Main Idea & Summarizing - OPEN NOTEBOOK

What do you call the BIG IDEA, the general subject of the passage?

• Main Idea

• Supporting Details

• Topic

This sentence tells what the passage is mostly about.

• Main Idea

• Supporting Details

• Topic

This supports the main idea

• Main Idea

• Supporting Details

• Topic

What strategy should you NOT do when trying to find the main idea?

• Look for repeated words

• Ask what the passage is mostly about

• Research the author and their purpose for writing

• Understand the point the author is trying to make in the passage

Fiction is

• made-up & entertaining

• real & informative

Non-fiction is

• made-up & entertaining

• real & informative

What do you call a short explanation with just the important information? (this will include the main idea)

• Main Idea

• Supporting Details

• Summary

• Topic

What strategy do you use to summarize Fiction?

• Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then

• Who, What, Where, When, Why, How

What strategy do you use to summarize Non-fiction?

• Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then

• Who, What, Where, When, Why, How

What should NOT be part of a summary

• The main idea

• Details that support the main idea

• Readers opinion