Main Idea & Details ASYNC Lesson

Multiple Choice

What is the main objective of the lesson today?

• Understand and identify main idea

• Understand and identify inferences

• Understand and identify topic sentences

Multiple Select

What were the two previous slides announcements about?

• Incentives for April

• 9th graders will go back to their own class in a few weeks

• Ms. S will be gone next week

• Summer vacation is starting a month early

Fill in the Blank

What do we mean when we talk about the main idea of a text?

Multiple Choice

If a main idea can be "implied" that means the author...

• can hint at it/not state it outright in the text

• has to tell you word for word exactly what they mean

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Multiple Choice

Use the video to answer the question: True or false? You can use headings and titles to figure out the main idea.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Use the video to answer the question: True or false? Topic sentences and conclusion sentences are not helpful for deciding the main idea of a paragraph.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Use the video to answer the question: True or false? If an idea is repeated multiple times in a text, it’s probably related to the main idea.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Use the video to answer the question: True or false? Every text has all of the following elements: Headings & titles, Topic sentence, Conclusion sentence, Repeated ideas

• True

• False

Open Ended

What would you say is the main idea of this story?

Multiple Select

Which of the following details could support the main idea that Alexander is having a really bad day?

• He wakes up with gum in his hair

• He finds a prize in his breakfast cereal

• His best friend said they weren't best friends anymore

• Hi teacher liked his drawing

• He couldn't get the type of shoes he wanted

Open Ended

Give one other specific detail or example from the story that would support the main idea that Alexander is having a really bad day:

Poll

How are you feeling about identifying the main idea and details of a text?

• Amazing!

• Pretty good.

• Not great.

• Terrible, awful, horrible, no good, very bad.