Main Idea
What is the main idea of a text?
The big idea of the text/story.
(what the story is mainly about)
What's the difference between character emotions and traits.
A character's emotions describes how a character feels at a certain time in the text.
A character's traits describes the character's personality.
True or false:
When answering a factual question, you don't need the text to help you answer the question.
False.
What are the four parts of a short response question?
1. Claim/answer
2. 1 piece of evidence
3. another piece of evidence
4. An explanation/reason why
Barry has a dog named Boots. Barry taught him lots of tricks. When Barry tells him to, Boots will sit or lie down. He can also waive his paw to great people. When Barry says, "Dance Boots," he will stand up on two legs and walk. Barry doesn't know of many dogs that can do such amazing tricks.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
A. Boots is Barry's dog
B. Boots can sit
C. Boots is very smart
D. Most dogs can't dance.
C. Boots is very smart.
How do you answer a question about character feelings?
A. I ask myself how does the character feel right now?
B. I ask myself how does the character behave?
A. I ask myself how does the character feel right now?
Zion was reading a good book. The story was about an elephant. The elephant was special. He was magic. He could talk and he could turn peanuts into gold. Soon Zion was finished reading the book. He went to school and told his friends about the elephant. The next day, the class went to the zoo. Zion was able to see a real elephant.
What is a good title for this story?
A. Zion's Elephant book
B. Golden peanuts
C. Elephants can talk
A. Zion's Elephant book
True or False:
When answering a short response question, you do not need to worry about punctuation, capitalization or spelling. As long as your teacher understands you, it's okay.
False.
Yesterday was Ta'meir's birthday. When he woke up, he noticed that his sister Anaya hung up a big sign that said, "Happy birthday, Ta'meir." His mom bought pizza for dinner. It's one of his favorite foods. Ta'meir's family came over and watched him unwrap his gifts. Ta'meir wondered what it was. It was a nintendo switch. It was a great day.
What is the main idea?
A. Ta'meir had a great birthday
B. Anaya had a great birthday
C. Anaya got lots of gifts.
D. Ta'meir got lots of gifts.
How do we know a character's traits when reading a text?
We pay attention to what the character says, does, thinks and feels.
Zion was reading a good book. The story was about an elephant. The elephant was special. He was magic. He could talk and he could turn peanuts into gold. Soon Zion was finished reading the book. He went to school and told his friends about the elephant. The next day, the class went to the zoo. Zion was able to see a real elephant.
Why was the elephant in Zion's book special?
The elephant was special because he was magic and could turn peanuts into gold.
Question: How is Ivan feeling throughout all of the chapters we read today?
Scholar's response:
ivan is feeling throght all these chapters succfull . becuse he finlly fullfild his promis he made to stella.and he feels joy becuse he got ruby to be happy he made new freinds.and he is becoming a silver back and all he needed was a littel motvisin. and he is so happy all he wanted was coming to plan. ruby was in a better place that one. he was becoing a real silver back that two. and he has made new freind that 3.
What did this scholar do wrong?
- There are lots of spelling errors
- There are punctuation errors
Tristan's parents bought a new carpet for the living room. Now, he has to take his shoes off when he enters the house. He's also not allowed to eat or drink in the living room anymore. Tristan's furry dog isn't allowed to play ball in there either. When his parents got the new carpet, there were lots of new rules.
What is the main idea?
Tristan's parents bought a new carpet so they made new rules.
Wolfie and Doggie are cat burglars. Wolfie likes to lay in allies to steal the best cats. Doggie instead likes to eat the cats' food so they can chase him down.
How would you describe Wolfie and Doggie.
Wolfie is lazy and sneaky.
Doggie is clever and funny.
Zion was reading a good book. The story was about an elephant. The elephant was special. He was magic. He could talk and he could turn peanuts into gold. Soon Zion was finished reading the book. He went to school and told his friends about the elephant. The next day, the class went to the zoo. Zion was able to see a real elephant.
Who did Zion tell about the book?
He told his friends at school.
True or false:
Your answer is still correct if your claim is strong but you use this line as your evidence, "I know because the text said that."
Elijah can't wait until the summer begins. He is going to stay at his grandpa's house for an entire month. He loves being there! He enjoyed doing engineer work with his grandpa last summer. He gets to stay up late with his grandpa, play board games and eat lots of barbecue food. It is a lot of fun. When the month is over, Elijah is not ready to leave.
What is the main idea?
Elijah is excited to spend his summer with his grandpa because he loves going to his grandpa's house for the summers.
Jaliya jumped out of bed. She was ready to start the day. "Today is," she shouted, "My birthday!" When she entered the kitchen, she saw the table decorated with balloons and streamers.
How does Jaliya feel?
Excited, anxious, happy.
When Zion went to the zoo, did he see the real magic elephant?
Restate the question:
How does Ivan feel about his new life?
Ivan feels _.