Main Idea
What is main idea/central idea?
Main idea is what is the story mostly about?
What does A stand for in ARMS?
A-arms
What does C stands for in CUPS?
C-capitalization
Hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.
What are context clues
The following sentence stems are examples of:
According to the author...
On paragraph 3...
I read on page...
What is text evidence?
What are the two other names for main idea?
Central and Key idea
What is it called when you have to take away unnecessary word(s) or information in ARMS?
Remove
The boys are making pizza. Tom rolled out the pizza dough. Jose spread the sauce on top of the dough. Martin added sausage and cheese to the pizza. Now the pizza is ready to eat.
The boys are making pizza
The restaurant was formal, so I brought a new suit. What does the word "formal" mean?
In this classic novel, text evidence like "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" suggests a critique of political corruption.
What is animal farms
Where do you usually find the main idea?
The first and last sentence of a paragraph
In the sentence, "The dog chased the cat who was barking loudly," you would revise it to make it clear that this animal was barking.
What is the dog?
What change should be made to the following sentence? The word "tapa" is from the spanish verb taper.
Spanish-The S wasn't capitalized in Spanish.
The kids collaborated on the project, sharing different talents? What does "collaborate" mean?
It means to work together
In a famous speech, this civil rights leader provided the text evidence "I have a dream" to convey his vision for racial equality and justice.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
A spider has many different parts to their body. Spiders have spinnerets to spin their webs, fangs to help them bite their prey, and an abdomen. These are just a few of their body parts.
What is parts of spiders
What does A.R.M.S stand for in revising?
R-Remove
M-Move
S-Subtitute
You are editing a sentence that uses "good" instead of the correct adjective to describe how someone runs. You should replace "good" with this word.
What is "well"?
Joe felt anguish when his dog died. He had his dog for 13 years. What does anguish mean?
He felt sadness
In Sherlock Holmes, clues like footprints and cigar ashes are used as text evidence to help this detective solve cases.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
Tom rolled out the pizza dough.Jose spread the sauce on top of the dough. Martin added sausage and cheese to the pizza. Now the pizza is ready to eat.
What is a good title?
The boys are making pizza
(1) I sit down on the bench and open my music book. (2) I is learning how to play Für Elise.
What changes should be made to sentence 2?
What is I am?
In the sentence "Lets go to the store" you need to add this punctuation mark to make the sentence correct.
What is an apostrophe?
Toddlers are inquisitive. They are eager to explore everything. What does inquisitive means?
It means curious
What does R.A.C.E. stand for in the ECR writing strategy?
A-Answer
C-Cite
E-explain