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Understanding Key Ideas and Supporting Details

Authored by Alaija Simmons

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Understanding Key Ideas and Supporting Details
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you identify the key idea in an informational text?

By focusing on the most repeated concept

By reading only the first paragraph

By looking at the pictures and captions only

By skipping to the conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the best way to find supporting details for the key idea?

Focusing only on the headings

Ignoring examples and focusing on opinions

Reviewing the text for evidence that backs up the key idea

Reading the text backwards

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a method to determine key ideas in a text?

Summarizing each paragraph

Identifying the main theme

Noting down repeated phrases or concepts

Looking for the largest font

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When trying to find supporting details, you should:

Focus only on the colorful text or highlighted sections

Ignore any data or statistics provided

Consider the text's structure and layout

Assume everything in the text is equally important

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which technique is effective in identifying the key idea of an informational text?

Analyzing the introduction and conclusion for summaries of the main points

Skipping sections that contain technical terms

Only reading the side notes

Basing understanding solely on images

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Key ideas are-

small details that help the reader visualize the text.

the main idea

the most important ideas that support the thesis

statments that introduce the main idea of the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is the key idea important?

To waste time and distract from the main topic.

To understand the main point or purpose and guide further exploration or analysis.

To confuse the reader and make the question more difficult.

To provide unnecessary information and confuse the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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