central idea and summary

In complex texts, the central idea...

• is stated and can be quoted directly from the text.

• is implied, not stated, meaning you must rely on clues in the text to find it.

• is not directly said by the author, meaning you must draw conclusions.

• is said in the title, and therefore, copying the title is a great way to find the central idea.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

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What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the central idea?

• Who is the main character?
• What is the main event?
• What is one important detail?
• What point is the author trying to make?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

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What is the central idea of the passage?

Jackie Robinson did something nobody had ever done before. He was not only a three-sport athlete at UCLA. He was the first African-American to play on a Major league baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson had to deal with racism all over the country. He was treated very poorly by the by other players and fans in the stadiums he visited. But, whenever things got difficult, his courage and determination kept him going. Today his number 42 is retired on every team in major league baseball, and he is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

• Jackie Robinson is in the Baseball Hall of Fame

• Jackie Robinson played many different sports

• Jackie Robinson is an important figure in American History

• Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

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What does it mean to make an inference?

• To make a random guess

• To only make up your mind after learning everything

• To use evidence to make your best guess

• To make something up

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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a way of stating something (as a written work) again by giving the meaning in different words

• paraphrase

• summary

• theme

• conveyed

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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What does an objective summary leave out?

• Most important details.

• Personal opinions

• The author

• The central idea

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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not influenced by personal feeling or opinions in considering and representing facts

• logical appeal
• credibile
• objective
• subjective

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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How does one set up the central idea?

• No set up is necessary.

• Central Idea + Title + author + verb

• By including only the most important details

• Title + author+ Verb+ Central Idea

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a brief summary not influenced by emotion or opinion

• objective
• subjective
• objective summary
• theme

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own; use another's production without crediting the source

• plagiarizing

• pharaphrasing

• summarizing

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