Definitions
Main Idea and Detail
Main Idea and Detail Part 2
SWBST
Review
100
What 5 things do we look at to write summaries of informational texts?
What are the 5 W's?
100
Read paragraph 1. Is the underlined sentence the main idea or a detail?
What is the main idea?
100
Look at paragraph 4. Is the underlined sentence the main idea or a detail?
What is a detail?
100
What does SWBST stand for?
What is Someone/Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then?
100
What are the people or animals in a story?
What are characters?
200
What system do we use to write summaries of literary texts (stories?)
What is SWBST?
200
Look at paragraph 2. Is the underlined sentence the main idea or a detail?
What is a detail?
200
Look at paragraph 5. Is the underlined sentence the main idea or a detail?
What is the main idea?
200
Look at paragraph 9. Fill in the SWBST blanks: Someone: Wanted: But: He tripped and fell So: The bugs flew out onto the ground Then:
Someone (Jason) Wanted (to show his mom the bugs) Then (she ran and screamed)
200
What are the events in a story called?
What is the plot?
300
What is the name of the strategy where we rewrite a text in a shortened form, using only the most important details?
What is summarizing?
300
Look at paragraph 3. What is one reason the author gives for why milk is perfect?
Varied answers
300
Look at paragraph 6. According to the author, what is one step you can take to prevent getting sick?
Various answers
300
Read paragraph 10. Write down the SWB.
Someone (The hare) wanted (to beat the tortoise) but (he took a nap during the race).
300
What is the most exciting part of the story called, when the conflict is just about to be solved?
What is the climax?
400
What is the term for what a text is mostly or mainly about?
What is main idea?
400
Look at paragraph 6. According to the author, why do children in school get sick?
Because they spend so much time in a small classroom.
400
Look at paragraph 8. Name the Who, What, and When. (Hint for What: What is the paragraph teaching you about?)
What are the United States, Louisiana Territory, and 1803.
400
Read paragraph 10. Write down the ST.
(so) the tortoise crossed the finish line (then) the hair woke up and realized he'd lost.
400
What is the beginning of a story called, when all of the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced?
What is the exposition?
500
What is the name for facts or evidence in a paragraph that support the main idea?
What are details?
500
Read paragraph 7. What is one detail that shows why lightning is dangerous?
Various answers
500
Read paragraph 8. According to the author, what is one detail that show how the purchase of the Louisiana Territory changed the United States?
Doubled the size of the US OR 13 new states would be added.
500
Read paragraph 11. Write down the SWBST.
(someone) Kelly (wanted) to go to the concert (but) her mom said she had to clean (so) she cleaned the house (then) her mom took her to the concert.
500
What name do we give to the events in the story that lead up to the climax?
What is the rising action?
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