Central Idea- Exit Ticket

The central, or main, idea of a text is what the reader should mostly remember from the reading.

• True

• False

Readers evaluate details to determine key ideas. Supporting details are the facts, examples, and other evidence that explain the central, or main, idea.

• False

• True

Authors organize their supporting details depending on their reason for writing.

• True

• False

Reread the section headed “Bugs Do a Body Good” on page 178 of Bug Bites to answer questions 1–3.

What is the central, or main, idea of this section?

• Both have lots of protein, which is what your body uses to build muscle.

• Cooked grasshoppers are more nutritious and better for your body than a hamburger.

• A big juicy hamburger is more nutritious and better for your body than cooked grasshoppers.

What are two details that support the central, or main, idea?

• A pound of grasshoppers has less fat than a pound of ground beef, and the insects are higher in calcium and iron.

• “I tell kids, if your bones are still growing, eat more crickets and termites.”

• Gordon says they also taste delicious, a lot like green peppers

How does the author organize the details in this section? How does the organization support the central, or main, idea?

• Other bugs are good for you, too. Says biologist David George Gordon, author of the Eat-a- Bug Cookbook.

• The organization is in chronological order. The author describes how the digestion of bugs can do a body good in sequence. The author provides details that show the order of how bugs are digested and good for us.

• The organization is comparison and contrast. The author compares cooked grasshoppers to a hamburger and provides details that show the contrast between the nutritional value of grasshoppers and the nutritional value of beef.