WorksheetsCentral Idea
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Worksheet time: 20mins
Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business
Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9,000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.
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.
This passage is mainly about?
Ancient Greeks began using forks after the Chinese. However, they did not use forks for eating. They used them for serving food. From Greece, forks moved to the Roman Empire. Romans first used long forks for cooking and serving. By the 300s, they began using table forks to feed themselves.
The table fork spread from there to what is now the Middle East and Turkey, before arriving in Italy and becoming popular in the 1000s. It stayed popular in southern Europe, but was not used much in northern Europe until it first became popular in France and Spain in the 1700s.
The table fork arrived in England from France before making its way to the North American colonies, where it first became popular shortly before the American Revolution.
Which text feature can give you clues about the central idea?
Title
Headings
Pictures
All of these
The CENTRAL IDEA of a nonfiction text needs to always be supported with...
Supporting details
The reader's opinion
Reliable authors
Concluding sentences
What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the central idea of a text?
Who is the main character?
What is the significance of the main event?
What is one important detail?
What point is the author trying to make?
What is the central idea of the passage?
Thomas Edison’s life span is known as “The age of Edison.” If it wasn’t for Thomas Edison, we might not have electric lights, telephones, movie cameras, or computers! Think of all the ways these great products affect our lives today. Edison held over 1,000 patents and received dozens of awards during his lifetime for his inventions and contributions to science.
The light bulb has become an essential invention
Thomas Edison's inventions still impact society today
Thomas Edison worked until he perfected his inventions
The process of inventing is never-ending
What is the central idea of the passage?
The law was not exactly fair in Europe during the Middle Ages. Back then, you could blame someone in your town for committing a crime. The “criminal” could then challenge you to a fight to prove his guilt or innocence. If you lost the fight, you were charged as a liar and the criminal was believed to be innocent. If you won, the criminal was believed to be guilty.
Laws of the Middle Ages were unfair.
Fighting was a good way to determine guilt or innocence during the Middle Ages.
Most people lied about crime in the Middle Ages.
Individuals that were innocent of crimes often won the fighting challenges.
What is another word for SUPPORTING DETAILS used to identify the CENTRAL IDEA of a text?
Text Evidence
Type of Conflict
Climax
Context Clues
