Major Supporting Details

Select ALL details to support the main idea that education is important.

• It helps you understand the world.

• Education causes problems.

• Education can lead to success in life.

• You make smarter choices in life if you're educated.

Supporting details are_______________________.

• the central idea

• the most important details

• irrelevant information

• facts or pieces of evidence

What is one supporting details from the text?

• Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies.

• They teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

• Baby gorillas need their mothers a lot.

• Mother gorillas prefer to keep their babies safe.

What is one supporting details from the text?

Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger. They also teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

• Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies.

• They teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

• Baby gorillas need their mothers a lot.

• Mother gorillas prefer to keep their babies safe.

Which sentence is a supporting detail that recycling is important?

• There are many landfills available for waste.

• Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down.

• Clean jars before recycling them.

• Separate your paper, cans, and glass jars before recycling.

What is a supporting detail?

Select the supporting detail that doesn't fit.
Topic Sentence: Reading class is really interesting.

• We learn interesting facts from the things we read.

• Our teacher gives us new ways to look at things.

• It's my least favorite class.

• Sometimes we do dramatic readings of the text that are super engaging. 

Select the supporting detail that doesn't fit.
Topic Sentence: My cat is afraid of everything.

• He hides under the couch when you turn the microwave on.

• He sleeps all day long.

• He runs away when you sweep the floor.

• He jumps every time the doorbell rings.

Claim: Darry Curtis is the true hero inThe Outsiders.

Which piece of textual evidence BEST supports this claim?

answer choices

• "Darry never had time to do anything anymore."

• "Darry isn't ever sorry for anything he does."

• "The only thing that keeps Darry from bein' a Soc is us. He sacrificed a lot to take care of us."

• "It was Darry. He hit me... we used to get along okay... before Mom and Dad died. Now he just can't stand me."

What are supporting details?

• The most important or the big idea from the text .

• Additional information that helps explain, define or prove the main idea.