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Here are the teacher pack items for Finding the Main Idea:
Overview In this experience, students explore what main ideas and supporting details are and how to find them. They read several passages and identify and evaluate details to identify key ideas. Then, they distinguish between explicit and implicit meaning and make inferences about implicit meanings of text. Finally, they research an additional fact to add to one of the supporting details for the article read in the experience. Objectives Duration One class period. You may choose to have the students read the article at home before beginning the experience. Vocabulary Words in the Article
What’s the point?
When you’re presented with lots of information, sometimes it can be hard to find the main point. You can get sidetracked by irrelevant details, or lose interest if you get bored.
So how can you get to the point? In this experience, you’ll find out how to read in a way that directs you to the main idea of a text.
Objectives
A loud alarm resonated throughout the work area. Outside, what sounded like dozens of sirens seemed to fill the city.
The office workers were terrified. They had felt their building shake for several minutes, then rock back and forth for another ten. The shaking had stopped, but the floor still felt unsteady beneath their feet. The power had gone out, and from the 17th floor, that meant a long walk down the stairs.
As they came out from under their desks and started to run for the exits, their boss stopped them.
“Just a minute!” he yelled. “We have an emergency plan in place. Stay calm and follow me. The generator will keep the lights on in the stairway. We’ll be outside in safety in just a few minutes. We made it through the worst of it.”Write a phrase or sentence describing the main thing that was happening in the passage.
Review student responses. Sample answers include earthquake, survival, all are safe.
