Main Idea
Central Idea
Supporting details support which close reading skill?
Main idea or central idea
A question or need to clarify
For what do I use a red pen?
To cross out unimportant information
What is the Main Idea of the phrase below?
Today, thousands of farmworkers live under savage conditions. They live beneath trees with garbage and human excrement nearby. They are near tomato fields in San Diego County, tomato fields which use the most modern farm technology.
Farmworkers deal with terrible conditions in the fields and where they live.
circling it
Complete the following analogy: The main idea is the table top, the legs are the ______
Supporting details
To easily find a paragraph, how would I mark it?
Number or chunk it
If i need to mark answers for a question on a test or essay, I would use this symbol _______
What is asterisk or star
If I wanted to mark a main idea in the text, I would...
Highlight or underline
To get a four on the close reading assignment, I needed to circle and ___________.
Define the word
What is the purpose of supporting details?
To support the main idea of a passage.
I know a new paragraph starts when there is ________.
An indent or line between the sentences.
If I made a personal connection with a sentence or paragraph, I would use this symbol:
What is an infinity symbol or side-ways 8
The main idea of this jeopardy game is...
To review close reading
Define the following word: self-evident.
To be obvious or apparent.
List at least one supporting detail from the passage below:
As much as 30 percent of Northern California's garlic harvesters are underaged children. Kids as young as 6 years old have voted in union elections held by the state since they qualified as workers.
"As much as 30 percent of Northern California's garlic harvesters are underaged children" and "Kids as young as 6...[are] qualified workers.
I write questions I have about a text in the ______
Margin or comment box
I use a caret when I need to ________, __________ or ___________.
Reword, paraphrase or insert missing information
What is the main idea of the passage below?
As much as 30 percent of Northern California's garlic harvesters are underaged children. Kids as young as 6 years old have voted in union elections held by the state since they qualified as workers.
Many of California's workers are underaged children.
Define the following word: Prejudice
To make assumptions about something or someone.
List at least ONE supporting detail from the passage below:
Today, thousands of farmworkers live under savage conditions. They live beneath trees with garbage and human excrement nearby. They are near tomato fields in San Diego County, tomato fields which use the most modern farm technology.
"...thousands of farmworkers live under savage conditions"
"The live beneath trees with garbage and human excrement nearby"
What does it mean to "chunk" a paragraph?
To write one or two words about what the topic of the paragraph
Paraphrase the passage below:
Farmworkers' average life expectancy is still 49 years — compared to 73 years for the average American.
Farmworkers don't live as long as the average American.
Or, farmworkers live 24 years less than the average American.