🟦 1. Central Idea
What is the central idea?
👉 The main point or message of a text
What is text evidence?
✅ Proof from the text
Eating too much sugar can have adverse effects on your body, like making you feel tired or sick.
What does "adverse” mean?
✅ Harmful or negative
What is an inference?
✅ A smart guess based on evidence
What is theme?
✅ The message or lesson
Is this a central idea or detail?
👉 “Dogs need food, water, and exercise.”
Detail
Which is better evidence?
A. “I think…”
B. “The text says…"
✅ B. “The text says…”
📖: The weather turned severe, with strong winds and heavy rain pounding against the windows. People rushed inside to stay safe from the storm.
What does “severe” MOST likely mean?
A. Calm
B. Dangerous
C. Sunny
D. Quiet
B. Dangerous ✅
If a character is crying, what can you infer?
✅ They are sad/upset
What do we call a repeated idea or symbol in a text that helps develop the theme?
✅ motif
📖: Lena had always been afraid of the water. While her friends jumped into the deep end of the pool, she stayed near the steps. One day, her little brother slipped and fell into the water. Without thinking, Lena jumped in and helped him back to the side. After that day, Lena realized she was braver than she thought.
What is the central idea of the passage?
A. Lena likes swimming
B. Lena learns she is brave
C. The pool is dangerous
D. Her brother cannot swim
B. Lena learns she is brave.
📖: Marcus stared at the clock as the seconds ticked by. His hands felt sweaty, and he kept tapping his pencil against the desk. When his teacher called his name, his heart started pounding.
How is Marcus MOST likely feeling?
A. Excited
B. Nervous
C. Angry
D. Bored
B. Nervous ✅
Name ONE strategy helps with unknown words?
✅ Context clues
CLUES THAT USE A SYNONYM or DEFINITION
CLUES THAT USE EXAMPLES
CLUES THAT USE COMPARISON
CLUES THAT USE CONTRAST
True or False: Inferences must be proven with text
✅ True
📖: After losing the race, Jordan felt disappointed. He had trained for weeks but didn’t win. Instead of giving up, he practiced even harder and signed up for the next race.
What is the theme?
A. Running is fun
B. Practice makes perfect
C. Don’t give up after failure
D. Races are hard
C. Don’t give up after failure ✅
📖: Lena had always been afraid of the water. While her friends jumped into the deep end of the pool, she stayed near the steps. One day, her little brother slipped and fell into the water. Without thinking, Lena jumped in and helped him back to the side. After that day, Lena realized she was braver than she thought.
Which detail BEST supports the central idea?
A. Lena stayed near the steps
B. Her friends jumped in
C. She jumped in to save her brother
D. The pool had a deep end
C. She jumped in to save her brother ✅
📖: Marcus stared at the clock as the seconds ticked by. His hands felt sweaty, and he kept tapping his pencil against the desk. When his teacher called his name, his heart started pounding.
Which detail BEST supports your answer?
A. He stared at the clock
B. His hands felt sweaty
C. The teacher spoke
B. His hands felt sweaty ✅
📖 The weather turned severe, with strong winds and heavy rain pounding against the windows. People rushed inside to stay safe from the storm.
Which words help you understand “severe”?
A. Windows
B. People
C. Strong winds and heavy rain
D. Inside
C. Strong winds and heavy rain ✅
What 2 things do you need to infer?
✅ Text evidence + your thinking
📖: After losing the race, Jordan felt disappointed. He had trained for weeks but didn’t win. Instead of giving up, he practiced even harder and signed up for the next race.
Which detail supports the theme?
A. He lost the race
B. He trained
C. He practiced even harder
D. He signed up
C. He practiced even harder
📖: Lena had always been afraid of the water. While her friends jumped into the deep end of the pool, she stayed near the steps. One day, her little brother slipped and fell into the water. Without thinking, Lena jumped in and helped him back to the side. After that day, Lena realized she was braver than she thought.
Short Response:
What is the central idea? Use one detail from the text to support your answer.
👉 Lena is braver than she thinks + she saves her little brother without hesitation.
📖: Marcus stared at the clock as the seconds ticked by. His hands felt sweaty, and he kept tapping his pencil against the desk. When his teacher called his name, his heart started pounding.
How does Marcus feel? Use two details to support your answer.
Marcus feels nervous because his hands felt sweaty and his heart started pounding. These details show that his body is reacting the way people often do when they are nervous or anxious.
📖: The weather turned severe, with strong winds and heavy rain pounding against the windows. People rushed inside to stay safe from the storm
What strategy did you use to figure out the meaning?
👉 : context clues
Why are inferences important?
✅ They help understand deeper meaning
📖: After losing the race, Jordan felt disappointed. He had trained for weeks but didn’t win. Instead of giving up, he practiced even harder and signed up for the next race.
What is the theme of the passage? Use one detail to support your answer.
The theme is to not give up after failure. This is shown when Jordan practices even harder and signs up for the next race after losing.