Main & Supporting ideas of a paragraph

Select the topic for this set of words: "people, food, dancing, music, cake, singing"

• Birthday

• Party

• New Year

• Christmas

Select the best topic for this set of words: "war, hunger, sickness, many poor people, few jobs, no money for school"

• Social crisis

• Chaos

• Economic crisis

• Crisis

Select all of the options that correspond to STEPS to identify the main topic of a paragraph

• Read

• Predict

• Skim

• Summarize

What is a Topic Sentence?

• It's a sentence that appears in a paragraph

• It's the topic of the paragraph

• It's the main sentence in a paragraph

• It's the last sentence in the paragraph

Which topic is too GENERAL?

• English

• English as a universal language

• English, Spanish, French are all languages

• Languages

Which topic is TOO SPECIFIC?

• Beach hotels

• Hotels

• Hotels at the beach are the best option

• Riu, Papagayo, Best Western, Hilton

Select a topic that is neither TOO GENERAL nor TOO SPECIFIC, from the alternatives given:

• The sunset is the best time of the day

• The sunset

• The sunset colors: gray, pink, orange, purple, red, yellos

• Times of the day

Why is it important to learn to identify the main & supporting ideas of a paragraph?

• For understanding better the texts we read

• To distinguish topics that are relevant

• To read more effectively

• To be able to read faster and better