Topic
The passage, Sea Turtles is about...
What is Sea Turtles.
Did you know that a turtle can lay 12 eggs in one minute? A large sea turtle lays around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes.
What's the main idea in this paragraph?
What is how Sea Turtles lay eggs.
What does attain mean?
What is to get or achieve?
What does mystery mean?
What is something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain.
What is a sea?
What is a very large body of salt water?
A topic is...
What is, What the passage is about?
When they reach the shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark. Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They must struggle like mountain climbers to attain their goal. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task of laying eggs.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
What is how hard it is for turtles to get to shore to lay eggs.
What does fascinating mean?
What is very interesting?
What is a habit?
What is something that is regular; done on a regular basis; happens consistently.
What is the verb 'to know' in Spanish?
What is 'saber' or 'conocer'?
Baby turtles have a built-in sense of direction.
What is the topic in this sentence?
What is baby turtles?
Where do sea turtles live? Sea turtles can be found all around the world, from the cold waters off California to the warm beaches of the Coral Triangle.
What is the main idea in this paragraph?
What is where Sea Turtles live.
What does instinct mean?
It is just in you to do something or a sense of doing something.
What is a shore?
What does protect mean?
What is to keep safe from danger/harm?
True or false:
The topic is the main idea the author is trying to convey.
What is false.
Where do sea turtles live? Sea turtles can be found all around the world, from the cold waters off California to the warm beaches of the Coral Triangle.
What is the topic of this paragraph?
What is Sea Turtles?
What does struggle mean?
What is to find something hard or difficult to do?
What is an ocean?
What is a very large body of salt water?
What is the Spanish word for heavy?
What is pesado?
True or false:
A topic is the subject of the passage.
What is true?
Depending on the species, sea turtles feast on anything from seaweed to jellyfish. They consume squid, barnacles, sponges and sea anemones, among other creatures, while green turtles—the herbivores—primarily eat sea grasses and algae.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
What is what Sea Turtles eat?
What does harm mean?
What is hurt or danger?
What is a task?
What is a job or chore, or assignment; work?
What is a beach?
What is a sandy shore?