Main Idea
Text Features
Organizational Structures
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
100
Who or What is this about
What is the first question you ask yourself when finding the main idea?
100
Text and only text is called a...
Text Box
100
What are all types of organizational Structures?
Cause and Effect, Proposition/Opinion, Compare and Contrast, Chronological Story, Problem and Solution,
100
Similarities means...
The same
100
Cause is ___________- something occurred. Effect is what happened __________.
Why and After
200
What does the author want me to remember the most about that?
What is the second question you ask yourself when finidn the main idea?
200
Title
What can you find in any book, fiction and non-fiction?
200
The origin of professional football can be traced back to 1892 with the Allegheny Athletic Association. In 1920 the American Professional Football Association was formed. Two years later, in 1922, this organization changed its name to the National Football League (NFL). Football did not become truly popular until the 1958 championship game, which is known as the greatest game ever played
Chronological Story
200
Anna is going on a trail ride. She will ride fifty miles on horseback. The weather will be cold, and it might rain. Anna has two horses, Sugar and Ringer. Anna is sure that both horses are in good shape. However, she wants to choose the better one for the trail ride. Sugar is a tall white horse. She is always eager to obey Anna’s commands, but she likes to run fast. Sometimes it is hard for Anna to make Sugar walk slowly. Sugar doesn’t like to walk in mud. Ringer is a tall brown horse. He is sturdy, patient, and sometimes stubborn. He is more comfortable to ride than Sugar. He can walk all day without getting tired, and he likes to run. He does not like to be around other horses. How are Sugar and Ringer alike?
They are in good shape.
200
"As a result" would be a
Effect
300
Mychal Shaw suffered a concussion from football. Mychal Shaw and his family pray before his high school football games. His mother Ryana starts the morning prayer. “We pray that you keep him safe in his football game tonight and let the angels watch over him,” she says. Shaw suffered a concussion in a game last year. A concussion is a brain injury. Shaw could not walk or speak for a while. He also lost his memory. He had to stop taking two high school classes. He could not go to his team's games, even to watch. The lights and sound made him uncomfortable. This season, he’s playing again. What is the main idea?
Mychal Shaw suffered a concussion from football.
300
Headings are included because they give an overall idea of what the passage/paragraph will be about.
Why are headings included in nonfiction text?
300
Two things
Compare and Contrast structures are writing about at least...
300
Anna is going on a trail ride. She will ride fifty miles on horseback. The weather will be cold, and it might rain. Anna has two horses, Sugar and Ringer. Anna is sure that both horses are in good shape. However, she wants to choose the better one for the trail ride. Sugar is a tall white horse. She is always eager to obey Anna’s commands, but she likes to run fast. Sometimes it is hard for Anna to make Sugar walk slowly. Sugar doesn’t like to walk in mud. Ringer is a tall brown horse. He is sturdy, patient, and sometimes stubborn. He is more comfortable to ride than Sugar. He can walk all day without getting tired, and he likes to run. He does not like to be around other horses. Both horses like to?
Run Fast
300
The Seahawks played in the Superbowl last year (even though the Niners deserved it). What was one cause for this?
Let your teacher decide.
400
People are paying more attention to concussions than ever before. But what happens next is not so clear. Not everybody agrees on when a high school player is ready to return to the football field after suffering a head injury. Seventeen high school football players died in 2013. Doctors said they are even more concerned with “second-impact syndrome.” People can die from the condition. It happens when a player gets a second concussion before the first has healed. A brain with a concussion is in more danger, Canty said. A second hit could cause a really bad injury, he said. Kids face the most danger from second-impact syndrome. The reason is that their brains are still growing, says Brett Osborn. He is a brain doctor who has studied concussions in sports.
Concussions are more dangerous if you have them a second time.
400
No
Does the information on the text box always relate to the actual passage?
400
States a problem, offers one or more solutions, and supports them with reasons and evidence
Problem and Solution
400
Anna is going on a trail ride. She will ride fifty miles on horseback. The weather will be cold, and it might rain. Anna has two horses, Sugar and Ringer. Anna is sure that both horses are in good shape. However, she wants to choose the better one for the trail ride. Sugar is a tall white horse. She is always eager to obey Anna’s commands, but she likes to run fast. Sometimes it is hard for Anna to make Sugar walk slowly. Sugar doesn’t like to walk in mud. Ringer is a tall brown horse. He is sturdy, patient, and sometimes stubborn. He is more comfortable to ride than Sugar. He can walk all day without getting tired, and he likes to run. He does not like to be around other horses. If it rains on the train ride, Ringer will be better than Sugar because Sugar likes to...
walk in mud
400
Cause and Effect is what happens first, second, and last. a. True b. False
False
500
Issues in the United States are more serious than ever and are growing.
The number of urgent issues are growing. The U.S. economy is growing, but wages are not rising and businesses around the world are struggling. The extremist group Islamic State has taken over parts of Iraq and Syria, even as the U.S. uses airstrikes to bomb them. The deadly Ebola virus in the United States has scared voters. It also raised questions about whether the White House can handle several dangers at once.
500
It tells us what page we can find the topic.
What is the importance of a Table of Contents?
500
Students should not be required to wear uniforms to school. If required uniforms were abolished, students would be a much happier group of people and would likely be more excited about learning. Getting rid of uniforms would also give students the freedom to explore their own styles.
Proposition/Opinion
500
Anna is going on a trail ride. She will ride fifty miles on horseback. The weather will be cold, and it might rain. Anna has two horses, Sugar and Ringer. Anna is sure that both horses are in good shape. However, she wants to choose the better one for the trail ride. Sugar is a tall white horse. She is always eager to obey Anna’s commands, but she likes to run fast. Sometimes it is hard for Anna to make Sugar walk slowly. Sugar doesn’t like to walk in mud. Ringer is a tall brown horse. He is sturdy, patient, and sometimes stubborn. He is more comfortable to ride than Sugar. He can walk all day without getting tired, and he likes to run. He does not like to be around other horses. The signal words for comparing and contrasting are...?
c. alike, different, similar, same
500
teacher makes up scenarios!
Teacher decides!
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