Main Idea
The first step of finding main idea...
Read the Title
What is the narrator's name?
Kenny
What does it mean to summarize?
Tell most important information/events in order.
What is a noun?
Person, place, or thing.
Who fought in the American revolution.
13 Colonies (America) vs Great Britain
This the second step of finding Main Idea.
Find the topic of each sub-section.
What is the Watson family's nickname.
"Weird Watsons"
What is the first step of summarizing?
Telling about the major events/information from beginning to end.
What does a proper noun start with?
A capital letter
Who was the first president of the US?
George Washington
The most important information from a subsection/ what a subsection is mostly about.
Key Idea
What state are the Watsons from?
Michigan
How many steps are there to writing a summary?
Three
What is the predicate?
Jason read to his daughter yesterday.
Read to his daughter
What state is right above us?
Virginia
How you find the main idea.
What is adding key ideas together to find the main idea.
What is the REAL name of Kenny's sister?
Joetta
Which of the three summarizing steps is the most important?
What is a compound sentence?
Two independent clauses connected with a conjunction.
What is the capital of North Carolina?
Raleigh
The five steps of main idea.
1) Read the Title.
2) Find topic/important info from Each Sub-Section
3) Find Key Idea of each Sub-Section
4) Use Key Ideas to find Main Idea
5) Find three pieces of evidence to support Main Idea.
Kenny's friend Rufus said that he used to hunt and eat what animal back home in Arkansas?
Squirrels
What are all three steps of summarizing?
1) Tell about important events from beginning to end.
2) Include main idea and other important details.
3) Tie together start of story with end.
What is the adverb?
The green car drove super fast yesterday.
super fast
How many states are in the United States of America?
50