Central Ideas Lesson

Which is the correct definition for the following vocabulary word: SUPPORTING DETAILS

• Based on or influenced by personal feelings

• A brief statement or account of the main points of something

• What or who the text is about

• Details that explain the central idea

What is another word for SUPPORTING DETAILS used to identify the CENTRAL IDEA of a text?

• Text Evidence

• Type of Conflict

• Climax

• Context Clues

What is the central idea of the passage?

• Knights learned a variety of subjects while training

• Knights were not very talented individuals

• Sword fighting was the most important subject a knight learned

It's no surprise that exercise increases energy. The physical challenge prepares your body in a variety of ways. Blood sugar is more quickly converted to fuel, more oxygen is supplied to your cells, and fight-or-flight hormones are released. Instead of leaving you exhausted, exercise energizes. Do it in the morning for an all-day high or later in the afternoon for a pick-me-up.

This passage is mostly about?

• Exercise increases your energy.

• Exercise is easier than it looks.

• Exercise makes you live longer.

What does the author want you to learn about the passage?

• Why we can taste only sweet things.

• that we taste through our nose

• Taste buds are found in different places.

Find the central idea

• Being a clown isn't all fun and games.

• Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

• Rodeos are exciting.

• Clowns are good at riding bulls.

Most people think that Johann Sebastian Bach played the piano, but this is not true. The piano was not invented until just two years before he died. Bach's main instrument was the organ. He was a great organist. He wrote a lot of wonderful music for that instrument. He also played other keyboard instruments that were ancestors of the piano. Among these instruments was the harpsichord. Along with Mozart, Bach is considered to be one of the all-time great composers
What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Mozart and Bach did not compose music for the piano.

• Johann Sebastian Bach was a great organist and writer.

• The piano had not been invented three hundred years ago.

• The harpsichord was a keyboard instrument before the piano.

We often let others know what we are thinking without using words. The name that we give for this kind of communication is body language. Body language includes gestures, facial expressions, and posture. Body language does not always mean the same thing to everyone.
What is the main idea of the paragraph?

• We sometimes use words to express ourselves.

• Body language may not mean the same thing to everyone.

• We use body language to communicate with others.

• Body language includes gestures, facial expression, and posture.

Most people think that gorillas are mean, but actually they are shy. It seems that such a huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. Hollywood movies help convey this image of the scary, ferocious gorilla. In fact, gorillas only attack if they are provoked. 
This author belives that:

• Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.

• Gorillas are mean animals

• Gorillas don't like other animals.

The central idea is

• What the story is mostly about

• A long, detailed summary

• The moral of the story

• The most exciting moment