Day 1
T- Class!
S- Yes!
T- Today we are going to talk about finding the main idea and key details in expository text. Which means, we will read factual information or articles and discuss what the information is mainly about.
Students will be asked to tell me what main idea is and what key details are.
T- Yes, the main idea is what the text is mainly about. For instance, if we read an article about how fast gazelles run, the main idea would not be gazelles, that is the topic, the main idea would be how fast gazelles run. Key details would be the information that supports the main idea of how fast gazelles run.
We are going to be practicing finding the main idea by reading short paragraphs that are printed on these cards. We will read
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We will read The article as a class and I will ask...
Guiding Questions:
How can we determine the main idea of the text?
What topic keeps occurring in the text?
What details in the text supports the main idea?
How can you organize the main idea and key details into a summary of the article?
Students will then have time to think about what we have read and will be given a main idea graphic organizer worksheet to fill out. The chart will ask for a main idea and for four key details.
Students will be used to using this graphic organizer because they are required to fill one of these out before they take and AR test. Also, by mid school year students are familiar with main idea and key details.
T- Now that your organizer is filled out lets go over it.
I will project a copy of the article on my document camera along with the main idea graphic organizer.
Together, using the graphic organizer we will construct a summary based on the main idea and supporting details. Each student will have access to a writing frame if it is
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Graphic and Semantic Organizers
• will give the students tools to help them examine and show relationship between text
• help students write well organized summaries
Question and Answer Strategy
• students will have a clear purpose for reading and focus their attention on what they are learning
• assist students in thinking actively as they read
• students will be encouraged to monitor their comprehension as they read
• will help students review what they have learned
• 3-2-1 Strategy (this may or may not be used depending on student background knowledge of main idea and key details.)
• students fill out at 3-2-1 chart and answer the following questions
-3 things you found out -2 interesting things -1 question you still have
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