Studies have shown that standing desks help students focus on their schoolwork while being more active.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• African wild dogs have a reputation as fierce hunters who work in teams, but new data suggests otherwise.

  
  

• A study shows that African wild dogs catch about sixteen percent of their prey and do not use teamwork in hunting.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• Because of a British media campaign, people thought that eating carrots would improve their night vision.

• During World War II, the British government told the media that their pilots ate a lot of carrots.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• Residents of six U.S. states have experienced an increase in earthquake activity in recent years.

• An increase in oil and gas drilling has caused a corresponding increase in earthquakes in six states.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• Doctor Zhivago showed the problems that Russians faced following the Russian Revolution, so it was considered anti-Soviet.

• Boris Pasternak couldn't get his book Doctor Zhivago published in the Soviet Union, so he had the book smuggled out of the country.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• AC has distinct advantages over DC, so AC won the War of the Currents.

• AC reverses direction and can be converted to lower or higher voltage.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• Although second-language learning is important, students in the United States are less likely than those in Europe to learn a second language.

• Fewer American students than European students learn a second language, so some states are promoting the study of foreign languages.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• Because of the hot, dry conditions in Death Valley, it is difficult for flowers to grow there.

• Because of an unusual amount of rain, thousands of wildflowers grew in Death Valley in 2016.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?

• Pluto is a good name for a cold, distant planet because it is the name of the Roman god of the underworld.

• After an eleven-year-old girl suggested "Pluto," astronomers chose it as the name of a newly discovered planet.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2