Focus: Main Idea & Supporting Details
Strategy Explained...The main idea of a text is the central point the author tries to make. This can be an opinion, argument, or general idea. Most of the time, but not always, the main idea is stated in a topic sentence. This sentence is usually near the beginning and sets up what the rest of the writing will be about, although authors may choose to place the main idea in the concluding sentence in a paragraph.
Supporting details are sentences that support the main idea. These sentences have information that helps explain and prove the author’s point. For example, in a paragraph about benefits of exercise, a supporting detail could be about gaining muscle and burning fat.
I plan to introduce main idea and supporting details relating it to the framework of a house. See the image below:
Resources:
main-idea-and-supporting-details-worksheets.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea-2.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea-3.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea-worksheet-4.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea-worksheet-
Strategy Explained...The main idea of a text is the central point the author tries to make. This can be an opinion, argument, or general idea. Most of the time, but not always, the main idea is stated in a topic sentence. This sentence is usually near the beginning and sets up what the rest of the writing will be about, although authors may choose to place the main idea in the concluding sentence in a paragraph.
Supporting details are sentences that support the main idea. These sentences have information that helps explain and prove the author’s point. For example, in a paragraph about benefits of exercise, a supporting detail could be about gaining muscle and burning fat.
I plan to introduce main idea and supporting details relating it to the framework of a house. See the image below:
Resources:
main-idea-and-supporting-details-worksheets.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea-2.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea-3.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea-worksheet-4.pdf
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/main-idea-worksheet-