Relevant vs Irrelevant Details

Identify the irrelevant detail.

Helen Keller said, “Keep your face to the sunshine and you can not see a shadow.” I think Keller wants to tell us that we need to be positive. Sunshine is usually related to happiness. Shadows are usually related to sadness or darkness. Keller was deaf and blind. Keller’s quotes are always inspiring.

• Keller wants to tell us that we need to be positive

• Sunshine is usually related to happiness

• Shadows are usually related to sadness or darkness

• Keller was deaf and blind

Identify the irrelevant detail.

Anemia is a blood condition. It is a lack of red blood cells. If you have too few red blood cells, the cells in your body will not get enough oxygen. There are other blood conditions. You feel tired when your organs aren’t getting what they need to function properly.

• It is a lack of red blood cells .

• There are other blood conditions.

• You feel tired when your organs aren’t getting what they need to function properly.

• Anemia is a blood condition

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.3

To look closely at information/text.

(a)  

• Analyze

• Fiction

• Details

• Impact

An educated guess based on what you know and what you read (a)  

• Inference

• Claim

• Express

• Impact

To retell a story/article with the main events/points from beginning, middle and end. (a)  

• Summarize

• Reveal

• Analyze

• Illustrate

A problem the character has within herself. (a)  

• Internal conflict

• External conflict

• Woman vs. Woman

• Compare and contrast

The way a word makes you feel. For example: positive or negative (a)  

• Connotation

• Compare and contrast

• character development

• theme

When an author includes images, captions, a title, heading etc to enhance the main idea of a text.

• Text features

• Word meaning

• Connotation

• Analyze

The main point of a text (a)  

• Central Idea

• Inference

• Theme

• Convey

To take lines from the text your reading to prove your inference. (a)  

• Cite

• Theme

• Plot

• Relate